“Don’t Believe the Hype”: Charter Schools and College Readiness for Latinos

Today I conducted a quick analysis of Majority Latina/o High Schools in Texas. I was wondering, of those high schools that are Majority Latina/o, comparing charters and non-charters, what high schools in the state had a majority (more than 50%) of their Latina/o students college-ready (defined as scoring a 2200 on both Math and Reading) according to high-stakes TAKS exit testing? Conclusion: Only 8 of the 64 high schools are charters. Also, only three of the top twenty are charters. Here are the Texas high schools that had 50% or more college-ready Latina/os. Cautionary Note: Today I won’t discuss again the creaming of students that takes place in magnets and charters (i.e. KIPP).

	Campus Name	County	% College Ready on Math and Reading TAKS 2010	Charter
1	SCHOOL OF SCIENCE AND ENGINEERING	DALLAS	98	N
2	EAST EARLY COLLEGE H S	HARRIS	96	N
3	HEALTH CAREERS H S	BEXAR	92	N
4	SILVA HEALTH MAGNET	EL PASO	91	N
5	KIPP HOUSTON H S	HARRIS	86	Y
6	EASTWOOD ACADEMY	HARRIS	85	N
7	JUDGE BAREFOOT SANDERS LAW MAGNET	DALLAS	85	N
8	THE SCIENCE ACADEMY OF SOUTH TEXAS	CAMERON	85	N
9	INTERNATIONAL SCHOOL OF AMERICA	BEXAR	83	N
10	YES PREP – NORTH CENTRAL CAMPUS	HARRIS	83	Y
11	MISSION EARLY COLLEGE H S	EL PASO	82	N
12	SCHOOL OF HEALTH PROFESSIONS	DALLAS	80	N
13	COLLEGIATE H S	NUECES	79	N
14	SCHOOL OF BUSINESS AND MANAGEMENT	DALLAS	79	N
15	BRUNI H S	WEBB	75	N
16	BALMORHEA SCHOOL	REEVES	75	N
17	IRMA LERMA RANGEL YOUNG WOMEN’S LE	DALLAS	74	N
18	IDEA COLLEGE PREP	HIDALGO	73	Y
19	FLATONIA SECONDARY	FAYETTE	72	N
20	EARLY COLLEGE H S	WEBB	71	N
21	EARLY COLLEGE H S	DALLAS	71	N
22	YES PREP – SOUTHEAST CAMPUS	HARRIS	71	Y
23	WESTCHESTER ACADEMY FOR INTERNATIO	HARRIS	70	N
24	HEBBRONVILLE H S	JIM HOGG	69	N
25	SOUTH TEXAS ACADEMY OF MEDICAL TEC	CAMERON	68	N
26	MIDDLE COLLEGE H S	DALLAS	68	N
27	SOUTH TEXAS HIGH SCHOOL FOR HEALTH	CAMERON	67	N
28	TRINIDAD GARZA EARLY COLLEGE H S A	DALLAS	66	N
29	PALACIOS H S	MATAGORDA	64	N
30	BRANDEIS HS	BEXAR	64	N
31	HALE CENTER H S	HALE	61	N
32	DENVER CITY H S	YOAKUM	61	N
33	TAFT H S	BEXAR	61	N
34	SEAGRAVES H S	GAINES	60	N
35	CLARK HS	BEXAR	60	N
36	BANQUETE H S	NUECES	58	N
37	BROOKS ACADEMY OF SCIENCE AND ENGI	BEXAR	58	Y
38	MARSHALL HS	BEXAR	57	N
39	O’DONNELL H S	LYNN	57	N
40	HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY – AUSTIN	TRAVIS	57	Y
41	PEGASUS CHARTER H S	DALLAS	57	Y
42	EAGLE PASS HIGH SCHOOL	MAVERICK	56	N
43	PASADENA MEMORIAL HIGH SCHOOL	HARRIS	56	N
44	O’CONNOR H S	BEXAR	56	N
45	HANNA H S	CAMERON	55	N
46	ROWE H S	HIDALGO	55	N
47	STEVENS HS	BEXAR	55	N
48	REAGAN COUNTY H S	REAGAN	55	N
49	DEVINE H S	MEDINA	55	N
50	QUEST ACADEMY	DALLAS	55	Y
51	EASTWOOD HS	EL PASO	54	N
52	BENAVIDES SECONDARY	DUVAL	54	N
53	LAW ENFCMT-CRIM JUST H S	HARRIS	54	N
54	SOUTH TEXAS BUSINESS EDUCATION & T	CAMERON	54	N
55	RALLS H S	CROSBY	54	N
56	SHARYLAND H S	HIDALGO	52	N
57	BURGES H S	EL PASO	52	N
58	MCALLEN H S	HIDALGO	52	N
59	SKIDMORE-TYNAN H S	BEE	52	N
60	CHALLENGE EARLY COLLEGE H S	HARRIS	51	N
61	A C JONES H S	BEE	51	N
62	WARREN H S	BEXAR	51	N
63	CHAPIN HS	EL PASO	51	N
64	PERRYTON H S	OCHILTREE	51	N
Total	64	64	64	64