Accelerated Center for Education (ace)
HOUSTON · TX · GALENA PARK ISD · Public
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Most similar nearby schools
TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - HOUSTON NORTH → BETA ACADEMY → EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY → MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY → THE SUMMIT (HIGH SCHOOL) → GEORGE I SANCHEZ CHARTER → TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - HOUSTON HOBBY → GALENA PARK ISD CAREER & TECHNICAL ECHS →How Accelerated Center for Education (ace) compares for families
What families should know about Accelerated Center for Education (ace).
- ▸ LocallyTX students outperform the US average on NAEP 8th-grade math (+4 points).
- ▸ vs Similar SchoolsThe closest comparables nearby: TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - HOUSTON NORTH, BETA ACADEMY, EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY and 5 more. See the sidebar to compare side-by-side.
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Federal Title I context
High-poverty school
Title I Schoolwide eligible
≥75% of students qualify for free/reduced lunch. These schools qualify for the highest tier of federal Title I funding and typically receive extra wraparound services. Academic outcomes vary widely — check the state assessment + grad-rate tiles.
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.
Texas Accountability
TEA's official A–F rating: C (78/100).
The Texas Education Agency's official accountability grade for this campus — a single A–F letter and a 0–100 scaled score the state assigns to every public high school, rolled up from the domains below.
What the A–F domains mean →
Student Achievement — STAAR performance plus, for high schools, college/career/military readiness and graduation. School Progress — academic growth and performance relative to schools with similar economic profiles. Closing the Gaps — outcomes across student groups. TEA awards the campus the better of two methods per domain; the overall grade is the weighted roll-up.
Source: Texas Education Agency, A–F Accountability Ratings (2024-25) via data.texas.gov; the state's official campus rating under Texas Education Code §39.054. Covers every rated Texas public high school.
Texas State Testing
STAAR End-of-Course results: how many students meet grade level.
The share of students scoring Meets Grade Level or above on Texas's high-school End-of-Course exams — the state's core academic-proficiency benchmark, reported for every campus.
What do Approaches / Meets / Masters mean? →
Texas reports STAAR at three rising bars: Approaches (likely to succeed in the next grade with support), Meets (solid command, on track for college/career readiness — the headline number above), and Masters (advanced command). End-of-Course exams are taken when a student finishes the course, so they reflect that subject's instruction, not a single grade.
Source: Texas Education Agency, Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR) STAAR EOC performance, 2024-25, All Students. Small-group results are masked by TEA for privacy and shown only where reported.
Not enough enrollment history on file to chart a trend for this school yet.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - HOUSTON NORTH HOUSTON |
Public · charter | 10.3 | 254 | -32.4% |
| BETA ACADEMY HOUSTON |
Public · charter | 11.6 | 219 | +85.6% |
| EARLY COLLEGE T-STEM ACADEMY HOUSTON |
Public · charter | 8.7 | 303 | -2.3% |
| MOUNT CARMEL ACADEMY HOUSTON |
Public · charter | 11.5 | 194 | -27.6% |
| THE SUMMIT (HIGH SCHOOL) PASADENA |
Public | 7.5 | 161 | +5.9% |
| GEORGE I SANCHEZ CHARTER HOUSTON |
Public · charter | 9.5 | 303 | -12.4% |
| TEXANS CAN ACADEMY - HOUSTON HOBBY DALLAS |
Public · charter | 10.2 | 322 | -10.3% |
| GALENA PARK ISD CAREER & TECHNICAL ECHS HOUSTON |
Public | 1.4 | 487 | +6.8% |
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