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Houston Private and Select Public Schools.
General Academic Summary of School Findings Rice University, October 5, 2013 Introduc)on We Provide Tutoring, Test Prep, and Enrichment Courses in Houston (Rice Village) and Dallas (Park Ci)es) • Established at Rice’s Sid Richardson College in 2003 • Have worked with more than a thousand students • Currently working with more than 300 families Core Service Offerings • In-‐Home/ Office Private Tutoring • Walk-‐In No Appointment Necessary “Study Lounge” • Summer Enrichment Courses • Consul:ng • Test Prepara:on (ISEE/ HSPT/ SAT/ ACT) Our Team 10 Years of Wonderfulness 2003 – 2013 • • • • • • • More than 50 Tutors 75% Rice Affiliated (Undergrad, Grads, Recent Alums) 40% Rice Undergraduates 60% top 1% by SAT and/or ACT scores 95% Top 5% by SAT and/or ACT scores 75% Mul:-‐lingual 25% Hold/ Pursuing Masters, PhD, or MD School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 2 If The Only Things You Remember… 1. There are at least 64 good schools in Houston, and 12 REALLY good schools 2. HISD deserves your a_en:on – Carnegie, Debakey, IB, $3.5 billion bond 3. Private schools can meet or exceed small colleges – curricula, tradi:on, environment 4. Technology & Best Prac:ces heralding a paradigm shie in educa:on 5. Study foreign languages – proven good scien:fically, financially, and philosophically 6. Extracurricular – Not everything great happens within the bells 7. Don’t limit your search geographically School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 3 If The Only Things You Remember… Life (school) is more about what you and your family make of it versus anything that I or anyone else could tell you today. School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 4 Analysis Based off of 64 Schools We profiled 41 private and 23 applica)on-‐ based public schools mostly within Beltway 8. Data comes from the schools, government, & other 3rd party sources. The 3rd edi)on of “Houston Private and Select Public Schools” is available now and contains: • 305 pages of research, analysis, insight, & advice • Profiles on 64 schools • Compara:ve Sta:s:cs • “An:-‐Anxiety Worksheet For Choosing a School” School Affilia)on & Grade Level • 63% (41) are religiously affiliated • 50% (25/41) of religious schools are Catholic • 61% (26/41) of private schools start at prekindergarten • 32% (13) of private schools are prekindergarten through 12th grade • 100% (12) of prekindergarten through 8th or 9th grade are religious • 88% (7/8) of high school-‐only schools are religious School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 5 An)-‐Anxiety Worksheet An analy)cal yet fast and easy way to compare schools across a number of factors that ma]er specifically to you. The worksheet allows you to quan)fy that weird feeling you have. • • • • • Iden:fy the considera:ons that ma_er to you Weight them by how important each considera:on is Write out a few notes about why you feel that way Apply scores to each of the considera:ons Calculate your total score and take a breath of relief A blank worksheet and detailed direc2ons are in your Schools Book. School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 6 Private Schools by Type School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 7 Religious Schools Presbyterian, 1 , 4% Jewish, 2 , 8% Bap:st, 3 , 11% Episcopal, 5 , 19% Catholic, 13 , 50% Chris:an, 2 , 8% School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 8 Private Schools by Grade Level 14 12 # of Schools 10 7 8 6 1 12 4 7 6 2 2 2 2 K-‐5/8 K-‐12 0 PreK-‐8/9 PreK-‐12 1 1 4-‐8 6/7 -‐ 12 9-‐12 Grades Served Religious Secular School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 9 Private Schools by Grade Level 14 # of Schools 12 10 7 8 6 1 12 4 7 6 2 2 2 2 K-‐5/8 K-‐12 0 PreK-‐8/9 PreK-‐12 1 1 4-‐8 6/7 -‐ 12 9-‐12 Grades Served Religious Secular School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 10 Public Schools by Grade Level & Magnet Houston ISD (HISD) structures its magnet programs in three different ways: • Schoolwide Magnet – All students, zoned and applicants, benefit from this specialized program; no applica:on necessary for zoned students to benefit. • Dedicated Magnet – No students are zoned to these schools; everyone is admi_ed based off