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What is going on at Stratford HS?

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1:09p, 11/24/15
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Stratford HS has some of the best neighborhoods in the Houston area and has always been one of the best high schools in town.

In 2008, Stratford outperformed 92% of Texas high schools on test scores. By 2015 it outperformed only 71% of high schools in Texas. That has always been a potential target neighborhood for me when we have older kids. Anyone have insight into what's going on?
http://www.schooldigger.com/go/TX/schools/4110004698/school.aspx
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1:11p, 11/24/15
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1:17p, 11/24/15
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1:20p, 11/24/15
Did something happen at Stratford? Not sure what the problem is that you are referencing.

You sound like some of those Liucci haters you see on this board just trying to find something to complain about when the product is the best ever created.
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1:20p, 11/24/15
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Not at all trying to be racist (or whatever) but two trends your link shows is an increase in minority population as well as eligibility for free lunch. Just reading the graphs.
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In reply to RoamingGnome • 1:22p, 11/24/15
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Did something happen at Stratford? Not sure what the problem is that you are referencing.


The problem is that for decades Stratford has been a top 10%, if not top 5% high school in the state of Texas. Look at home prices in the area. However, in the last 7 years it has dropped from top 10% to barely top 30% and appears to be rapidly trending downward.
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In reply to RoamingGnome • 1:24p, 11/24/15
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Did something happen at Stratford? Not sure what the problem is that you are referencing.

You sound like some of those Liucci haters you see on this board just trying to find something to complain about when the product is the best ever created.
holee xhit. what?????
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In reply to RoamingGnome • 1:25p, 11/24/15
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You sound like some of those Liucci haters you see on this board just trying to find something to complain about when the product is the best ever created.
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1:28p, 11/24/15
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Looch, is that you?
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1:34p, 11/24/15
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Never knew looch cared so much about HOUSTON high school performance
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In reply to RoamingGnome • 1:45p, 11/24/15
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You sound like some of those Liucci haters you see on this board just trying to find something to complain about when the product is the best ever created.


You missed a little by the corner of your mouth.
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1:51p, 11/24/15
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talk about thread derails
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1:56p, 11/24/15
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Quite a few apartment complexes concentrated around the high school. Biggest problem for the school is the aging population in the area. A lot of the nice houses that used to feed upper middle class kids into that school are filled with retirees w/o kids. Don't forget they dropped from 5A to 4A before 6A was added. Home prices there also keep a lot of parents out that can't afford it, so they go a few more miles down the freeway to Katy ISD. Meanwhile, number of kids coming from the apartment complexes stay the same or increase slightly. So the middle class gets diluted and the schools rankings get diluted too. Its biggest problem is that Katy is too close and housing prices are too high for a lot of parents.
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2:03p, 11/24/15
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Drunk at 2 pm. I wish I had this whole week off too.
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3:15p, 11/24/15
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In reply to RoamingGnome • 3:49p, 11/24/15
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Wait wait. Are you saying that even over on the Houston board there are sip trolls that love to pretend that liucci isn't the best journalist in the biz???

I guess y'all prefer hacks like ketch.
Ratard on line 1....
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In reply to RoamingGnome • 4:20p, 11/24/15
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Wait wait. Are you saying that even over on the Houston board there are sip trolls that love to pretend that liucci isn't the best journalist in the biz???

I guess y'all prefer hacks like ketch.


Talk about a false dichotomy
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In reply to 10andBOUNCE • 4:23p, 11/24/15
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looking at the free lunch %, you can't help but notice a correlation. I'm sure it's not the only reason, but that's not going to help.







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4:27p, 11/24/15
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So what do we think of Northbrook/Spring woods? Ever going to be non ghetto (10/15 yrs)?
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In reply to Mr. Lahey • 4:29p, 11/24/15
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It's hard to turn a high school around.
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4:49p, 11/24/15
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It should get better. They have torn down several old apartment complexes in the lest few years that were zoned to Stratford.
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4:51p, 11/24/15
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And tons of 40ish olds with younger kids moved/moving out there replacing the really olds.
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In reply to Diggity • 5:51p, 11/24/15
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It's hard to turn a high school around.

