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Enrollment
3,786
High
DISTRICT 1,721 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALIEF ISD·NCES 480783000104
Hastings High School
4410 COOK RD, HOUSTON, TX 77072 · (281) 498-8110 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,786 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
269 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
3,113 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 | 1,214 | 32% |
| Grade 10 | 915 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 867 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 790 | 21% |
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
29.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 3.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 50.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 16.0% | 43.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 30.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Hastings High School
Hastings High School's state test result (37.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hastings High School this school | 3,786 | 82.2% | 37.6% |
| Elsik High School HOUSTON | 4,057 | 78.8% | 42.9% |
| Taylor High School HOUSTON | 2,838 | 79.4% | 46.7% |
| Klein Forest High School KLEIN | 3,418 | 80.1% | 43.8% |
| Cypress Ridge High School HOUSTON | 2,861 | 79.4% | 55.2% |
| Mayde Creek High School HOUSTON | 3,036 | 76.5% | 56.2% |
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 Hastings High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.6% | #1,200 of 1,385 | #129 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,206 of 1,425 ▲ 52 | #149 of 155 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,385 of 1,425 ▼ 58 | #153 of 155 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #907 of 1,184 | #127 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,786 | #18 of 2,107 | #6 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #563 of 1,344 | #25 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.1% | #541 of 1,346 | #64 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.2% | #352 of 1,522 | #77 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.7% | #313 of 557 | #48 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
3,786
-348 (-8%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 3,609
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.3:1
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 | 3,786 | 269.4 | 14.1:1 | 82% (3,113) |
| 2023-24 | 3,867 | 273 | 14.2:1 | 83% (3,215) |
| 2022-23 | 3,930 | 277.9 | 14.1:1 | 83% (3,264) |
| 2020-21 | 4,134 | 288 | 14.3:1 | 84% (3,472) |
| 2017-18 | 4,103 | 286.2 | 14.3:1 | 73% (3,004) |
| 2015-16 | 3,948 | 274 | 14.4:1 | 76% (3,010) |
| 2010-11 | 4,145 | 259 | 16.0:1 | 72% (3,003) |
| 2000-01 | 4,955 | 282 | 17.6:1 | 29% (1,451) |
| 1990-91 | 3,609 | 199 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hastings High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (4,103 to 3,786); teachers down 6% (286.2 to 269.4).
About Hastings High School
This page covers Hastings High School, a high-enrollment high school in HOUSTON, Texas. Total enrollment is 3,786 students, and the grades served are 9 through 12. By comparison, high schools in Texas enroll about 796 students on average.
ALIEF ISD includes 46 schools. Together they enroll 38,610 students.
More than half of the students at Hastings High School are Hispanic (63%). Next come 23% Black, 8% Asian, and 4% White. That compares with about 44% Hispanic among all Harris County residents. The diversity index for Hastings High School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 14.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Hastings High School, which has 269.4. The school's 14.1:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for high schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 82%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
On the allk12 Grade, Hastings High School lands at D, ahead of 12% of Texas public high schools.
Hastings High School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.6%) and its predicted rate (38.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
For Harris County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $74,983 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Public schools in Harris County number 1,205, with about 886,911 students.
Hastings High School's nearest public school is Youens Elementary School (about 0.2 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Hastings High School. By average proficiency, Hastings High School is 6th among 7 schools close by.
NCES describes the area around Hastings High School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 8% decline, from 4,134 to 3,786.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 ALIEF ISD
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Taylor High SchoolHigh · 2,838 students
- O'Donnell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,214 students
- Budewig Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,054 students
- Olle Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,025 students
- Albright Middle SchoolMiddle · 945 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
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
- Dobie High SchoolHigh · 3,692 students
Other Hastings High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Hastings High. Hastings High School is the largest of the 4.
- Hastings High SchoolHASTINGS, MN · 1,301 students
- Hastings High SchoolHASTINGS, MI · 804 students
- HASTINGS HIGH SCHOOLHASTINGS ON HUDSON, NY · 525 students
Nearby schools
- Youens Elementary School0.2 mi · 675
- Alief Middle School0.2 mi · 821
- Elsik High School0.3 mi · 4,057
- Alief Montessori Community School0.5 mi · 367
- Sst Advancement0.8 mi · 646
- Alief Learning Center (6-12)1.0 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Hastings High SchoolHow large is Hastings High School?
Hastings High School enrolls approximately 3,786 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Hastings High School serve?
Hastings High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hastings High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hastings High School is approximately 14.1:1 (269 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hastings High School?
At Hastings High School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 63% Hispanic, 23% Black, 8% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Hastings High School in?
Hastings High School is part of ALIEF ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.