Furr High School
Public high school in Houston, Texas · Houston ISD · Grades 9–12
Furr High School serves 914 students in grades 9–12 in Houston (Harris County). It is one of 273 schools in Houston ISD. By enrollment it is the 627th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 12.5 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 73.07 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Houston ISD |
| County | Harris County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 482364002462 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Houston ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 914 | 176,727 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 12.5 | 16.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 94.5% | 79.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 37% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Furr High School in context
Size
Furr High School is the 18th largest of Houston ISD's 47 high schools; its 914 students are 0.5% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 4.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 635; Furr High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 9 with 282 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 195, against an average of 229 per grade. This year grade 12 has 31% fewer students than grade 9 (195 against 282). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is Hispanic students: 81.1% here and 61.7% across Houston ISD. Black students are next, at 16.5%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
94.5% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79.3% across Houston ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 73.07 full-time-equivalent teachers for 914 students, Furr High School has 12.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 914 students would have about 65.3 teachers, so Furr High School has 7.8 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Furr High School is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more, which NCES calls city, large. The nearest other high school is Galena Park High School, 2.9 miles away in Galena Park ISD. Within 10 miles there are 60 other high schools, 8 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 81.1% |
| Black | 16.5% |
| White | 1.6% |
| Two or more races | 0.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.2% |
| Asian | 0.1% |
48.7% of students are girls and 51.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 282 |
| Grade 10 | 224 |
| Grade 11 | 213 |
| Grade 12 | 195 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
520 Mercury, Houston, TX 77013
Phone: (713)675-1118
Website: houstonisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Furr High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Park High School | Galena Park ISD | 2.9 mi | 1,815 | 15.3 | 86.2% |
| Wheatley High School | Houston ISD | 4.2 mi | 537 | 9.2 | 96.5% |
| Accelerated Center for Education (Ace) | Galena Park ISD | 4.2 mi | 230 | 10.3 | 90.9% |
| Galena Park ISD Career & Technical Echs | Galena Park ISD | 4.6 mi | 487 | 29.9 | 86.2% |
| YES Prep - East End | YES Prep Public Schools Inc | 4.6 mi | 1,014 | 15.8 | 88.5% |
| YES Prep - 5th Ward | YES Prep Public Schools Inc | 4.8 mi | 933 | 15.7 | 92.9% |
| Kashmere High School | Houston ISD | 4.9 mi | 655 | 10.9 | 96.9% |
| KIPP Northeast College Preparatory | KIPP Texas Public Schools | 5.0 mi | 614 | 16.6 | 94.1% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.