The 2020 National Merit Scholarship Competition generally represented a good year for Houston-area high school juniors. There were 386 area students who scored in the top 1% on the PSAT to earn the celebrated "Semifinalist" designation. Versus 365 Semifinalists in the previous year, there were 5% more brilliant students in Houston this go around. A National Merit Semifinalist (NMSF) [...]
Private school is expensive. Regardless of grade level, Houston private school tuition will set families back about $22,166 a year per child. At $15,626, Catholic schools represent a holy grail of savings or nearly 30% versus the city average. We currently track tuition for about 45 of the most popular Houston-area private schools. The cost below does not include [...]
The most popular Houston magnet schools were River Oaks Elementary, Pin Oak Middle School, and DeBakey High School for the 2019-2020 academic year. Families had about a 20%-40% chance of gaining admission to a desirable magnet school for a prime entry year, the year when the most number of seats are available for a given school. (Image Caption - [...]