How safe is the school, really — beyond what the marketing says?
Based on the district’s staff directory and news reports, Shadow Creek has a lead campus officer and a campus officer on staff, and two public incidents are on record: in September 2025 a student was arrested after a tip led police to a gun in a backpack, with no one hurt, and in April 2022 a teacher was arrested over an alleged improper relationship with a student and later indicted. On Niche, 79% of the 75 students who answered say they feel safe.
| Record | What it says | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Campus officers | The staff directory lists a lead campus officer and a campus officer | Current page |
| Weapon found | A Crime Stoppers tip led Alvin ISD police and campus administrators to a gun in a student’s backpack; the student was arrested and no one was injured | 30 Sep 2025 |
| Teacher case | A social studies teacher was arrested after an anonymous tip, resigned, and was later indicted by a Brazoria County grand jury | Apr–Jun 2022 |
| Student survey | 79% of 75 student respondents on Niche agree they feel safe | Undated |
The district said the 2025 student would face “serious weapons charges” and did not name them. The 2022 indictment is a charge, not a finding, and we found no report of how the case ended.
The Texas Tribune’s page for the school has no discipline section, and we found no school-level suspension or expulsion figures. Niche reviewers mention occasional fights and mixed views of discipline. We found no school-climate survey result.
How do students perform on state assessments in reading and math?
Based on Texas Education Agency figures, 67.0% of Shadow Creek’s STAAR results were at grade level on the page that sets out the school’s 2024–25 state rating, and Niche reports 71% of students proficient in reading and 55% in math for 2024–25.
| Measure | Shadow Creek | Source |
|---|---|---|
| STAAR at grade level, all subjects | 67.0% | Texas Tribune |
| Reading proficiency, 2024–25 | 71% | Niche, from TEA |
| Math proficiency, 2024–25 | 55% | Niche, from TEA |
| State rating, overall, 2024–25 | A | Texas Tribune; Alvin ISD is B |
The state rates the school A overall, with A for Student Achievement, B for School Progress and A for Closing the Gaps; the district’s rating is B in each. The Tribune page gives no year for the 67.0% figure, and Niche describes its figures as drawn from the STAAR and end-of-course exams.
The gap between reading and math is the figure to ask about. We found no growth measure or score for the state science exam.
How qualified and stable are the teachers — credentials, average tenure, turnover?
Based on Texas Education Agency staffing figures, Shadow Creek had 141.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2023–24, with an average of 9.7 years of experience against 10.4 in Alvin ISD and 11.1 across Texas, and 36.1% held a master’s or doctorate.
| Measure, 2023–24 | Shadow Creek | Alvin ISD / Texas |
|---|---|---|
| Full-time-equivalent teachers | 141.3 | — |
| Average teacher experience | 9.7 years | 10.4 / 11.1 years |
| Highest degree: master’s or doctorate | 36.1% | — |
| Students per teacher | 18.2 | 15.6 / 14.7 |
| Average base salary | $73,531 | $69,370 / $62,474 |
The school pays above the district and state averages and its teachers are slightly less experienced than both. Niche shows a ratio of 17 to 1 and 40.3% of teachers in their first or second year, with no date; the 40.3% sits oddly beside a 9.7-year average, and we could not reconcile the two, so we rely on the state’s average.
We found no turnover or tenure figure for the school. Niche reviewers describe caring teachers and also inconsistent teaching quality.
What’s the graduation rate, and how college-ready are graduates?
Based on Texas Education Agency figures, the Texas Tribune’s page for the school shows 99.5% of students graduating in four years and 87.0% college, career or military ready on its state-rating page, which gives no year for either, and a Class of 2023 four-year rate of 98.2%, against 97% for Alvin ISD and 90.3% for Texas. Of the 2022–23 graduates, 50.7% were college-ready in both reading and math.
| Measure | Shadow Creek | Comparison |
|---|---|---|
| Four-year graduation, state-rating page | 99.5% | — |
| Four-year graduation, Class of 2023 | 98.2% | 97% district; 90.3% Texas |
| College, career or military ready, state-rating page | 87.0% | — |
| College-ready in reading and math, 2022–23 graduates | 50.7% | — |
| Average SAT / ACT, 2022–23 graduates | 1079 / 20.5 | — |
The two readiness figures measure different things: the state’s college, career and military ready count credits several routes, while the college-ready figures count students ready in reading and math. The dropout rate for grades 9–12 was 0.3% in 2022–23.
