SOAR CENTER
HOUSTON · TX · HOUSTON ISD · Public · K-12 combined
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HARPER DAEP → HCC LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM → MIDDLE COLLEGE H S AT HCC GULFTON → T H ROGERS SCHOOL → PREMIER H S - HOUSTON (SHARPSTOWN) → PREMIER H S HOUSTON GALLERY NORTH → LONG ACADEMY → ACADEMY OF CHOICE →📋 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: HARPER DAEP, HCC LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM, MIDDLE COLLEGE H S AT HCC GULFTON 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.
🏛️ Your state's public flagship
The University of Texas at Austin
The in-state tuition gap is the flagship's biggest draw — most in-state families pay far less than the out-of-state sticker. Average net price after aid runs about $19,857/yr. Admission odds depend on your student's GPA and test scores, not which high school they attend.
Source: IPEDS admissions, tuition & enrollment + College Scorecard net price. Flagship = the state's primary public research university.
💰 Pay for college in Texas
Texas's public scholarships
Texas families have two big levers: a guaranteed-admission rule for the top of each graduating class, and the need-based TEXAS Grant that pairs with it. Class rank does more here than almost anywhere.
Graduate in the top 10% of your Texas public-HS class and finish the required curriculum for automatic admission to TX public universities (UT Austin caps at the top 5%). (Must finish the required college-prep curriculum (Distinguished plan).)
Official program details ↗Texas's flagship need-based grant — no GPA gate to qualify (a 3.0 or top-third rank just gives priority when funds run short). (Enroll within 16 months of HS, ≥¾ time, in a bachelor's program.)
Official program details ↗Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan plus a 3.0 GPA and an 80th-percentile test (or top-10% rank) for a TEXAS Grant-sized scholarship. (Graduate at least a semester early with the Distinguished plan.)
Official program details ↗Eligibility rules change yearly — confirm with the official program before relying on it. Amounts are recent published figures; awards cover tuition/fees, not housing or books unless noted. Verified 2026-06-14.
Enrollment trend & projection
Total enrollment + grade 12, NCES Common Core of Data (2021–2024).
If the recent trend holds…
At its recent rate of -0.7%/year, projecting from 2024's 209 students:
≈ 7 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 7 students projected to be lost by 2029 represent ≈ $93,212/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.
Most similar nearby high schools
The schools most like this one — same type, blended on distance and size — and where their enrollment is heading. These are the schools families here weigh against each other.
| School | Type | Miles | HS enrollment | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HARPER DAEP HOUSTON |
Public | 3.2 | 76 | — |
| HCC LIFE SKILLS PROGRAM HOUSTON |
Public | 6.5 | 69 | -6.8% |
| MIDDLE COLLEGE H S AT HCC GULFTON HOUSTON |
Public | 6.1 | 72 | -43.8% |
| T H ROGERS SCHOOL HOUSTON |
Public | 3.9 | 31 | — |
| PREMIER H S - HOUSTON (SHARPSTOWN) HOUSTON |
Public · charter | 7.0 | 91 | — |
| PREMIER H S HOUSTON GALLERY NORTH HOUSTON |
Public · charter | 5.0 | 108 | -20.0% |
| LONG ACADEMY HOUSTON |
Public | 7.3 | 102 | -43.3% |
| ACADEMY OF CHOICE HOUSTON |
Public | 3.5 | — | — |