Summary:
The 10 public schools in Houston's 77080 zip code, all part of the Spring Branch Independent School District (Isd), serve a predominantly low-income community with an average of 90.4% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch, and include six elementary schools, two middle schools, and two high schools.
Among the elementary schools, Cedar Brook Elementary stands out as the top performer, consistently meeting or exceeding state averages in core subjects like 4th-grade Math (62.96%) and 5th-grade Math (50.45%), while other elementary schools like Hollibrook Elementary (99.37% free/reduced lunch) and Pine Shadows Elementary struggle significantly. At the middle school level, both Northbrook Middle and Spring Woods Middle rank in the bottom 22% and 14% of Texas middle schools respectively, yet they show a remarkable strength in advanced math—Northbrook Middle's Algebra I proficiency rate of 94.12% is 40 points above the state average. For high schools, Spring Woods High School is the standout, ranking in the 40th percentile and exceeding the state average in U.S. History (77.49% vs. 70.17%), while also boasting a higher graduation rate (85.9%) compared to Northbrook High School (76.6%).
Key takeaways include a significant "bilingual gap" where students tested in Spanish perform drastically worse than peers tested in English—for example, at Pine Shadows Elementary, 5th-grade Reading proficiency in English was 56.14% but only 22.22% in Spanish. Additionally, spending does not correlate with results, as Northbrook Middle spends the most per student ($13,430) but ranks poorly, while Spring Woods High spends the least ($10,591) and is the highest-ranked high school. The average graduation rate across the two high schools is 81.25%, below the district average of 88.4%, and the dropout rate of 4.4% is more than double the district's 2.0%.
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