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Moving to Houston? Compare schools across the whole metro.

Multiple districts, hundreds of schools — one map, one rating method.

Houston: 55 school districts, 10 counties, one rating scale

55 districts sit on this map. 55 have a published composite; the rest stay not rated rather than a fabricated zero.

One metro, 10 counties, no county-wide district

Houston is not a county school system. Families compare 55 independent districts that cut across 10 counties — the same 1–10 scale on every row.

Where every Houston district lands

Beats its odds by the widest margin

Barbers Hill ISD outperforms what student poverty predicts by 1.7 points on the residual.

What the same metro costs at each end

Typical home values on this map run from $106,500 to $1,164,400.

Districts with the most measured campuses

  1. Houston ISD5.9 · average · 262 measured
  2. Cypress-fairbanks ISD6.2 · average · 86 measured
  3. Fort Bend ISD6.5 · average · 73 measured
  4. Katy ISD7.7 · very good · 70 measured
  5. Pasadena ISD5.9 · average · 66 measured
  6. Aldine ISD4.8 · below average · 64 measured
  7. Conroe ISD6.9 · average · 60 measured
  8. Klein ISD7.0 · average · 47 measured

And 47 more districts on the map.

Houston school districts on one map

Houston is one of the largest school markets in the country, spanning dozens of independent school districts. Most families weighing neighborhoods across Houston ISD, Cypress-Fairbanks, Spring Branch, and Katy have to compare schools district by district. This map shows the entire metro at once — the same methodology everywhere — so you can compare neighborhoods on equal footing.

Houston ISD Core

The urban core — from Heights to Midtown to East End.

Northwest Houston

Cypress-Fairbanks ISD — consistent high performance.

West Houston

Spring Branch and Katy ISDs — suburban strength.

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