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HIDDEN HOLLOW EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HIDDEN HOLLOW EL
HIDDEN HOLLOW EL operates as a compact elementary school in KINGWOOD, Texas, overseen by HUMBLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 433 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
HUMBLE ISD comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 48,502 students; HIDDEN HOLLOW EL is among them.
On the student-mix side, HIDDEN HOLLOW EL reports that the largest single group is White at 55%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 28% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
Looking at school resources, HIDDEN HOLLOW EL records 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at HIDDEN HOLLOW EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HIDDEN HOLLOW EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.5%.
Across the wider county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which HIDDEN HOLLOW EL is one.
The closest other public school is GREENTREE EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HIDDEN HOLLOW EL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.1%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Trend over the last 7 years. HIDDEN HOLLOW EL's enrollment has contracted 8% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 433). The White share of enrollment edged down from 66% to 55% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.
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