While summer vacation is a great time for your child to relax, recharge, and spend time with friends, it's also a critical period academically. Summer slide affects students across the board and can compound over time, leaving students further behind with each passing year. We encourage you to keep [...]
The best Houston public schools are often in the most expensive neighborhoods, and the average cost to buy into those areas like central Houston's West University is now north of $1.7 million. However, there are great schools in more affordable areas too, particularly neighborhoods receiving significant private investment. For [...]
The Texas Education Agency has finally released statewide SAT results for the class of 2024, and the results are good for Houston (TEA's SAT data is always 1 year late). Three out of the top 10 public schools in the state are in the Houston-area, including 2 from Houston [...]
What is an SBISD Choice School? Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD) is a school district serving several portions of western Houston, providing education to approximately 35,000 across 46 schools. Sharing a lot of similarities with the concept of magnet schools in other districts, SBISD offers Choice Programs with [...]
Many Houstonians have a Houston zip code but aren't part of the Houston Independent School District (HISD). Spring Branch (SBISD) in west Houston's Memorial area is often compared to its larger neighbor. In SBISD, Spring Branch Academic Institute stands on top as Spring Branch Independent School District (SBISD)'s best elementary [...]
The Independent School Entrance Exam (ISEE) is the most popular standardized test required for admission to most Houston-area private schools. This page details test dates and locations for the 2025-2026 application season. Parents must register directly with the test administrator at ERBLearn.org. General Academic is Houston’s leading ISEE tutor; [...]
For the 2025-2026 school year, Houston private school tuition costs $27,952 a year on average per child, which amounts to a nearly 4% increase in tuition as compared to the 2024-2025 academic year. The cost of a private education in Houston has increased 26.1% since before 2020. The price of [...]