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Enrollment
412
Elementary
DISTRICT 440 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXAS CITY ISD·NCES 484251004861
Heights Elementary School
300 N LOGAN ST, TEXAS CITY, TX 77591 · (409) 916-0500 · Galveston County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL412 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Texas public elementary 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.
- A+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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
355 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 12% larger than its 4th grade class (75).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +49.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
78.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +45.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 78 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 49 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45.0% | 36.0% | 16.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 47.0% | 31.0% | 14.0% | 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 | 81.0% | 78.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
65.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+28.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% 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 28 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 Heights Elementary School
Heights Elementary School's state test result (65.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Heights Elementary School this school | 412 | 86.2% | 65.2% |
| Kohfeldt Elementary School TEXAS CITY | 429 | 88.3% | 38.0% |
| Fannin Elementary School CORSICANA | 376 | 86.4% | 27.5% |
| G W Carver Early Childhood Center ENNIS | 407 | 82.6% | N/A |
| Harmony Science Academy - Bryan BRYAN | 395 | 84.6% | 33.2% |
| W H Burnett Elementary School TERRELL | 380 | 86.8% | N/A |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.2% | #510 of 4,401 | #5 of 45 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #192 of 4,466 ▲ 302 | #2 of 45 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #243 of 4,466 ▲ 323 | #2 of 45 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +29.0pp | #185 of 3,998 | #2 of 41 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 412 | #3,386 of 4,938 | #42 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #481 of 4,622 | #2 of 46 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.0% | #1,321 of 4,628 | #19 of 46 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.2% | #1,461 of 4,789 | #11 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.0% | #1,178 of 2,838 | #16 of 29 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
412
+37 (+10%) vs 2020
-13% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 412 | 33.3 | 12.4:1 | 86% (355) |
| 2023-24 | 410 | 31.5 | 13.0:1 | 95% (389) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 26.9 | 14.9:1 | 93% (374) |
| 2020-21 | 375 | 30 | 12.5:1 | 92% (346) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 32.6 | 15.8:1 | 88% (453) |
| 2015-16 | 571 | 36 | 15.9:1 | 79% (453) |
| 2010-11 | 753 | 42 | 17.9:1 | 88% (664) |
| 2000-01 | 630 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 73% (458) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 29 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (515 to 412); teachers up 2% (32.6 to 33.3).
About Heights Elementary School
Heights Elementary School is a small elementary school in TEXAS CITY ISD, located in TEXAS CITY, Texas. Enrollment totals 412 students across kindergarten through 4. That puts enrollment 21% below the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
TEXAS CITY ISD has 7,711 students in 15 schools, and Heights Elementary School is one of those schools.
Of every 100 students at Heights Elementary School, about 57 are Hispanic. The school is also 18% White, 18% Black, and 6% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 26%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Heights Elementary School scores 61%.
Heights Elementary School reported 33.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 12.4:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. Roughly 86% of students at Heights Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Galveston County average 57%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Heights Elementary School outscored 98%, which works out to an A+ on the allk12 Grade.
Heights Elementary School is a top-10% school in Texas on BeatsExpectations, beating its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.9% with an actual 65.2%.
For Galveston County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $86,105, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. There are 95 public schools in the county, enrolling about 62,767, Heights Elementary School among them.
Blocker Middle School sits about 0.6 miles from Heights Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 7 closest schools with test data, this one included, Heights Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Heights Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 37 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXAS CITY ISD
- Texas City High SchoolHigh · 1,689 students
- Blocker Middle SchoolMiddle · 802 students
- Fry Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- La Marque High SchoolHigh · 737 students
- Giles Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
Other schools in TEXAS CITY
- Texas City High SchoolHigh · 1,689 students
- Dickinson Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,060 students
- Blocker Middle SchoolMiddle · 802 students
- Fry Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 769 students
- Odyssey Academy - Texas CityElementary · 558 students
- Giles Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
Other Heights Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 6 states are named Heights Elementary. Heights Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 7.
- Heights Elementary SchoolLAREDO, TX · 508 students
- HEIGHTS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLFORT MYERS, FL · 1,057 students
- Heights ElementaryPittsburg, CA · 547 students
- Heights ElementarySharon, MA · 545 students
- Heights ElementaryClarkston, WA · 358 students
Nearby schools
- Blocker Middle School0.6 mi · 802
- Calvin Vincent Pre-K Head Start0.7 mi · 311
- Kohfeldt Elementary School0.8 mi · 429
- Texas City High School0.8 mi · 1,689
- Manuel Guajardo Jr Elementary School1.2 mi · 501
- Woodrow Wilson DAEP1.9 mi · 75
Frequently asked questions
About Heights Elementary SchoolHow large is Heights Elementary School?
Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 412 students in grades KG-04.
Is Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-04.
How many students per teacher at Heights Elementary School?
Approximately 12.4:1 students per teacher at Heights Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Heights Elementary School?
Student demographics at Heights Elementary School are roughly 18% White, 57% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Heights Elementary School public or private?
Heights Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by TEXAS CITY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.