This year, the Texas Education Agency asked schools to report the experience of their principals.

It's the first time the education chiefs have asked campuses to include the new figures as part of their yearly performance reports, and it's revealing a lot about who is running Texas' schools.

On average, Texas' principals have 19.5 years of experience.

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To see how far or ahead the Houston-area's school districts are, Chron.com ranked high schools by the average experience of their principals, starting with HISD.

Overall, HISD principals have 19.1 years of experience under their belt.

See HISD high schools with the most and least experienced principals above.

Fernando Ramirez is a reporter for Chron.com and the Houston Chronicle. You can read more of his stories here and follow him on Twitter at @fernramirez93