HIGHLAND HTS EL

HIGHLAND HTS EL, a cozy K-5 school in HOUSTON, Texas, part of HOUSTON ISD, educates 441 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

HIGHLAND HTS EL is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that teaches 176,727 students overall.

Demographically, HIGHLAND HTS EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 46% Black.

Looking at school resources, HIGHLAND HTS EL reports 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 97% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HIGHLAND HTS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.5%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of +5.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Harris County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which HIGHLAND HTS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WILLIAMS MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HIGHLAND HTS EL comes 3rd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 33.3%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 22%: 569 students in 2018 compared to 441 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 50% to 46% over that span.

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