Houston ISD (HISD) Top Magnet Schools
According to the district, Houston Independent School District is the largest in Texas and the seventh largest in the United States. Approximately 211,000 students throughout Houston attend 282 schools. In the 2012-2013 academic year, 15% were Gifted/ Talented and 92% of students were categorized as Title I, “economically disadvantaged.”
Public Magnet School programs in the Houston area are usually structured in three different ways:
- Schoolwide Magnet – All students, zoned and applicants, benefit from this specialized program; no application necessary for zoned students to benefit.
- Dedicated Magnet – No students are zoned to these schools; everyone is admitted based on their qualifying applications.
- School-Within-A-School (SWAS) – Admitted students benefit from a specialized program but may also take normal classes; zoned students generally may participate in the special program without applying.
It is also important to note that regardless of their other program offerings, most HISD Magnet Schools offer specialized academics for Gifted/ Talented students. Of the schools listed below, allof those which do not have Dedicated Vanguard Magnet or Schoolwide Vanguard programs offer Vanguard Neighborhood programs.
Arabic Immersion Magnet School
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Garden Oaks Montessori
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Harvard Elementary
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Horn Elementary
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Kolter Elementary School
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Lovett Elementary School
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Mandarin Immersion Magnet School
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Mark Twain Elementary
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Poe Elementary
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River Oaks Elementary
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Roberts Elementary
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T. H. Rogers School
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The Rice School La Escuela Rice
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Travis Elementary School
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West University Elementary School
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Wilson Montessori
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Baylor College of Medicine
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Garden Oaks Montessori
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Lanier Middle School
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Mandarin Immersion Magnet School
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Pershing Middle School
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Pin Oak Middle School
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T. H. Rogers School
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The Rice School La Escuela Rice
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Wilson Montessori
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Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy
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Bellaire High School
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Carnegie Vanguard High School
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Heights High School (Formerly Reagan high School)
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High School for Law and Justice
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Kinder High School for the Performing and Visual Arts (HSPVA)
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Lamar High School
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Michael E. DeBakey High School
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The Energy Institute High School
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Waltrip High School
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Westside High School
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Young Women’s College Preparatory Academy
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