After researching the best high schools in Austin we now have the concrete proof just how great they are. For our first ranking in our school district series, we’ll show you how we calculated the Texas Education Agency’s metrics from the most recent report (2014) to rank each school that met their standards. While the TEA Index is pretty comprehensive, Frog Tutoring decided to evaluate a couple additional factors in the study we found. The following methodology was used in calculation:

If you’d like to see a more in-depth look at the TEA’s metrics for accountability standards, please click here. To determine a definitive ranking for the top high schools in Austin, we combined these 7 factors to create one number to compare and contrast the success of each high school.

Let's take a look at the best high schools in Austin!

LASA High School comes in at number one, with an 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 1002. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, LASA was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25% Closing Perform Gaps, Top 25% Student Progress, Social Studies, Science, Mathematics, and Reading/ELA. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 70% of LASA students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

Anderson High School comes in at number two, with an 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 2211. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Anderson was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25% Closing Perform Gaps, Top 25% Student Progress, Science, Social Studies, Reading/ELA, and Mathematics. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 67% of Anderson students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

Bowie High School comes in at number three, with an 17:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 2864. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Bowie was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Top 25% Closing Perform Gaps, Social Studies, and Mathematics. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 56% of Bowie students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

McCallum High School comes in at number four, with an 23:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 1640. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, McCallum was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Postsecondary Readiness, Top 25% Student Progress, Social Studies, Mathematics, and Reading/ELA . Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 46% of McCallum students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

Austin High School comes in at number five, with an 21:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 2076. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Austin HS was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Postsecondary Readiness, Mathematics, and Reading/ELA. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 48% of Austin HS students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

Frog Tutoring Austin Tutors are proud to present the best high schools in Austin based on statistics released by the Texas Education Agency. Please share in the comments any personal experience that you have had in the Austin Independent School District!

Note: We wanted to take a second to explain our methodology, and how we arrived at factoring in each area of success for our rankings. First, we made an extensive spreadsheet (which you can take a look at for yourself here), and collected all of the data that we needed for our results. Then we converted each factor into a percentage and multiplied that number by the percentage of how much it’s worth in our ranking system. Let’s look at an example: LASA High School’s TEA Index ranking is 318/400.

If you’d like to know more about this process, please contact our coordinator, Judith, at judith@frogtutoring.com.