Summary:
The 13 schools in Houston's 77089 zip code, serving elementary through high school grades, are predominantly part of the Pasadena Independent School District (ISD) (11 schools) with two from the Clear Creek Independent School District (ISD), and the area is characterized by a high average free/reduced lunch rate of 71.3%, indicating a largely low-income student population.
The standout school is Clear Horizons Early College High School (Clear Creek ISD), a top-2% Texas high school with a 99% graduation rate and all STAAR proficiency rates above 90%. In stark contrast, Meador Elementary (Pasadena ISD) struggles with a 91.65% poverty rate and critically low math scores (only 25.37% of 3rd graders proficient). The two districts show a clear performance gap: Clear Creek ISD ranks in the 85th percentile statewide, while Pasadena ISD ranks in the 37th. However, Pasadena ISD's Thompson Intermediate and Beverly Hills Intermediate are bright spots, achieving Algebra I proficiency rates of 95.83% and 97.37% respectively—far exceeding state averages. A consistent weakness across Pasadena ISD middle schools is 7th-grade math, with scores well below the state average.
Spending does not correlate with performance; the highest-spending schools (Burnett Elementary at $13,422/student and Frazier Elementary at $13,403/student) are among the lowest-performing, while Clear Horizons has the lowest spending ($8,956/student). Several elementary schools, including Stuchbery Elementary, administer the STAAR test in Spanish, and students often perform better on the Spanish Math version (e.g., Stuchbery's 3rd graders scored 25% proficient in English Math but 77.42% in Spanish Math), highlighting language barriers. Some schools are on declining trajectories: Frazier Elementary dropped from the 82nd to the 57th percentile, and Meador Elementary fell from the 59th to the 40th percentile between 2023-2024 and 2025-2026.
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