Summary:
Zip code 77030 is home to two exceptional public schools within the Houston Independent School District (Isd), serving both elementary and high school students in a small but high-achieving educational corridor. Debakey H S For Health Prof is a magnet high school focused on health professions, while Roberts Elementary is a neighborhood elementary school, and both have earned the highest possible 5-star rating from SchoolDigger, ranking in the top 1% of their respective categories statewide.
Both schools deliver outstanding academic results that far exceed district and state averages. At Debakey H S For Health Prof, proficiency rates in core subjects like Biology (98%), English I (97%), and U.S. History (99%) are nearly perfect, and the school boasts a 99% graduation rate with a 0% dropout rate. Roberts Elementary shows similarly impressive performance, with 5th Grade Math proficiency at 94% and 5th Grade Science at 74%—nearly triple the district and state averages. While both schools are elite, they serve different socioeconomic populations: Roberts Elementary has 17.61% of students eligible for free/reduced lunch, compared to 39.83% at Debakey H S For Health Prof, demonstrating that high achievement is possible across diverse student demographics.
Both schools are on an upward trajectory, with Roberts Elementary climbing from a rank of 161st to 39th in the state over two years, and Debakey H S For Health Prof improving from 32nd to 18th. Per-student spending is similar ($10,017 at Debakey, $9,098 at Roberts), and student-teacher ratios are nearly identical (17.3:1 and 18:1). This creates a potential "feeder pattern" of excellence within the zip code, where a student attending Roberts Elementary would be well-prepared to apply to a magnet high school like Debakey, offering a powerful narrative of educational continuity and opportunity in a single, high-performing area.
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