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Enrollment
523
Middle
DISTRICT 647 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002487
Henry Middle School
10702 E HARDY, HOUSTON, TX 77093 · (713) 696-2650 · Harris County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL523 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
508 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 168 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 185 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 170 | 33% |
Student demographics
21%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
32.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Henry Middle School
Henry Middle School's state test result (32.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Henry Middle School this school | 523 | 97.1% | 32.6% |
| Young Men's Leadership Academy at Fred F Florence DALLAS | 467 | 98.1% | 26.4% |
| Driscoll Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 524 | 95.2% | 23.1% |
| KIPP 3D Academy HOUSTON | 513 | 95.9% | 38.5% |
| Rick Schneider Middle School HOUSTON | 500 | 92.8% | 39.5% |
| Zan Wesley Holmes Jr Middle School DALLAS | 570 | 97.0% | 32.7% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Henry Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.6% | #1,290 of 1,635 | #169 of 218 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,253 of 1,670 ▼ 385 | #174 of 219 ▼ 68 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,320 of 1,670 ▲ 221 | #172 of 219 ▲ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #359 of 1,570 | #52 of 216 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 523 | #1,053 of 1,749 | #166 of 227 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #308 of 1,542 | #40 of 215 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.1% | #1,290 of 1,543 | #183 of 215 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #64 of 1,648 | #23 of 221 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -39.3% | #54 of 942 | #13 of 145 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
523
-266 (-34%) vs 2020
-54% since 1990-91, when it was 1,127
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 523 | 40.8 | 12.8:1 | 97% (508) |
| 2023-24 | 610 | 68.1 | 9.0:1 | 98% (599) |
| 2022-23 | 690 | 42.3 | 16.3:1 | 98% (676) |
| 2020-21 | 789 | 51 | 15.5:1 | 95% (747) |
| 2017-18 | 862 | 55.1 | 15.6:1 | 80% (693) |
| 2015-16 | 891 | 46 | 19.4:1 | 97% (861) |
| 2010-11 | 1,004 | 63 | 15.9:1 | 58% (584) |
| 2000-01 | 1,106 | 55 | 20.1:1 | 90% (995) |
| 1990-91 | 1,127 | 64 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Henry Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 39% (862 to 523); teachers down 26% (55.1 to 40.8).
About Henry Middle School
HOUSTON, Texas, is home to Henry Middle School, a small middle school. In all, 523 students attend the school in grades 6 through 8.
The 273 schools of HOUSTON ISD, including Henry Middle School, enroll 176,727 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Henry Middle School is 88%. The next largest groups are 11% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 44 points above the 44% share among Harris County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 21%.
Henry Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1, with 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. The school has 97% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Harris County, the average is 70%.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.2% at Henry Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 32.6%.
In the wider Harris County area, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Henry Middle School shares Harris County with 1,204 other public schools.
Henry Middle School's nearest public school is IDEA Hardy Academy (about 0.5 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Henry Middle School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Large, or inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts decreased from 789 (2020-21) to 523 (2024-25). Students per teacher dropped from 15.5 in 2020-21 to 12.8 in 2024-25.
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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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
Other Henry Middle schools
One other US public school is named Henry Middle. Henry Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Henry Middle School - 03Henry, SD · 45 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Hardy Academy0.5 mi · 705
- IDEA Hardy College Preparatory0.5 mi · 635
- Barrick Elementary School0.6 mi · 433
- YES Prep - Northline0.8 mi · 1,004
- Lyons Elementary School0.9 mi · 767
- De Chaumes Elementary School1.0 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About Henry Middle SchoolHow large is Henry Middle School?
Henry Middle School enrolls approximately 523 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Henry Middle School serve?
Henry Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Henry Middle School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Henry Middle School.
How diverse is Henry Middle School?
Henry Middle School reports a student body of 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 11% Black, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Henry Middle School?
Henry Middle School is overseen by HOUSTON ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.