The best school districts in Houston in 2018

Ranked: Harris County school districts

Education data site Niche recently released its rankings for the best school districts of 2018.

Click through to view school districts in Harris County from worst to best. Ranked: Harris County school districts

Education data site Niche recently released its rankings for the best school districts of 2018.

Click through to view school districts in Harris County from worst to best. Photo: Marie D. De Jesus, Staff Photo: Marie D. De Jesus, Staff Image 1 of / 33 Caption Close The best school districts in Houston in 2018 1 / 33 Back to Gallery

Only a handful of days remain until thousands of students in Harris County are back in school, attending one of the dozens of school districts.

Despite following educational standards set in place by the state, not all of these school districts show the same level of success.

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Data site Niche recently released its list of the best school districts of 2018, ranking them by SAT and state standardized test scores, graduation rates and the ratio of students to teachers.

In their rankings, researchers weighed the academic performance of school districts much more significantly than other factors, like health and safety scores as well as surveys answered by parents and students zoned to these districts.

Click through above to view the best school districts in Harris County.