Houston Area Independent School Districts
More than 1.3 million students are enrolled in independent school districts (ISDs) and charter schools throughout the Houston region. The largest, Houston ISD, covers a 333-square-mile area with more than 280 campuses and 213,000 enrolled students. To see education accountability ratings by district, click the link below.
Colleges and Universities
The Houston region has more than 40 two-year community colleges and four-year universities, including three Tier 1 universities: Rice University, University of Houston and the nearby Texas A&M University in College Station. Houston-area colleges and universities educate nearly 430,000 students and graduate more than 100,000 students annually.
The region also has 50 trade, vocational and business schools specializing in law, healthcare, welding, process technology and various other disciplines that enroll an additional 20,000 students, according to the National Center for Education Statistics. Click below to see local colleges and universities ranked by U.S. News & World Report.
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Houston is one of only a handful of cities in the country with resident companies in all of the major performing arts disciplines including opera, drama, musical theater, symphony and ballet. There are also 19 different arts and cultural institutions that make up the walkable Museum District.
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