In November 2023 the College Board placed the school on its AP School Honor Roll at the Bronze level, which requires at least 40% of graduates to have taken an AP exam and at least 25% to have scored 3 or higher. We found no list of the colleges graduates attend.
Which future-critical STEM fields is this school genuinely strong in—and which ones are major gaps?
No field reaches the mid band at Shadow Creek. Robotics and computer science are the strongest, both Weak at Level 2 (thin); AI, cybersecurity, clean energy, biotechnology, Earth systems, aerospace and advanced manufacturing are Weak at Level 1 (lacking); and battery storage is Weak at Level 0 (absent). The review’s overall readiness figure is 32/100, which reads Weak.
| Field | Provision | Level |
|---|---|---|
| Robotics | Thin | 2.0/5 |
| Computer science | Thin | 2.0/5 |
| AI & data | Lacking | 1.0/5 |
| Cybersecurity | Lacking | 1.0/5 |
| Clean energy | Lacking | 1.0/5 |
| Biotechnology | Lacking | 1.0/5 |
| Earth systems | Lacking | 1.0/5 |
| Aerospace | Lacking | 1.0/5 |
| Advanced manufacturing | Lacking | 1.0/5 |
| Battery storage | Absent | 0.0/5 |
Level 1 here means exposure only: for most of these fields the evidence is a course listed in the district’s course guide or a unit in a science course, not a course shown to run at Shadow Creek. The guide covers every Alvin ISD high school and does not say which campus teaches each course, so the review grades what the campus itself publishes.
The school’s state outcomes are strong, with an A rating, and that does not change these grades, which measure future-critical STEM provision only. Ask the counsellors which of the courses in the review ran on the campus last year.
How strong is it in robotics, engineering and hands-on problem solving?
Based on the school’s own pages, Shadow Creek’s hands-on engineering is two Project Lead The Way courses, Introduction to Engineering Design and Civil Engineering and Architecture, and an underwater-robot team, the Sushi Farmers, which the school reports placing 5th among 70 high-school teams at the 2025 International SeaPerch Challenge. RoboNation’s list of competing teams confirms the entry.
| Item | What we found | Source |
|---|---|---|
| PLTW courses | Introduction to Engineering Design; Civil Engineering and Architecture | School page |
| SeaPerch team | Team 709, Sushi Farmers, entered the 2025 International SeaPerch Challenge in Maryland | RoboNation |
| SeaPerch result | 5th of 70 high-school teams, as the school reports it | School feed |
| FIRST or VEX team | None found for the school | Search |
SeaPerch teams build and test a remotely operated underwater vehicle. The challenge was held on 31 May and 1 June 2025, and the standings sheets that would show the team’s class and score could not be read, so the placement rests on the school’s post alone.
The PLTW page lists the two courses and nothing more: no syllabus, project list or enrolment. The staff directory lists a PLTW teacher and an Introduction to Engineering teacher. We found no robotics course at the campus and no list of the school’s shop or laboratory equipment. Ask which courses run this year and how many students join the SeaPerch team.
Do students get access to advanced coursework, specialist electives and serious competitions?