their qualifying applica:ons. • School-‐Within-‐A-‐School (SWAS) – Admi_ed students benefit from a specialized program but may also take normal classes; zoned students generally may par:cipate in the special program without applying. School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 11 Houston ISD PreK-‐5 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 12 Houston ISD 6-‐8 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 13 Houston ISD 9-‐12 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 14 Age of Houston Schools Sca]er Plot of All Profiled School Ages 160 140 120 Age 100 80 60 40 20 0 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 School Source: The Schools School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 15 Enrollment -‐ Private 50! 55! 107! 155! 160! 162! 170! 223! 224! 247! 250! 262! 294! 378! 425! 430! 434! 454! 458! 472! 485! 521! 524! 560! 623! 653! 661! 673! 709! 714! Alexander Smith! Tenney School! Joy School! St. Catherine's Montessori! Chinquapin School! St. Theresa Catholic School! St. Stephen's Episcopal! Corpus Christi Catholic Regis School! Trafton Academy! Beren Academy! Incarnate Word Academy! Fay School! School of the Woods! Post Oak Montessori St. Mark's Episcopal School! Emery/Weiner! First Baptist Academy! Briarwood School! St. Michael Catholic School! Houston Christian High British School! Presbyterian School! Westbury Christian School! St. Thomas Episcopal! St. Pius X! Episcopal High School! Annunciation Orthodox St. Thomas High School! Duchesne! St. Francis Episcopal Day! St. Anne Catholic School! River Oaks Baptist School! St. Agnes! Village School! Strake Jesuit! John Cooper School! Second Baptist! Awty International! St. Johns! Kinkaid! Source: NCES 820! 820! 845! 900! 914! 925! 964! 1122! 1206! 1274! 1366! 0! 200! 400! 600! 800! 1000! 1200! 1400! School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 1600! 16 Enrollment -‐ Public Cornerstone Academy! 338! Mandarin Chinese School! 358! Texas Academy of Math and Science! 375! TH Rogers! 396! Carnegie Vanguard HS! 458! Wilson Montessori! 489! Source: NCES Horn Elementary! 610! HSPVA! 654! River Oaks Elementary! 680! Harvard Elementary! 689! Poe Elementary! 730! Roberts Elementary! 746! Mark Twain Elementary! 787! Debakey HS! 865! Westchester Academy! 977! Pin Oak MS! 1153! West University Elementary! 1197! Lanier MS! 1336! Pershing MS! 1748! Waltrip High School! 1762! 2001! Reagan High School! Lamar HS! 3003! Bellaire HS! 3466! 0! 500! 1000! 1500! 2000! 2500! School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 3000! 3500! 4000! 17 Largest Public vs. Largest Private 964 John Cooper School Pershing MS 1748 1122 Second Bap:st Waltrip High School 1762 Awty Interna:onal Source: NCES 1206 2001 Reagan High School 1274 St. Johns 3003 Lamar HS 1366 Kinkaid Bellaire HS 3466 0 500 1000 1500 2000 2500 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 3000 3500 4000 18 Largest Public vs. Largest Private (Grade) Enrollment Highest Grade 800 700 600 500 Source: NCES 400 300 200 100 0 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 19 Most Acreage 70 60 50 65 Source: The Schools 55 55 45 44 43 42 40 35 28 30 25.67 20 10 0 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 20 Most Acreage – Per Student Source: The Schools 30 27 25 19 20 21 21 21 22 15 11 10 5 3 5 7 0 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 21 Private School Endowments Second Bap:st, $7.5 St. Agnes, $9.0 Source: IRS Form 99 And The Schools Duchesne, $6.3 Emery/Weiner, $9.8 Chinquapin School, $10.0 Strake Jesuit, $11.0 Kinkaid, $79.4 St. Thomas High School, $12.5 Episcopal High School, $24.0 St. Johns, $59.0 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 22 Private School Endowments – Per Pupil Source: IRS Form 99 And The Schools Presbyterian School Duchesne St. Agnes Strake Jesuit St. Thomas High School Emery/Weiner Episcopal High School St. Johns Kinkaid Chinquapin School $0 $10,000 $20,000 $30,000 $40,000 $50,000 $60,000 $70,000 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 23 Student to Teacher Ra)o Source: NCES Tenney School Alexander Smith Joy School St. Stephen's Episcopal Regis School St. Anne Catholic School Emery/Weiner Episcopal High School St. Johns St. Francis Episcopal Day Briarwood School Bri:sh School Beren Academy School of