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DAVIS H S ALDINE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DAVIS H S ALDINE
DAVIS H S ALDINE is one of the sizable senior highs in HOUSTON, Texas, one of the schools within ALDINE ISD, with 3,184 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 300% bigger than typical.
ALDINE ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 56,419 students. DAVIS H S ALDINE is one of those campuses.
Demographically, DAVIS H S ALDINE records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 188 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 83% of students at DAVIS H S ALDINE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DAVIS H S ALDINE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.5%, the actual is 32.4%, a residual of -5.1 points.
Around the school, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which DAVIS H S ALDINE is one.
PLUMMER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DAVIS H S ALDINE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 28.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.
Looking at the recent track record. DAVIS H S ALDINE's enrollment has increased 20% since 2018, when it stood at 2,648 (now 3,184). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 62% to 68%. Class-load math has grew: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.
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