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Enrollment
1,486
Combined
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PASADENA ISD·NCES 483432012697
Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School
1348 GENOA RED BLUFF, HOUSTON, TX 77034 · (713) 740-5320 · Harris County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,486 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Texas public K-12 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.
- C-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 K-12 schools
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
87 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
1,191 students
DISTRICT 85% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 29 | 2% |
| Grade 9 | 413 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 370 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 352 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 322 | 22% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +36.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 56.0% | 20.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 41.0% | 40.0% | 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 | 63.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 62.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
68.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% 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 29 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 Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School
Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School's state test result (68.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School this school | 1,486 | 80.1% | 68.0% |
| Lamesa Schools LAMESA | 1,484 | 78.0% | 24.6% |
| IDEA Travis Academy MIDLAND | 1,298 | 73.1% | 32.2% |
| Compass Rose Ingenuity SAN ANTONIO | 830 | 81.9% | 31.6% |
| Harmony School of Science - El Paso EL PASO | 1,308 | 70.0% | 53.2% |
| Vanguard Van Gogh PHARR | 1,048 | 90.6% | 44.7% |
Matched among Texas K-12 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 Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School ranks
Among K-12 schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #10 of 211 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #53 of 218 ▲ 13 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #57 of 218 ▼ 4 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #97 of 134 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,486 | #2 of 280 | #1 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #121 of 141 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.4% | #135 of 144 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.1% | #32 of 226 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public K-12 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
1,486
+7 (+0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 1,486 | 87.3 | 17.0:1 | 80% (1,191) |
| 2023-24 | 1,463 | 89.8 | 16.3:1 | 81% (1,186) |
| 2022-23 | 1,451 | 90.1 | 16.1:1 | 81% (1,173) |
| 2020-21 | 1,479 | 91 | 16.3:1 | 78% (1,160) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School.
About Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School
Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School is a large school serving multiple grade levels for students in HOUSTON, Texas. It enrolls 1,486 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 12. It has 206% more students than the average for combined schools in Texas (about 485).
Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School is part of PASADENA ISD, where 67 schools serve 46,491 students.
Of every 100 students at Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School, about 90 are Hispanic. The remaining students are 5% White and 3% Black. Census figures show Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 19, compared with 70 nationally.
With 87.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 17.0:1. Combined schools in Texas have an average ratio of 11.7:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School, 80% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Harris County report 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School lands at A, ahead of 91% of Texas public K-12 schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School beats its 39.5% prediction with 68.0%, a top-10% result in Texas.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Harris County show that the median household earns about $74,983 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and about 13% of people live in poverty. Harris County has 1,205 public schools with about 886,911 students, including Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School.
Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School's nearest public school is Carter Lomax Middle School (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment went from 1,479 in 2020-21 to 1,486 in 2024-25, a change of 7 students.
People who know Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Harris County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,838,303
Census ACS
Median income
$74,983
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
34%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
1,205
886,911 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PASADENA ISD
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
- Pasadena Memorial High SchoolHigh · 3,177 students
- Sam Rayburn High SchoolHigh · 2,627 students
- Pasadena High SchoolHigh · 2,217 students
- South Houston High SchoolHigh · 2,185 students
- Bondy Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 933 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Carter Lomax Middle School0.2 mi · 552
- Pasadena Memorial High School0.7 mi · 3,177
- Tegeler Community School0.7 mi · 150
- Teague Elementary School0.8 mi · 709
- Turner Elementary School1.2 mi · 526
- Bondy Intermediate School1.3 mi · 933
Frequently asked questions
About Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School?
Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School enrolls approximately 1,486 students in grades PK-12.
Is Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School is approximately 17.0:1 (87 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School?
Student demographics at Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School are roughly 5% White, 90% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School?
Dr Kirk Lewis Career and Technical High School is overseen by PASADENA ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.