Based on the district’s records, Shadow Creek earned the Bronze Distinction on the College Board’s 2023 AP School Honor Roll, which requires at least 40% of graduates to have taken an AP exam and at least 25% to have scored 3 or higher, and Niche puts AP enrollment at 33%. The district’s 2024–25 course guide lists AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, Calculus AB and BC, Statistics, Biology, Chemistry, Environmental Science and Physics, but it does not say which campus offers each.
| Measure | What we found | Date |
|---|---|---|
| AP School Honor Roll | Bronze Distinction | 2023 |
| AP enrollment | 33% of students, per Niche | Undated |
| National Merit Finalists | 10 of Alvin ISD’s 11 are from Shadow Creek | 2026 |
| SeaPerch Challenge | 5th of 70 high-school teams, as the school reports it | 2025 |
| UIL Computer Science | Contest listed with “No current coach” | Current page |
The district’s announcement says Alvin ISD offers 28 AP courses and that its students took 4,022 AP exams in the year it reports. We found no AP score results by course for Shadow Creek. College credit comes through dual credit with Alvin Community College, and the staff directory lists a Shadow Creek advisor for it.
The school’s UIL Academics page lists a Computer Science contest with no coach, and we found no Science Olympiad, FIRST or VEX team. The district course guide also lists PLTW Engineering Science, Aerospace Engineering and Engineering Design and Problem Solving; the PLTW page for Shadow Creek names only Introduction to Engineering Design and Civil Engineering and Architecture.
Does STEM translate into recognised qualifications, university preparation and credible next-step pathways?
Based on district pages, Shadow Creek students can take dual-credit courses with Alvin Community College and, typically in junior and senior year, upper-level career courses at the JB Hensler College and Career Academy, with a daily bus from each high school; a 2022 district article names CompTIA Security+ and AWS welding among the certifications students there earned. We found no count of Shadow Creek students who earned any certification.
| Route | What it offers | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Dual credit | College courses with Alvin Community College; the campus has a listed ACC advisor | Published by the district |
| JB Hensler Academy | Upper-level career courses such as welding, networking and process technology | Published by the district |
| Certifications | CompTIA Security+ and AWS welding named for the academy | 2022; school not named |
| Cybersecurity pathway | Foundations of Cybersecurity to a capstone, in the course guide | Campus availability not stated |
| Credential results | Counts of Shadow Creek students certified | None found |
Alvin ISD says it offers more than 100 CTE courses in 30 programs of study across 14 career clusters, that more than 75% of its high-school students take at least one, and that courses are offered at each secondary school. The programs of study the district publishes include Cybersecurity, Programming and Software Development, Engineering, and Energy.
The campus’s own CTE page lists nine career clusters, including Information Technology, with no course detail we could read. The 2022 article reports certifications earned at the academy without naming any home campus. Ask the counsellors which pathways Shadow Creek students complete and how many earn a certification.
Will your child be ready for jobs that don’t exist yet?
Here’s what the evidence actually shows for Shadow Creek — not what the brochure claims.
32/100 — Weak overall. Shadow Creek’s strongest ground is robotics and computer science: a Project Lead The Way engineering sequence of Introduction to Engineering Design and Civil Engineering and Architecture, a SeaPerch underwater-robot team the school reports placing 5th among 70 high-school teams at the 2025 International SeaPerch Challenge, and the AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A courses in the district course guide.
But: battery storage is absent, and AI and cybersecurity are lacking.
Best positioned forNone
Underdeveloped inBatteries, AI & Data, Cybersecurity
Future-critical exposure0/15 domains
Very strong
- None
Strong
- None
Limited
- None
Little / no pathway
- Robotics
- Computer Science
- AI & Data
- Cybersecurity
- Clean Energy
- Biotechnology
- Earth & Geospatial
- Aerospace
- Advanced Manufacturing
- Batteries
Less ideal for
Where the marketing exceeds the evidence
No cybersecurity course, club or competition identified at Shadow Creek.
