SOAR CENTER
HOUSTON · TX · HOUSTON ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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The Gateway Academy → Memorial Hall School → WALTRIP H S → School Of The Woods → SCARBOROUGH H S → Lutheran High North → Duchesne Academy Of The Sacred Heart → HOUSTON HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL →📋 At a glance
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🎓 AP rigor: Bottom 14% of US high schools
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How SOAR CENTER compares for families
What families should know about SOAR CENTER.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: The Gateway Academy, Memorial Hall School, WALTRIP H S and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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SAT / ACT participation
CRDC federal data · 2020-21Source: 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.
🏛️ Federal Title I context
Lower-need school
Not Title I eligible (FRPL < 25%)
<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.
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 209 students:
≈ 5 fewer students by 2029 — a real revenue/relevance risk worth getting ahead of.
An extrapolation of the recent trajectory, not a forecast of the school's plans; ignores one-off shocks.
Revenue at risk
At $13,316 per student in district revenue, the 5 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $66,580/year in funding at risk.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Gateway Academy Houston |
Private | 0.7 | 72 | +38.5% |
| Memorial Hall School Houston |
Private | 0.9 | 19 | — |
| WALTRIP H S HOUSTON |
Public | 1.7 | 1,615 | -5.7% |
| School Of The Woods Houston |
Private | 2.0 | 522 | +100.8% |
| SCARBOROUGH H S HOUSTON |
Public | 2.1 | 691 | -9.7% |
| Lutheran High North Houston |
Private | 2.3 | 102 | -29.2% |
| Duchesne Academy Of The Sacred Heart Houston |
Private | 2.5 | 659 | +3.3% |
| HOUSTON HEIGHTS CHARTER SCHOOL HOUSTON |
Public · charter | 2.9 | 192 | +9.7% |