Reagan HS, Pilgrim Academy, and 20 other campuses also rated ‘Gold Ribbon’ schools

Children at Risk released its annual list of the top schools in the greater Houston area on April 27, and for the sixth consecutive year, HISD’s DeBakey High School for Health Professions was listed as number one.

Four other HISD high schools were included in the top ten: Carnegie Vanguard High School (#2), the High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (#4), Eastwood Academy (#7), and North Houston Early College High School (#10).

T.H. Rogers, which serves students in grades Pre-K through 8, has held steady in the number one position among the top middle schools in Houston since 2011, and ranked first at the elementary level since 2012. Other HISD schools in the top 20 were: Wharton K-8 (#5), Pin Oak (#7), Lanier (#8), and Briarmeadow Charter (#15) at the middle-school level; and West University (#2), River Oaks (#3), Horn Academy (#6), Bush (#13), Condit (#14), Oak Forest (#17), and Roberts (#19) at the elementary level.

Also noteworthy this year are 22 campuses that earned the “Gold Ribbon” distinction for serving a high concentration of economically disadvantaged students. Twenty-one HISD campuses earned the award at the elementary level, with Pilgrim Academy also being only one of four schools to earn it at the middle-school level. HISD’s Reagan High School was the sole winner of the Gold Ribbon at the high school level.

To see the complete list of 2015 rankings or learn more about how they were determined, please visit the Children at Risk website.

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