Where the school is stronger than its marketing suggests
Curriculum
- AP Statistics, AP Calculus AB and BC and AP Precalculus, on the district’s AP list
- UIL contests in Mathematics, Number Sense and Calculator Applications
Evidence seen
- The Alvin ISD High School Course Guide, 2024–25, which covers the whole district and does not say which campus teaches each course
- The school’s UIL Academics site
What's missing
- No artificial-intelligence, machine-learning or data-science course identified
- No data or coding club, and no data competition result, found
Curriculum
- The district’s cybersecurity programme of study: Foundations of Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Capstone and Principles of Information Technology, beside AP Computer Science Principles and AP Computer Science A
Evidence seen
- The district course guide, 2024–25, which does not say which campus teaches each course
- The school’s CTE page, which links Information Technology as one of nine career clusters
- A district article of 18 May 2022 on CTE students at JB Hensler earning industry certifications, among them CompTIA Security+; it does not name Shadow Creek
What's missing
- No cybersecurity course, teacher, club or competition identified at Shadow Creek
- The UIL Academics site shows the Computer Science contest with no current coach
Curriculum
- Project Lead The Way Introduction to Engineering Design and Civil Engineering and Architecture, with a Project Lead The Way teacher and an Introduction to Engineering teacher in the staff directory
- The district course guide continues the sequence to Engineering Science (Principles of Engineering), Engineering Design and Problem Solving and Aerospace Engineering; the school’s own page lists the first two
Evidence seen
- A school post: “The Shadow Creek Sushi Farmers earned 5th place out of the best 70 high school teams in the world” at the International SeaPerch competition in Maryland
- RoboNation’s 2025 team list, which names Team #709, Sushi Farmers, Shadow Creek High School, Pearland, Texas; the Challenge ran from 31 May to 1 June 2025
What's missing
- No robotics course identified, and no FIRST Robotics, FIRST Tech Challenge or VEX team found
- The final standings sit in spreadsheets that could not be opened, so the 5th place rests on the school’s post
Curriculum
- Environmental Systems, on the science department’s site
- The district’s energy programme of study: Foundations of Energy and Introduction to Process Technology, centred on refining and chemical processes
Evidence seen
- The science department’s site and the district course guide, 2024–25
What's missing
- No clean-energy, solar or grid course or project identified
- No industry credential or competition in the field found
Curriculum
- Biology in nine units, among them DNA and Cells, Protein Synthesis and Mutations, and Genetics
- AP Biology and dual-credit Anatomy and Physiology, on the district lists
Evidence seen
- The science department’s site
- The school’s site, which lists HOSA among its organisations and Health Science as a career cluster
- The district course guide, 2024–25
What's missing
- No biotechnology course identified
- No laboratory-technique record, research placement or competition result found
Creativity cannot be graded the way a course can. It can only be evidenced through what students made.
| Criterion | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Art + technology | ||||
| Design | ||||
| Architecture | ||||
| Engineering design | ||||
| Media / digital production | ||||
| Maker learning | ||||
| Interdisciplinary projects |
Nothing found for
No student work was found evidencing these. For a school this well documented, an unrecorded programme is unlikely to be a large one.
What a family should ask about directly
- Battery storage is absent, and AI, cybersecurity, clean energy, biotechnology, Earth systems, aerospace and advanced manufacturing are lacking: for each, the evidence is a district-wide course list or a science unit, not a course shown to run at Shadow Creek. Ask the counsellors which of these courses ran on the campus last year, and how many students took each.
- The district course guide does not say which campus teaches each course, and the one computing trace on the school’s own site is a UIL Computer Science contest with no current coach. Ask which AP Computer Science and cybersecurity sections run at Shadow Creek, and which courses are taken at JB Hensler instead.
- Upper-level technical courses sit at JB Hensler College and Career Academy, 7380 Lewis Lane in Manvel, with daily bus transport from each high school: networking, welding and process technology among them. Ask how many Shadow Creek students enrol there and which credentials they earn.
- The one robotics result, the 2025 SeaPerch placing, rests on the school’s own post; the organiser’s team list confirms the team, and the standings could not be opened. Ask whether the team competed in 2026 and who sponsors it.
