Summary:
Zip code 77080 in Houston, Texas, is home to two public high schools—Northbrook High School and Spring Woods High School—both serving grades 9-12 within the Spring Branch Independent School District (ISD), a district ranked in the 70th percentile statewide.
Spring Woods High School stands out as the stronger performer in this area. It holds a higher state ranking (40th percentile, 2 stars) compared to Northbrook High School (26th percentile, 1 star), and it boasts a higher graduation rate (85.9% vs. 76.6%) with a lower dropout rate (3.9% vs. 4.9%). Academically, Spring Woods outperforms Northbrook in every STAAR End-of-Course subject, with a particularly notable strength in U.S. History, where 77.49% of students are proficient—exceeding both the state average (70.17%) and nearly matching the district average (77.34%). Both schools, however, significantly trail the district average in core subjects like Algebra I, Biology, and English, indicating area-wide challenges. A positive trend is that both schools showed substantial year-over-year improvement in Algebra I proficiency, with Northbrook nearly doubling its rate from 23.67% to 46.48%.
Both schools serve high-poverty populations, with 91.74% of Northbrook students and 86.93% of Spring Woods students eligible for free or reduced lunch. Interestingly, while Northbrook High School spends more per student ($11,510 vs. $10,591), Spring Woods High School achieves better outcomes with a lower student-teacher ratio (13.6 vs. 16.2), suggesting that smaller class sizes may be a more impactful factor than overall spending in this context.
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