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How has GALENA PARK H S changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
1,815
High
DISTRICT 1,138 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GALENA PARK ISD·NCES 482025001983
Galena Park High School
1000 KEENE, GALENA PARK, TX 77547 · (832) 386-2800 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,815 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 61% of Texas public high schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
15.3:1
118 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
1,565 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 445 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 443 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 478 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 449 | 25% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 44.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 32.0% | 45.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+19.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 19 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 Galena Park High School
Galena Park High School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galena Park High School this school | 1,815 | 86.2% | 55.9% |
| Southside High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,772 | 85.7% | 40.7% |
| Spring Woods High School HOUSTON | 2,020 | 86.9% | 51.5% |
| Brackenridge High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,593 | 84.7% | 41.7% |
| Jefferson High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,706 | 87.6% | 37.0% |
| Moody High School CORPUS CHRISTI | 1,326 | 87.4% | 40.3% |
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 Galena Park High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #620 of 1,385 | #64 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #748 of 1,425 ▼ 334 | #112 of 155 ▼ 59 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #934 of 1,425 ▼ 29 | #99 of 155 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #990 of 1,184 | #136 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,815 | #376 of 2,107 | #69 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #790 of 1,344 | #51 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 19.1% | #1,110 of 1,346 | #128 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #276 of 1,522 | #67 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.0% | #247 of 557 | #37 of 75 |
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
1,815
-61 (-3%) vs 2020
+29% since 1990-91, when it was 1,402
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
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 | 1,815 | 118.3 | 15.3:1 | 86% (1,565) |
| 2023-24 | 1,886 | 118 | 16.0:1 | 86% (1,628) |
| 2022-23 | 1,914 | 119.2 | 16.1:1 | 87% (1,671) |
| 2020-21 | 1,876 | 115 | 16.3:1 | 90% (1,684) |
| 2017-18 | 2,016 | 112.5 | 17.9:1 | 75% (1,505) |
| 2015-16 | 2,062 | 115 | 17.9:1 | 78% (1,602) |
| 2010-11 | 1,882 | 136 | 13.8:1 | 77% (1,441) |
| 2000-01 | 1,635 | 115 | 14.2:1 | 62% (1,014) |
| 1990-91 | 1,402 | 70 | 20.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galena Park High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (2,016 to 1,815); teachers up 5% (112.5 to 118.3).
About Galena Park High School
Galena Park High School is a high school located in GALENA PARK, Texas, in Harris County. Its grade span covers grades 9 through 12, with 1,815 students on the rolls. High schools in Texas average about 796 students, which makes this school 128% larger than average.
GALENA PARK ISD has 26 schools and 20,862 students, and Galena Park High School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Galena Park High School, about 90 are Hispanic. Other students are 6% White and 3% Black. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at Galena Park High School are from different groups.
On staff are 118.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.3:1. The average for high schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. About 86% of students at Galena Park High School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Harris County average 70%.
On the allk12 Grade, Galena Park High School lands at B, ahead of 61% of Texas public high schools.
Galena Park High School outperforms its prediction by 19.1 points. The model expects 36.9% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 55.9%.
In the surrounding county, Harris County, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Galena Park High School, Harris County has 1,205 public schools.
Galena Park High School's closest public school neighbor is Galena Park Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Galena Park High School ranks 1st of 9 nearby schools, at 55.9% versus a 45.4% average.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 3% decline, from 1,876 to 1,815.
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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 GALENA PARK ISD
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- North Shore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,299 students
- Cobb 6th Grade CampusMiddle · 991 students
- North Shore Elementary SchoolElementary · 965 students
- Galena Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Cloverleaf Elementary SchoolElementary · 821 students
Other schools in GALENA PARK
- Galena Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 896 students
- Galena Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 588 students
- Macarthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 556 students
Nearby schools
- Galena Park Middle School0.2 mi · 896
- Galena Park Elementary School0.3 mi · 588
- Macarthur Elementary School0.4 mi · 556
- Jacinto City Elementary School1.8 mi · 689
- Pyburn Elementary School1.9 mi · 454
- Harris R P Elementary School2.3 mi · 383
Frequently asked questions
About Galena Park High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Galena Park High School?
Galena Park High School enrolls approximately 1,815 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Galena Park High School serve?
Galena Park High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Galena Park High School?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Galena Park High School.
How diverse is Galena Park High School?
Galena Park High School reports a student body of 6% White, 90% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Galena Park High School in?
Galena Park High School is part of GALENA PARK ISD.
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