Enrollment
333
High
DISTRICT 365 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CENTRAL HEIGHTS ISD·NCES 481344000844
Central Heights High School
10317 US HWY 259 N, NACOGDOCHES, TX 75965 · (936) 552-3408 · Nacogdoches County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Texas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
77 students
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 85 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 83 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 83 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 82 | 25% |
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CENTRAL HEIGHTS ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 56.0% | 15.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 43.0% | 38.0% | 8.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 72.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 56.0% | 60.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+17.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 64% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Central Heights High School
Central Heights High School's state test result (81.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Central Heights High School this school | 333 | 23.1% | 81.1% |
| Shiner High School SHINER | 311 | 24.4% | 70.6% |
| Paradise High School PARADISE | 373 | 22.5% | 66.3% |
| Lyndon B Johnson High School JOHNSON CITY | 255 | 24.3% | 62.2% |
| Danbury High School DANBURY | 220 | 23.2% | 55.6% |
| West High School WEST | 375 | 27.2% | 66.3% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Central Heights High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Nacogdoches County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.1% | #85 of 1,385 | #1 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #423 of 1,425 ▼ 281 | #2 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #317 of 1,425 ▼ 223 | #1 of 6 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #351 of 1,184 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #1,113 of 2,107 | #2 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #243 of 1,344 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.1% | #792 of 1,346 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.1% | #1,430 of 1,522 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.9% | #401 of 557 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
333
+7 (+2%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 333 | 29 | 11.5:1 | 23% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 340 | 28.5 | 11.9:1 | 31% (107) |
| 2022-23 | 338 | 27.9 | 12.1:1 | 32% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 326 | 26 | 12.5:1 | 29% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 350 | 25.9 | 13.5:1 | 23% (79) |
| 2015-16 | 331 | 25 | 13.2:1 | 28% (94) |
| 2010-11 | 392 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 34% (133) |
| 2000-01 | 279 | 26 | 10.7:1 | 24% (68) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 34 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Central Heights High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (350 to 333); teachers up 12% (25.9 to 29).
About Central Heights High School
Central Heights High School is a small high school in NACOGDOCHES, Texas, (ZIP code 75965). A federal count lists 333 students at the school, in grades 9 through 12. Average enrollment for high schools in Texas is about 796, so this school runs 58% smaller than that.
The CENTRAL HEIGHTS ISD system has 3 schools and 1,096 students.
By race and ethnicity, Central Heights High School is 70% White. Beyond that, enrollment is 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black, and 2% Asian. In Nacogdoches County overall, about 62% of residents are White. The chance that two students picked at random at Central Heights High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 46%.
A ratio of 11.5:1 comes from the school's 29 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 23% in 2024-25. Compared with the 70% average for public schools in Nacogdoches County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Central Heights High School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public high schools, because each state gives its own test.
Central Heights High School is in the top 10% of Texas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 63.8%. The school's actual rate is 81.1%, 17.3 points higher.
In the county around the school, Nacogdoches County, median household income is about $53,555, roughly 28% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 17%. Central Heights High School is among the 29 public schools in Nacogdoches County.
The closest other public school is Central Heights Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Around the school, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Central Heights High School is 1st of 6 on proficiency.
Central Heights High School is coded as Rural: Fringe in federal locale data.
The school's size has been steady, with 326 students in 2020-21 and 333 in 2024-25. The number of students per teacher fell from 12.5 to 11.5 over 4 years.
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Nacogdoches County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,162
Census ACS
Median income
$53,555
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
17%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,396 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CENTRAL HEIGHTS ISD
- Central Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Central Heights Middle SchoolMiddle · 286 students
Other schools in NACOGDOCHES
- Nacogdoches High SchoolHigh · 1,755 students
- McMichael Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,275 students
- Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary SchoolElementary · 612 students
- Mike Moses Elementary SchoolElementary · 503 students
- Central Heights Elementary SchoolElementary · 477 students
- Thomas J Rusk Elementary SchoolElementary · 422 students
Other Central Heights High schools
One other US public school is named Central Heights High. Central Heights High School is the largest of the 2.
- Central Heights HighRichmond, KS · 300 students
Nearby schools
- Central Heights Middle School0.0 mi · 286
- Central Heights Elementary School0.3 mi · 477
- Nacogdoches County DAEP Coop3.5 mi · 3
- Margie Chumbley Academy for Success3.5 mi · 67
- Nacogdoches High School5.8 mi · 1,755
- Raguet Elementary School6.0 mi · 409
Frequently asked questions
About Central Heights High SchoolHow many students attend Central Heights High School?
Central Heights High School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Central Heights High School serve?
Central Heights High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Central Heights High School?
Approximately 11.5:1 students per teacher at Central Heights High School.
How diverse is Central Heights High School?
Central Heights High School reports a student body of 70% White, 21% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Central Heights High School?
Central Heights High School is overseen by CENTRAL HEIGHTS ISD in Nacogdoches County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.