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Enrollment
645
Elementary
DISTRICT 593 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALIEF ISD·NCES 480783007308
Hicks Elementary School
8520 HEMLOCK HILL DR, HOUSTON, TX 77083 · (281) 983-8040 · Harris County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL645 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
587 students
DISTRICT 88% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 93 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 102 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 23% smaller than its 4th grade class (129).
Student demographics
58%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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 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 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 27.0% |
% 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
36.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Hicks Elementary School
Hicks Elementary School's state test result (36.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hicks Elementary School this school | 645 | 91.0% | 36.1% |
| Smith Elementary School HOUSTON | 650 | 89.4% | 33.8% |
| Harmony School of Exploration- Houston HOUSTON | 687 | 87.2% | 52.1% |
| Liestman Elementary School HOUSTON | 514 | 88.1% | 45.4% |
| Alexander Elementary School HOUSTON | 609 | 89.3% | 41.8% |
| Jackie Mae Townsell Elementary School IRVING | 845 | 87.9% | 28.9% |
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 Hicks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.1% | #3,062 of 4,401 | #431 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #3,620 of 4,466 ▲ 104 | #539 of 625 ▲ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,306 of 4,466 ▲ 80 | #466 of 625 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -4.5pp | #688 of 3,998 | #89 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 645 | #1,278 of 4,938 | #296 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #223 of 4,622 | #36 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.7% | #1,637 of 4,628 | #214 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.0% | #954 of 4,789 | #231 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.4% | #1,389 of 2,838 | #251 of 441 |
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
645
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 1,041
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 645 | 56 | 11.5:1 | 91% (587) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 57.9 | 11.9:1 | 91% (628) |
| 2022-23 | 746 | 57.8 | 12.9:1 | 88% (660) |
| 2020-21 | 656 | 55 | 11.9:1 | 86% (567) |
| 2017-18 | 781 | 62.1 | 12.6:1 | 78% (608) |
| 2015-16 | 872 | 64 | 13.6:1 | 76% (667) |
| 2010-11 | 843 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 77% (652) |
| 2000-01 | 1,041 | 57 | 18.3:1 | 51% (527) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hicks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (781 to 645); teachers down 10% (62.1 to 56).
About Hicks Elementary School
This page covers Hicks Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in HOUSTON, Texas. The school enrolls 645 students in pre-K through 4. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 24% larger than average.
ALIEF ISD enrolls 38,610 students in 46 schools, including Hicks Elementary School.
At Hicks Elementary School, 59% of students are Hispanic. It is also 24% Black, 14% Asian, and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Harris County is roughly 44% Hispanic. The diversity index for Hicks Elementary School is 58%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 91% of the student body. Among public schools in Harris County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Hicks Elementary School's results are 1.3 points above predicted: 36.1% against 34.8%.
Harris County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of people live in poverty. There are 1,205 public schools in the county, enrolling about 886,911, Hicks Elementary School among them.
Kerr High School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Hicks Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Hicks Elementary School at 7th of 8.
NCES assigns Hicks Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 645, close to the 656 recorded in 2020-21.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 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
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 Hicks Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Hicks Elementary. Hicks Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Hicks Elementary SchoolCORPUS CHRISTI, TX · 559 students
- Hicks Elementary SchoolConyers, GA · 878 students
Nearby schools
- Kerr High School0.6 mi · 807
- Taylor High School0.6 mi · 2,838
- Liestman Elementary School0.8 mi · 514
- Killough Middle School0.9 mi · 763
- Harmony School of Innovation-Sugar Land1.0 mi · 912
- KIPP Unity Primary School1.1 mi · 1,050
Frequently asked questions
About Hicks Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hicks Elementary School?
Hicks Elementary School enrolls approximately 645 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Hicks Elementary School serve?
Hicks Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hicks Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hicks Elementary School is approximately 11.5:1 (56 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Hicks Elementary School?
Hicks Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 59% Hispanic, 24% Black, 14% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Hicks Elementary School?
Hicks Elementary School is overseen by ALIEF ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.