DeBakey High School for Health Professions
Michael E. DeBakey High School for Health Professions is a medical secondary school in Houston, Texas, located in the Medical Center district. It belongs to the Houston Independent School District. In 2013, the Houston Chronicle, the Houston Press, and Children at Risk named it the best public high school in Houston, and US News ranked it 26th among the best high schools in the country. DeBakey High School, which serves grades 9 through 12, is located east of the Texas Medical Center and is part of the Houston Independent School District.
The five-story campus, with 198,000 square feet (18,400 m2) of space, is located on the former Hornberger Conference Center site on the Texas Medical Center's western side, near Holcombe Boulevard (which turns into Bellaire Boulevard). The land on which the campus is located was donated to the school district. It will cost $65 million and will have a capacity of 900–1,000 students. The facility includes mock hospital rooms as well as patient care, dentistry, and rehabilitation laboratories in addition to science laboratories.
In 9th and 10th grades, DeBakey offers pre-advanced placement classes in foreign languages, mathematics, science, social sciences, and English, as well as 18 Advanced Placement classes: AP English Literature, AP English Language, AP Spanish Language, AP World History, AP US History, AP Calculus AB, AP Calculus BC, AP Macroeconomics, AP US Government and Politics, AP Physics 1, AP Physics 2, AP Statistics, AP Chemistry, AP Biology, AP Environmental Science, AP Psychology, and AP Studio Art, which includes 2-D Design and Drawing.
The school uses the Otis-Lennon School Abilities Test to screen applicants. As of 2008, it is the only Houston public high school to use this test, and as of that year, its annual applicant count is 1,200. DeBakey also appraises each student's conduct at his/her previous school.
Website: https://www.houstonisd.org/debakey
Address: 2545 Pressler St, Houston, TX 77030, United States
Phone: 7137 412 410
Fax: 713-746-5211
