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Westside Baptist Academy → MORTON RANCH H S → British International School Of Houston → CYPRESS LAKES H S → PAETOW H S → MAYDE CREEK H S → St John Xxiii College Prreparatory → TAYLOR H S →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 33% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 37% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How CALVIN NELMS H S compares for families
What families should know about CALVIN NELMS H S.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Westside Baptist Academy, MORTON RANCH H S, British International School Of Houston and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Bottom 37% by test-taker volume
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). Volume — not score — is what's reported here. A higher count means more students at this school are entering the college admissions pipeline. Note: 2020-21 was COVID-disrupted; some districts (especially those that stayed remote longer) report unusually low or zero takers.
👩🏫 Teacher workforce · federal CRDC
Teacher experience & reliability
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2017-18 — the most recent vintage that publishes per-school teacher quality fields; the 2020-21 sweep had them suppressed). "Inexperienced" = teachers in their first or second year. "Chronic absence" = teachers absent 10+ days/year.
Chronic absenteeism
Why this matters to enrollment: A low chronic-absence rate is the cleanest school-level signal of strong family connection, classroom culture, and student engagement — all upstream drivers of enrollment stability. For school leaders: an Enrollment Trend Audit traces this dynamic forward →
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020–2021. Rate = students chronically absent ÷ 2024 total enrollment.
Counselor capacity
Source: U.S. Department of Education, Civil Rights Data Collection 2020-2021. Counselor ratio = the school's most recent total enrollment ÷ counselor FTE. The American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommends a 250:1 maximum; the US national median across schools with on-staff counselors is roughly 430:1.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of +6.1%/year, projecting from 2024's 183 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Nearby high schools — the local competition
The closest high schools families here also consider, and where their enrollment is heading.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Westside Baptist Academy Katy |
Private | 0.7 | 64 | — |
| MORTON RANCH H S KATY |
Public | 1.9 | 2,944 | +15.9% |
| British International School Of Houston Katy |
Private | 2.1 | 742 | -14.5% |
| CYPRESS LAKES H S KATY |
Public | 2.5 | 3,175 | -1.5% |
| PAETOW H S KATY |
Public | 2.8 | 3,447 | +10.1% |
| MAYDE CREEK H S HOUSTON |
Public | 2.8 | 3,036 | +7.4% |
| St John Xxiii College Prreparatory Katy |
Private | 3.0 | 408 | -0.7% |
| TAYLOR H S KATY |
Public | 3.6 | 3,384 | +11.4% |