FRIENDSWOOD H S
FRIENDSWOOD · TX · FRIENDSWOOD ISD · Public
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CLEAR BROOK H S → The Momentum Academy → Bay Area Christian School → CLEAR SPRINGS H S → PEARLAND H S → Eagle Heights Christian Academy → CLEAR HORIZONS EARLY COLLEGE H S → ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S →📋 At a glance
- 📚 25 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 7 calculus classes · 29 physics · 25 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Top 2.3% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How FRIENDSWOOD H S compares for families
Among the nation's most academically rigorous high schools.
- ▸ StatewideAP rigor sits in the top 3.7% of US high schools with 25 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: CLEAR BROOK H S, The Momentum Academy, Bay Area Christian School and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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🎓 Academic rigor
AP + advanced-course offerings
Elite — exceptional AP + advanced course breadth
Top 3.7% of US high schools
✅ Gifted/talented program
Source: federal Civil Rights Data Collection (CRDC 2020-21). CRDC reports what's offered + enrolled — it doesn't collect AP exam pass rates (College Board owns that data and doesn't release it school-level).
SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Top 2.3% 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: Chronic absence is the strongest early indicator of dropout, transfer-out, and family disengagement. A school's absenteeism trend forecasts its enrollment trend 1-3 years out. 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 +0.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 2,014 students:
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue upside
At $12,008 per student in district revenue, the 53 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $636,424/year in additional funding.
District total revenue ÷ enrollment, NCES F-33. Public funding largely follows enrollment, so a shrinking class is a recurring budget hit.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLEAR BROOK H S FRIENDSWOOD |
Public | 2.8 | 2,303 | -5.2% |
| The Momentum Academy Webster |
Private | 3.3 | 23 | — |
| Bay Area Christian School League City |
Private | 3.9 | 762 | -0.9% |
| CLEAR SPRINGS H S LEAGUE CITY |
Public | 4.1 | 2,668 | -3.9% |
| PEARLAND H S PEARLAND |
Public | 4.1 | 3,412 | +4.8% |
| Eagle Heights Christian Academy Pearland |
Private | 4.4 | 108 | -30.3% |
| CLEAR HORIZONS EARLY COLLEGE H S HOUSTON |
Public | 4.6 | 459 | +10.3% |
| ROBERT TURNER COLLEGE AND CAREER H S PEARLAND |
Public | 5.3 | 1,128 | -2.4% |