Original Research by School Decision on Success H S
SUCCESS H S is an alternative high school serving grades nine through twelve in Round Rock, located in a fast-growing suburban area north of Austin within Williamson County. The school's enrollment is small for a high school, with the vast majority of students in grades eleven and twelve, suggesting this is a program geared toward students further along their high school journey or those needing a different educational pathway than traditional comprehensive high schools offer.
About half of the students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is majority Hispanic, with substantial shares of white and Black students and smaller populations of other racial and ethnic groups. Data on students with disabilities and English learners was not provided.
State testing results from spring 2025 show that most students approached proficiency in overall academics, but only a fraction met grade-level standard and very few mastered the material. The results vary considerably by subject. In English language arts, the proficiency profile is weaker: fewer than half the students approached proficiency, one in five met the standard, and none mastered it. In math, results are slightly stronger, with just over half approaching proficiency and about one in five meeting standard. Science is the strongest subject by far, with the vast majority approaching proficiency and a meaningful share meeting standard. Social studies sits in the middle, with most students approaching proficiency and about one in three meeting standard. These are below the typical proficiency levels a parent would see in a college-preparatory track, which is characteristic of alternative school enrollment and design. A parent may want to ask the school directly about whether academic instruction emphasizes recovery of prior gaps, transition supports, or a specific career or life-skills focus that these numbers reflect.
No four-year graduation rate was available in the data, a common gap for alternative schools, which often serve students on nontraditional pathways or timelines. The comparison tool also did not yield chronic absenteeism or other behavioral metrics.
Round Rock ISD, the school's parent district, passed most of a recent bond package for facility repairs and program growth. The district adopted new mathematics curriculum but declined to adopt the state's controversial reading curriculum that includes religious content. The district has also reduced its property tax rate in recent years and faced transportation questions about bus eligibility that prompted a pause in proposed cuts. None of these district factors directly determine SUCCESS H S's own programs or environment, but they shape the broader resources and policy context families navigate.
The housing market in Round Rock's zip code is mid-range for the region, with home values declining modestly year-over-year and rents holding relatively steady. The city itself is one of the fastest-growing in Texas, driven partly by corporate employers like Dell Technologies and recent major mixed-use development, so families considering Success H S may be navigating both housing demand and school-choice decisions in a rapidly expanding area.
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