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Enrollment
868
Elementary
DISTRICT 619 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GOOSE CREEK CISD·NCES 482115002112
Highlands Elementary School
200 E WALLISVILLE RD, HIGHLANDS, TX 77562 · (281) 420-4900 · Harris County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL868 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
691 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 164 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 171 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 167 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 188 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 178 | 21% |
This year's 1st grade class (164) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (178).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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 grade levels within GOOSE CREEK CISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 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 | 16.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Highlands Elementary School
Highlands Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highlands Elementary School this school | 868 | 79.6% | 33.8% |
| Porter Elementary School PORTER | 931 | 83.5% | 36.8% |
| Leonard Shanklin Elementary School LULING | 735 | 81.4% | 47.6% |
| Austin Elementary School CONROE | 896 | 84.7% | 37.7% |
| Hope Elementary School CONROE | 764 | 83.1% | 41.7% |
| Sorters Mill Elementary School PORTER | 838 | 78.4% | 39.5% |
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 Highlands Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #3,281 of 4,401 | #466 of 624 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,551 of 4,466 ▲ 104 | #529 of 625 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,754 of 4,466 ▼ 437 | #538 of 625 ▼ 77 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,077 of 3,998 | #148 of 603 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 868 | #256 of 4,938 | #88 of 682 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,962 of 4,622 | #390 of 657 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.8% | #2,515 of 4,628 | #343 of 657 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.6% | #1,978 of 4,789 | #409 of 671 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #984 of 1,307 | #103 of 148 |
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
868
+102 (+13%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 648
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 868 | 55.8 | 15.6:1 | 80% (691) |
| 2023-24 | 895 | 55.2 | 16.2:1 | 82% (732) |
| 2022-23 | 739 | 48 | 15.4:1 | 83% (611) |
| 2020-21 | 766 | 50 | 15.3:1 | 75% (576) |
| 2017-18 | 826 | 46.8 | 17.7:1 | 68% (561) |
| 2015-16 | 736 | 44 | 16.7:1 | 65% (480) |
| 2010-11 | 746 | 47 | 15.9:1 | 63% (468) |
| 2000-01 | 898 | 52 | 17.3:1 | 41% (367) |
| 1990-91 | 648 | 35 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highlands Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (826 to 868); teachers up 19% (46.8 to 55.8).
About Highlands Elementary School
Highlands Elementary School is a large elementary school in HIGHLANDS, Texas, (ZIP code 77562). The school serves grades 1 through 5. Enrollment is 868 students. It has 67% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
GOOSE CREEK CISD, which runs Highlands Elementary School, has 34 schools and 24,032 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Highlands Elementary School is 68%, a majority. The remaining students are 21% White, 8% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Harris County is about 44% Hispanic. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at Highlands Elementary School are from different groups.
Highlands Elementary School reported 55.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 15.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 80% of students at Highlands Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 10 points lower.
After adjusting for student poverty, Highlands Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 33.8%; the prediction is 39.7%.
The school's county is Harris County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $74,983 a year, roughly 34% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 13%. Highlands Elementary School shares Harris County with 1,204 other public schools.
Hopper Primary School is about 0.2 miles from Highlands Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Highlands Elementary School places 4th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
In the federal locale system, Highlands Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 13%, from 766 to 868.
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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 GOOSE CREEK CISD
- Goose Creek MemorialHigh · 2,335 students
- Sterling High SchoolHigh · 2,150 students
- Lee High SchoolHigh · 1,747 students
- E F Green Junior SchoolMiddle · 1,095 students
- Gentry Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,013 students
- Highlands Junior High SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in HIGHLANDS
- Highlands Junior High SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Hopper Primary SchoolElementary · 239 students
- Point Alternative CenterHigh · 96 students
Other Highlands Elementary schools
24 other US public schools in 13 states are named Highlands Elementary. Highlands Elementary School is the largest of the 25.
- Highlands Elementary SchoolSUGAR LAND, TX · 541 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolCEDAR HILL, TX · 419 students
- Highlands ElementarySaugus, CA · 666 students
- HIGHLANDS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLIMMOKALEE, FL · 599 students
- Highlands Elementary SchoolLa Grange Highlands, IL · 565 students
Nearby schools
- Hopper Primary School0.2 mi · 239
- Highlands Junior High School0.8 mi · 885
- Point Alternative Center1.0 mi · 96
- Harlem Elementary School2.9 mi · 575
- Baytown Junior High School3.2 mi · 711
- Travis Elementary School3.3 mi · 709
Frequently asked questions
About Highlands Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Highlands Elementary School?
Highlands Elementary School enrolls approximately 868 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does Highlands Elementary School serve?
Highlands Elementary School serves grades 01-05.
How many teachers does Highlands Elementary School have?
Highlands Elementary School employs 56 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Highlands Elementary School?
Student demographics at Highlands Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 68% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Highlands Elementary School in?
Highlands Elementary School is part of GOOSE CREEK CISD.
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