List of schools in Harris County, Texas

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Template:Short description Template:Use American English Template:Use mdy dates This is a list of schools within Harris County, Texas in Greater Houston.

Public schools

This is a list of school districts entirely or partially within Harris County, Texas, with the schools of the latter that are in the county documented here.

All schools within the following districts are within Harris County:

Defunct

The following lists schools within districts partially within Harris County:

Clear Creek ISD

Zoned high schools

Alternative high schools

Intermediate schools

Elementary schools

  • Armand Bayou Elementary School (Houston)
  • Bay Elementary School (Seabrook)
  • Brookwood Elementary School (Pasadena)
  • Clear Lake City Elementary School (Houston)
  • Falcon Pass Elementary School (Houston)
  • P. H. Greene Elementary School (Unincorporated Harris County by Friendswood/)
  • Landolt Elementary School (Unincorporated Harris Countynear Friendswood)
  • Margaret S. McWhirter Elementary School (Webster)
  • North Pointe Elementary School (Houston)
  • G. W. Robinson Elementary School (Pasadena)
  • Ward Elementary School (Houston)
  • Arlyne and Alan Weber Elementary School (Unincorporated Harris County)
  • Wedgewood Elementary School (Friendswood)
  • G. H. Whitcomb Elementary School (Houston)
  • White Elementary School (El Lago)

Katy ISD

Zoned high schools

Zoned junior high schools

County-operated schools

In addition the Harris County Department of Education, which is not classified as a school district under Texas law, operates several special Education and alternative schools.

State-chartered charter schools

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Charter school organizations
Individual schools
Defunct

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Private schools

Secular private schools

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Religious private schools

Roman Catholic
Protestant Christian

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Greek Orthodox
Jewish
Muslim
Defunct

See also

References

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