H L HIGGINS EL

H L HIGGINS EL is a mid-tier K-5 school in WHITEHOUSE, Texas, run under WHITEHOUSE ISD. The school hosts 597 students in grades pre-K through 5.

WHITEHOUSE ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,676 students. H L HIGGINS EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, H L HIGGINS EL reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 2% Asian. That composition is broadly in line with Smith County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Smith County's rate of about 64%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, H L HIGGINS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.7%, the actual is 58.2%, a residual of +5.5 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Smith County indicate median household income runs about $74,192, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Smith County runs 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), of which H L HIGGINS EL is one.

The closest other public school is J W HOLLOWAY SIXTH GRADE SCHOOL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts H L HIGGINS EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 62.3%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 11%: 671 students in 2018 compared to 597 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 69% across the same window.

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