SPRING BRANCH ACADEMIC INSTITUTE
HOUSTON · TX · SPRING BRANCH ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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- 📚 15 AP courses offered — Elite
- ✅ Dual-enrollment program (college credit while in HS)
- ✅ Gifted & talented program
- 🔢 4 calculus classes · 5 physics · 6 chemistry
- 🎓 AP rigor: Top 3.7% of US high schools
- 📝 SAT/ACT participation: Bottom 11% by test-taker volume
Composed from federal CRDC offerings, EDFacts ACGR, and other public data. Full breakdowns below.
How SPRING BRANCH ACADEMIC INSTITUTE 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 15 AP courses.
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: STRATFORD H S, Japanese Educational Institute, WESTCHESTER ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES 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 · 2020-21Bottom 11% 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.
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 +7.5%/year, projecting from 2024's 174 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STRATFORD H S HOUSTON |
Public | 0.3 | 2,394 | +7.4% |
| Japanese Educational Institute Houston |
Private | 1.0 | 448 | -21.7% |
| WESTCHESTER ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIONAL STUDIES HOUSTON |
Public · charter | 1.0 | 462 | -1.9% |
| The Village School Houston |
Private | 2.3 | 1,258 | -20.5% |
| The Village School Houston |
Private | 2.4 | 1,261 | — |
| WESTSIDE H S HOUSTON |
Public | 2.7 | 2,729 | -7.1% |
| ALIEF EARLY COLLEGE H S HOUSTON |
Public | 3.3 | 402 | -2.4% |
| HAROLD D GUTHRIE CENTER FOR EXCELLENCE HOUSTON |
Public | 3.5 | — | — |