The DeBakey High School provides a challenging, well-balanced college preparatory program that focuses on educational experiences in science and the health professions, and furthers an understanding ...

At nearly half of the district’s high schools, at least 10% of the students who earned diplomas in 2023 failed at least one of the state-mandated exams that are typically required to earn a diploma.

was the first of five children of Lebanese immigrants Shaker Morris and Raheehja DeBakey. Valedictorian of his high school class, he pursued a college education at Tulane University. At Tulane, he ...

Five HISD schools - Carnegie, DeBakey, Kinder High School for Performing and Visual Arts, Challenge Early College High School, and Young Women's College Prep Academy -- ranked above the first non ...