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KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS

HOUSTON · TX · HOUSTON ISD · Public

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📚AP rigor: 82th percentile nationally 📖14 AP courses

📋 At a glance

Programs & features
  • 📚 14 AP courses offered — Elite
  • ✅ Gifted & talented program
  • 🔢 2 calculus classes · 9 physics · 10 chemistry
Academic signals
  • 🎓 AP rigor: 82th percentile nationally
  • 📝 SAT/ACT participation: 83th percentile by test-taker volume

Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.

🎓 Where grads go

99.0% of graduates enrolled in any college the fall after graduation.
4-yr public TX college
65.0%
UT-Austin + Texas A&M
22.0%

Source: TEA/THECB college-enrollment figures. Full Texas Reach detail below.

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How KINDER H S FOR PERFORMING AND VISUAL ARTS compares for families

Stronger-than-average college-prep profile.

  • StatewideAP rigor in the top 18% nationally with 14 AP courses.
  • LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
  • vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: Incarnate Word Academy, HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER, CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S 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

82th percentile nationally

50th 90th ↑ this school
Less rigorMore rigorMost rigor
AP courses offered
14
Math ✓ · Science ✓
Advanced math classes
10
2 calculus · 8 advanced
Lab science classes
19
9 physics · 10 chemistry
Other rigor signals
✅ 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 · 2020-21

83th percentile by test-taker volume

50th 90th
SAT/ACT test-takers
277
11th-12th graders who took 1+ college admissions test
Test-taking intensity
35.4
takers per 100 students in grades 9-12
Compared against
18,426
US high schools reporting SAT/ACT participation

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

% inexperienced teachers (1st-2nd yr)
2.1%
Strong: experienced corps. New teachers rotate through but most have ≥3 years in.
% chronic teacher absence (≥10 days/yr)
6.2%
Around the national average. Worth watching.

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.

🏛️ Federal Title I context

Lower-need school

Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)

23.1%
FRPL rate — % of students who qualify for the federal Free or Reduced-Price Lunch program. This is the underlying federal income-eligibility signal Title I designations are computed from (ESEA Sec. 1113).
0% (no FRPL) 35% TA · 40% Schoolwide 100% (universal FRPL)

<25% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. Well below the Title I threshold; expect a higher-income student body on average.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data, free/reduced-price lunch eligibility. The actual Title I designation is a district decision and may differ from eligibility — but the federal eligibility math is what we show here. We don't claim to assert whether the district formally chose to enroll this school in Title I.

🤘 Texas Reach

Where this school's graduates land after high school.

What share of Kinder HSPVA (Houston)'s 2022 graduating class enrolled in college the following fall — and how that splits across Texas higher education. Source-of-truth for college-going at the high-school level in Texas.

Any college
99%
enrolled in TX higher ed, fall after graduation
State sample median: 85%
4-yr public TX
65%
at a TX public university
State sample median: 53%
⭐ Flagship
22%
at UT Austin or the Texas A&M system
State sample median: 15%
Cohort: 200 graduates
Class of: 2022
State sample: 98 TX HSs with published data

Houston ISD performing arts magnet; consistently top-3 ranked TX public HS.

Source: TEA TAPR 2022-23, Domain 4 CCMR + Higher Ed Enrollment. Headline rate is "enrolled in Texas higher ed the following fall." Initial dataset covers a curated set of high-profile TX high schools — full per-school ingest pending the THECB open-records data response.

⭐ Texas School Quality

How TEA grades this school: CCMR + A-F accountability.

Two cohort-level signals TEA publishes for every Texas public high school: the share of graduates ready for college, career, or military service (CCMR), and the state's official A-F accountability grade.

CCMR
97%
College, Career, or Military Ready
State sample median: 82%
TEA Grade
A
Class of 2023
Accountability score
97
out of 100
State sample median: 88
What counts as CCMR-ready? →

Under TEA TAPR Domain 4, a graduate counts as CCMR-ready if they meet any one of: a qualifying SAT/ACT score; a qualifying TSI assessment; AP/IB exam scores of 3+; dual-credit college courses with C or better; an associate's degree at HS graduation; an industry-based certification; an OnRamps course; military enlistment; or an aligned career-prep program. The metric rolls up "is this graduate prepared for what comes next?" into one comparable number.

Source: TEA TAPR 2022-23 — Domain 4 CCMR + A-F Accountability. CCMR cohort = HS Class of 2023. A-F grade per Texas Education Code §39.054. Initial dataset is high-profile Texas HSs only — full ingest follows the TEA TAPR downloadable-file processing.

Chronic absenteeism

Share of students absent 15+ days
4.5%
Below 10% — strong attendance culture. Chronic absence is a leading indicator of dropout and disengagement; a low rate signals families staying connected to the school.
Students absent 15+ days
35
Federal definition: absent (excused or unexcused) for at least 15 of ~180 school days — about 10% of the school year.

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

Student : Counselor
391:1
Around the US median. Counselors are stretched but functional.
Counselor FTE
2.0
Full-time-equivalent school counselors on staff.
Teacher FTE
48
Full-time-equivalent classroom teachers.

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

Grade 12 went from 179 in 2021 to 184 in 2024 — over 3 years.
+2.8%

Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).

If the recent trend holds…

At its recent rate of +0.0%/year, projecting from 2024's 782 students:

2025
782
2027
783
2029
784

An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.

Revenue upside

At $13,316 per student in district revenue, the 2 students projected to be gained by 2029 represent ≈ $26,632/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.

SchoolTypeMilesHS enrollmentTrend
Incarnate Word Academy
Houston
Private 0.2 311 -0.3%
HARRIS COUNTY JUVENILE DETENTION CENTER
HOUSTON
Public · charter 0.3 138 +48.4%
CARNEGIE VANGUARD H S
HOUSTON
Public 1.5 855 -6.4%
HOUSTON ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES
HOUSTON
Public 1.5 473 +2.8%
H S FOR LAW AND JUSTICE
HOUSTON
Public 1.5 391 -10.9%
EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S
HOUSTON
Public 1.7 458 +2.2%
HCC LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM
HOUSTON
Public 1.7 69 -6.8%
MIDDLE COLLEGE H S AT HCC FRAGA
HOUSTON
Public 1.7 130 +0.8%

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