Awards and Recognition
In 2006, it was placed 91st on Newsweek's Top 100 High Schools list. In 2007, it rose in the standings to 21st school in Newsweek's Top 100 High Schools list.
In its November 30, 2007 issue, U.S. News & World Report ranked Med High at number 64 on its list of America's Best High Schools. Med High's sister schools Science Academy of South Texas (SciTech) came in at 23rd place, and South Texas Business Education & Technology Academy (BETA) was ranked 54th.
In the 2012 issue of the U.S. News & World Report, Med High ranked at number 104. Its sister schools BETA and Sci Tech ranked 245th and 48th, respectively. Med High's Advanced Placement (AP) exam passing rate was at 27%. BETA had a passing rate of 15% and Sci Tech had a passing rate of 44%.
South Texas High School for Health Professions was given the prestigious Blue Ribbon Award in 2010.
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“I waited and worked, and watched the inferior exalted for nearly thirty years; and when recognition came at last, it was too late to alter events, or to make a difference in living.”
—Ellen Glasgow (1873–1945)