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HISD has an online high school offering regular, AP, and credit-recovery courses at its virtual school. For grades 3-12 offers online schooling through Texas Connections Academy @ Houston , which is operated under contract by Connections Academy , a Maryland -based company which works with public and other schools to provide online education.
During that year 41% of high-school-age children zoned to Sharpstown chose to attend a different Houston ISD school. [21] From 2002 to 2009, the graduating rate increased from 73.5% to 75.4%. Gretchen Gavett of Frontline said that the gain was "small." [22] By 2010, Sharpstown High School had improved to a 587th U.S. national ranking. [23]
Hattie Mae White Educational Support Center is the headquarters of the Houston Independent School District.. The following is a complete list of school districts serving the city limits of Houston, Texas.
Houston ISD Superintendent Mike Miles announced there were major improvements seen in student performance in the preliminary results for the STAAR and End of Course Exams.
Houston ISD's "West Region," which includes Walnut Bend and Revere, had about one-fifth of Houston ISD's schools but contained more than half of the 5,500 Katrina evacuees in Houston schools. At the start of the 2006-2007 school year, around 2,900 Hurricane Katrina evacuees were still enrolled in Houston ISD schools.
High School for Business and Economic Success, became an HISD charter named Leader's Academy High School for Business and Academic Success in 2007 and later merged into Victory Prep; Medical Center Charter School, a pre-kindergarten through 5th grade charter school, was located in the Westbury area.
That year, the HISD school board was to vote on whether to close Dodson Elementary. Terry Grier, the HISD superintendent, argued that Dodson needs to close so another school will be located there while its permanent facility is under construction. [194] On Thursday March 13, 2014, the HISD board voted to close Dodson Elementary 5-4. [193]
The Houston Independent School District takeover is a 2023 takeover of the state's largest school district by the Texas Education Agency, replacing the superintendent and elected board of trustees with a board of managers and a new superintendent appointed by the Texas commissioner of education.