- The school’s HOSA, FFA, Academic Decathlon and Clubs pages returned no readable description, sponsor or result, so club activity could not be graded. Ask for the current club list with sponsors.
| Domain | Evidence class | Key sources |
|---|---|---|
| AI & Data | School-reported | District course guide, 2024–25 (AP Statistics, AP Calculus, AP Precalculus); school UIL Academics site (Mathematics, Number Sense, Calculator Applications); no AI, machine-learning or data-science course or competition found |
| Cybersecurity | School-reported | District course guide, 2024–25 (Foundations of Cybersecurity, Cybersecurity Capstone); school CTE page (Information Technology link); UIL Academics site (Computer Science, no current coach); no campus course, teacher, club or competition found |
| Robotics | School-reported · Corroborated | School PLTW page and staff directory; school post on the 2025 International SeaPerch Challenge; RoboNation 2025 team list (Team #709); no robotics course or FIRST or VEX team found |
| Clean Energy | School-reported | Science department site (Environmental Systems); district course guide (energy programme of study); no clean-energy course or project found |
| Computer Science | School-reported | District course guide, 2024–25 (AP Computer Science Principles, AP Computer Science A, Programming & Software Development); UIL Academics site; no campus-level course list or teacher found |
| Earth & Geospatial | School-reported | Science department site (Environmental Systems, Astronomy); district course guide (AP Environmental Science, AP Human Geography); no geospatial course found |
| Aerospace | School-reported | Science department site (Astronomy); district course guide (Aerospace Engineering, not on the school’s PLTW page); no campus aerospace course, club or competition found |
| Advanced Manufacturing | School-reported | District course guide (welding programme of study, Applied Agricultural Engineering); JB Hensler welding; school PLTW page; no automation, machining or additive-manufacturing course found |
| Batteries & Energy Storage | Unsubstantiated | No battery or energy-storage course, club or competition found |
| Biotechnology | School-reported | Science department site (Biology units); school site (HOSA, Health Science cluster); district course guide (AP Biology, dual-credit Anatomy and Physiology); no biotechnology course found |
Academics
“Educate through Engagement; Empower with Character; Equip for Life.”
Below are the courses and programmes we teach in our science, career and technical education, visual arts and UIL Academics departments.
Science
In Biology our students model channel proteins in the cell membrane and membrane-bound organelles in eukaryotic cells, and observe osmosis in eggs. We run STEM Challenges in our Chemistry and Astronomy classes.
- Biology, in nine units from Biomolecules to Ecological Stability
- IPC and Chemistry
- Physics and Astronomy
- Environmental Systems
Career and Technical Education
Our students can take upper-level CTE classes at the JB Hensler College and Career Academy, and bus transportation is provided to and from JBH from each high school each day.
- Project Lead The Way: Introduction to Engineering Design, and Civil Engineering and Architecture
- Information Technology
- Architecture and Construction
- Health Science, and Education & Training
- Agricultural Science, with a Shadow Creek FFA chapter
Visual Arts
Our Digital Art & Media course introduces 2- and 3-dimensional digital imagery, including raster and vector based 2-D graphic design and animation, and 3-D modeling and animation.
- Art I, Foundations of Art
- Photography I and III
- Digital Art & Media, and Digital Media III
- Drawing, Painting, Sculpture, Ceramics and Fibers
- AP Drawing, AP 2-D Design and AP 3-D Design Portfolios
UIL Academics
Here are academic contests we compete in at Shadow Creek.
- Mathematics, Number Sense and Calculator Applications
- Science
- Accounting
- Journalism, Ready Writing, and Current Issues and Events
- Social Studies, Spelling and Vocabulary, and Oral Interpretation
Academic leadership
Dr. Monisha Rosby
Robert Lechleiter
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Calendar
Our year at Shadow Creek, October 2026 to May 2027.
Key dates from the 2026–27 academic calendar our trustees approved, soonest first.
October
November
December
January
March
May
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Our Story
Where every week is Shark Week.
We are Shadow Creek High School, the Sharks, serving grades 9–12 in Pearland, Texas, as part of Alvin ISD. We opened in 2016.
Leadership
Dr. Tonya Patterson
Dr. Monisha Rosby
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