Isn't your statement the exact opposite of what your graphs posted above are showing????
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In reply to Diggity • 7:03p, 11/24/15
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It's hard to turn a high school around.
I still cant believe its taken Reagan so long.
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7:08p, 11/24/15
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count me as one of the people that could justify 500k for a 2000 sq ft home that needed updating.

Went down the road to fleetwood and technically i am zoned to Katy Taylor.

Whenever the time comes for schools tho i will request a waiver to get into spring branch but if not they will go to Katy schools
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In reply to AgAttorney2010 • 7:29p, 11/24/15
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I was speaking about significantly improving a school. It doesn't happen very often.

Spring Branch ISD in general is trending in the wrong direction if you just look at accountability ratings...but those don't tell the whole story. One of HISD's biggest issues is figuring out how to deal with impoverished families...and SBISD isn't immune to that.

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In reply to Diggity • 7:53p, 11/24/15
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Spring Branch ISD in general is trending in the wrong direction if you just look at accountability ratings...but those don't tell the whole story. One of HISD's biggest issues is figuring out how to deal with impoverished families...and SBISD isn't immune to that.



Can't you just say as a society we are trending in the wrong direction, and no one is immune to that?
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8:20p, 11/24/15
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There are still great schools in Spring Branch, I just wouldn't bet on Northbrook being an exemplary school anytime soon.

Sorry...I don't control these things!
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10:19p, 11/24/15
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Nearly every time someone moves out of the Stratford zoned neighborhoods a young family is moving in.

These negative trends should reverse as the prior generation moves out and the community is rejuvenated. Couple that with several older apartments being torn down and it should trend the other way in the next ten years.

We shall see. I'm optimistic.
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In reply to Gig-Em2003 • 10:34p, 11/24/15
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Nearly every time someone moves out of the Stratford zoned neighborhoods a young family is moving in.

These negative trends should reverse as the prior generation moves out and the community is rejuvenated. Couple that with several older apartments being torn down and it should trend the other way in the next ten years.

We shall see. I'm optimistic.
Agreed. We moved in the area almost 2 years ago, and since there has been a significant amount of similar aged folks (families with pre-kindergarten kids) move in. Most every house being sold in 77079 is owned by someone with kids older than HS aged.

I'm optimistic as well.
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10:35p, 11/24/15
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I would agree. I think Stratford is a great school, its just had some challenges the last few years. The younger families that have been moving in typically had elementary aged kids and younger so there's been a bit of a delay but the future should be much improved.
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8:25a, 11/25/15
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Not surprised to see the trend but will reverse in the coming years. We moved into the area and our son goes to Nottingham elementary (zoned to Stratford). Moved in about 2 yrs ago. Several apts have been torn down while families with elementary aged children have moved into the houses. Enrollment is down at the school but see signs of improving due to number of younger kids (pre-k) moving into the 77079.

Oops. No paragraphs on the above. Typing on phone. Anyway Stratford will turn just might be 3-5 years.
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In reply to BMF_AG95 • 9:07a, 11/25/15
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Not surprised to see the trend but will reverse in the coming years. We moved into the area and our son goes to Nottingham elementary (zoned to Stratford). Moved in about 2 yrs ago. Several apts have been torn down while families with elementary aged children have moved into the houses. Enrollment is down at the school but see signs of improving due to number of younger kids (pre-k) moving into the 77079.

Oops. No paragraphs on the above. Typing on phone. Anyway Stratford will turn just might be 3-5 years.



Need oil to rebound so they continue tearing down the projects... Namely the one right next to Nottingham Elementary.
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10:22a, 11/25/15
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We are zoned to Wilchester Elementary and our oldest is getting ready to go to Pre-K next year. To give you a sense for how many young kids are in the Stratford zoned areas, we have to get into a lottery to see if we can even get into Pre-K at Wilchester (if not, we likely go to Wildcat Way which isn't bad). Also, this year they had to add another kindergarten teacher to the school to meet demand. So, I agree with the other folks that the elementary aged kids in the area are really growing.

I've got 9 years until HS for my oldest, and I agree that Stratford is likely to change over that time. Although, I know several families in my neighborhood who have kids in Stratford and they love it.

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