the Woods Presbyterian School Chinquapin School Awty Interna:onal Second Bap:st Duchesne Kinkaid St. Thomas Episcopal Post Oak School Village School Houston Chris:an High School Traeon Academy 0 2 4 6 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 8 10 12 24 Student to Teacher Ra)o – Top 25 Lowest Source: NCES Tenney School Alexander Smith Joy School St. Stephen's Episcopal Regis School St. Anne Catholic School Emery/Weiner Episcopal High School St. Johns St. Francis Episcopal Day Briarwood School Bri:sh School Beren Academy School of the Woods Presbyterian School Chinquapin School Awty Interna:onal Second Bap:st Duchesne Kinkaid St. Thomas Episcopal Post Oak School Village School Houston Chris:an High School Traeon Academy 0 2 4 6 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 8 10 12 25 Diversity Village School Roberts Elementary Carnegie Vanguard HS Lanier MS St. Theresa Catholic School Incarnate Word Academy Wilson Montessori Lamar HS Poe Elementary Pin Oak MS Westbury Chris:an School Harvard Elementary Bellaire HS Westchester Academy TH Rogers Pershing MS Waltrip High School Debakey HS Reagan High School Chinquapin School Harris County Demographics 120% 2010 US Census 100% • 56.6% -‐ “White” • 40.8% -‐ “Hispanic” 80% • 33% -‐ “White persons not Hispanic” • 18.9% -‐ “Black” 60% • 6.2% -‐ “Asian” • .7 % -‐ “American Indian and Alaska 40% Na:ve” 20% Does not add up to 100% because respondents may select mul2ple 0% op2ons Public schools are almost 100% more diverse than private schools. Catholic schools fall in between Private and Public schools. Some private schools do not release demographic informa)on. Source: NCES School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 26 AP Courses Offered 25 20 Source: The Schools 22 22 20 18 18 16 15 15 15 15 15 15 15 14 12 12 12 10 5 0 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 27 IB Curricula Source: The Schools School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 28 Most Popular World Languages Source: The Schools Hebrew German Greek Italian La:n Chinese French Spanish 0 10 20 30 40 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 50 60 70 29 Most Language Offerings Source: The Schools 12 10 8 6 4 2 0 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 30 Na)onal Merit Semi-‐Finalists -‐ # Source: NMSC St. Agnes, 4 Carnegie, 5 All Others, 21 HSPVA, 5 St. Johns, 42 Kinkaid, 7 John Cooper, 10 Debakey HS, 10 TAMS, 42 Strake Jesuit, 15 Bellaire HS, 33 School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 31 Na)onal Merit Semi-‐Finalists -‐ % Source: NMSC 35% 31% 30% 25% 24% 20% 15% 12% 10% 6% 5% 6% 5% 5% 5% 5% 5% 0% St. Johns TAMS John Strake Carnegie Bellaire Debakey Kinkaid St. School of Cooper Jesuit Vanguard HS Thomas the HS School HS Episcopal Woods School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 32 Tui)on Chinquapin School! St. Theresa Catholic School! Corpus Christi Catholic School! St. Michael Catholic School! Trafton Academy! St. Anne Catholic School! Incarnate Word Academy! St. Catherine's Montessori! Westbury Christian School! St. Pius X! St. Thomas High School! St. Thomas Episcopal! First Baptist Academy! St. Agnes! School of the Woods! St. Mark's Episcopal School! St. Stephen's Episcopal! Strake Jesuit! Second Baptist! Fay School! Houston Christian High School! Briarwood School! Annunciation Orthodox School! Presbyterian School! Beren Academy! Regis School! River Oaks Baptist School! Duchesne! St. Francis Episcopal Day! Awty International! John Cooper School! St. Johns! Kinkaid! Episcopal High School! Post Oak School! Village School! Emery/Weiner! British School! Tenney School! Alexander Smith! Joy School! $0 ! $1,800 ! Source: The Schools $7,620 ! $7,855 ! $8,200 ! $9,000 ! $9,080 ! $10,300 ! $11,149 ! $12,360 ! $12,500 ! $13,750 ! $14,848 ! $15,225 ! $15,450 ! $16,425 ! $16,458 ! $16,785 ! $16,800 ! $17,076 ! $18,430 ! $18,500 ! $18,665 ! $19,130 ! $19,145 ! $19,638 ! $19,775 ! $20,415 ! $20,646 ! $20,940 ! $21,291 ! $21,325 ! $21,550 ! $21,710 ! $21,880 ! $22,000 ! $22,300 ! $22,308 ! $23,175 ! $25,050 ! $26,000 ! $30,000 ! $5,000 ! $10,000 ! $15,000 ! $20,000 ! $25,000 ! $30,000 ! $35,000 ! School Op:ons Symposium at Rice University 33 Mabee Lecture Hall 5’ 5’ 5’ Pollard Lecture Hall 5’ 5’ Ten 60” tables Martell Hall McMurtry Auditorium Entrance