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Houston Private School Tuition 2019
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 [...]
Top Houston ISD Magnet Pre-Kindergarten Schools
There were 3 magnet schools that accepted 3-year old students, and 7 magnet schools that accepted 4-year old students. However, admission priority at pre-kindergarten is strongly for disadvantaged families, and for these students there is no tuition to attend. (Image Caption - With 173 [...]
Top Houston ISD Magnet High Schools
DeBakey assumed the top spot for the first time followed by Carnegie Vanguard and Bellaire High School. Qualified families had about a 34% chance of getting into a top high school. For the 2019-2020 academic year, 5,946 students submitted 16,659 applications for 9th grade [...]
Top Houston ISD Magnet Middle Schools
Pin Oak, Lanier, and T.H. Rogers middle schools retained their titles as the most popular choices. Qualified families had about a 40% chance of getting into a top middle school. For the 2019-2020 academic year, 4,361 students submitted 11,431 applications for 6th grade to [...]
Top Houston ISD Magnet Elementary Schools
River Oaks, TH Rogers, and Harvard elementary schools retained their titles as the most popular choices. Qualified families had an average of 20% chance of getting into one of the top schools. For the 2019-2020 academic year, 2,548 students submitted 6,491 applications for kindergarten [...]
Top Houston ISD (HISD) Magnet Schools of 2019
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 [...]