South Texas High School For Health Professions

Overview

South Texas High School For Health Professions has an academic rating significantly above the average for Texas high schools based on its high test performance and high AP course participation. It is ranked 78th in the best public high schools in Texas.

Data Citation: Unless otherwise noted, all information on this page is retrieved or calculated from data reported to the the U.S. Department of Education National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data and Civil Rights Data Collection for the 2014/2015 school year.

Racial Demographics

The South Texas High School For Health Professions student body is mostly Hispanic with a smaller Asian Pacific population and has low racial diversity.

Family Income

46.3% percent of the school's students are eligible for free lunch under the National School Lunch Program compared to the Texas high school median of 41.7%. By this measure, SOUTH TEXAS H S FOR HEALTH PROFESSIONS students are largely middle income and rank 695th in Texas for high school student family income.

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State Standardized Test Performance

Students at South Texas High School For Health Professions scored an average 85% of students proficient for math and reading as tested by the Texas Education Agency. Performance is well above the state high school median of 73% proficiency and places the school's test performance in the top 15.4% of Texas high schools.

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College Admission Test Scoring

The average SAT score for South Texas High School For Health Professions students in 2015 was 1033.

College Admission Test Participation

401 out of 404 junior and senior of students took either the ACT or SAT test (99%). College admission testing participation is significantly above the Texas median rate of 37% and in the top 3% for participation.

AP Course and Test Performance

South Texas High School For Health Professions offers 18 AP courses. 71 percent of grade nine through twelve students are enrolled in at least one AP class. The AP participation rate is in the 98% percentile and significantly above the median AP enrollment rate for all Texas schools of 17%. South Texas High School For Health Professions had 498 taking AP exams with a 151 passing at least one exam. The AP pass rate is in the 33% percentile and somewhat below the Texas state median of 42 percent.

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Location

South Texas High School For Health Professions
700 MED HIGH DR
MERCEDES, TX
78570
(956)565-2237

District

SOUTH TEXAS ISD
MERCEDES, TX