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Enrollment
585
High
DISTRICT 402 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HITCHCOCK ISD·NCES 482331002367
Hitchcock High School
6629 FM 2004, HITCHCOCK, TX 77563 · (409) 316-6544 · Galveston County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL585 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 13% of Texas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 55.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
421 students
DISTRICT 80% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 153 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 156 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 135 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 141 | 24% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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 HITCHCOCK ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
18.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -32.0pp 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 18 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 down about 32 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 38.0% | 24.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 13.0% | 56.0% | 26.0% |
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% | 18.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 19.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Hitchcock High School
Hitchcock High School's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchcock High School this school | 585 | 72.0% | 39.3% |
| Connally High School WACO | 614 | 73.3% | 35.3% |
| Jasper High School JASPER | 633 | 67.6% | 34.5% |
| Young Men's Leadership Academy FORT WORTH | 418 | 74.4% | 50.4% |
| Crockett High School CROCKETT | 376 | 80.9% | 41.3% |
| Daingerfield High School DAINGERFIELD | 343 | 68.8% | 53.0% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Hitchcock High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Galveston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #1,150 of 1,385 | #3 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #1,348 of 1,425 ▲ 20 | #10 of 10 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #1,136 of 1,425 ▼ 121 | #9 of 10 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #879 of 1,184 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 585 | #819 of 2,107 | #10 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.4:1 | #1,289 of 1,344 | #10 of 10 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #210 of 1,346 | #2 of 10 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #540 of 1,522 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +59.8% | #55 of 672 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high 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
585
+207 (+55%) vs 2020
+86% since 1990-91, when it was 315
Student : Teacher
20.4:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 585 | 28.7 | 20.4:1 | 72% (421) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 41 | 12.8:1 | 78% (410) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 33.8 | 13.9:1 | 77% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 378 | 35 | 10.8:1 | 72% (271) |
| 2017-18 | 366 | 30.9 | 11.8:1 | 80% (292) |
| 2015-16 | 355 | 29 | 12.2:1 | 68% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 315 | 29 | 10.9:1 | 55% (174) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 31 | 12.0:1 | 50% (185) |
| 1990-91 | 315 | 27 | 11.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hitchcock High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 60% (366 to 585); teachers down 7% (30.9 to 28.7).
About Hitchcock High School
Hitchcock High School is a public small high school in HITCHCOCK, Texas. It reported 585 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. High schools in Texas average about 796 students, which makes this school 27% below average.
The district for Hitchcock High School is HITCHCOCK ISD, with 5 schools and 2,012 students.
About 42% of students at Hitchcock High School are Black, the largest single group. After that, the student body is 35% Hispanic, 19% White, and 3% multiracial. Among all residents of Galveston County, the Black share is about 12%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Hitchcock High School reports a ratio of 20.4 students per teacher, from 28.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Lunch program data show 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 57% average for public schools in Galveston County, the school's rate is higher.
Hitchcock High School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 13% of Texas public high schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Hitchcock High School, the prediction is 43.0% and the result is 39.3%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Galveston County show that the median household earns about $86,105 a year, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Galveston County has 95 public schools with about 62,767 students, including Hitchcock High School.
Hitchcock High School's nearest public school is Crosby Middle School (about 0.3 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Hitchcock High School is 1st of 7 nearby schools with test data.
Hitchcock High School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Mid-size.
Federal data put enrollment at 378 in 2020-21 and 585 in 2024-25; the school may have served different grades in those years. The school's ratio increased from 10.8:1 to 20.4:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
People who know Hitchcock High School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Galveston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
358,990
Census ACS
Median income
$86,105
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
95
62,767 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HITCHCOCK ISD
- Hitchcock Primary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Crosby Middle SchoolMiddle · 406 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Hitchcock HeadstartElementary · 181 students
- Galveston Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other schools in HITCHCOCK
- Hitchcock Primary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Crosby Middle SchoolMiddle · 406 students
- Stewart Elementary SchoolElementary · 355 students
- Hitchcock HeadstartElementary · 181 students
- Galveston Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Nearby schools
- Crosby Middle School0.3 mi · 406
- Stewart Elementary School0.5 mi · 355
- Hitchcock Primary School1.0 mi · 485
- Hitchcock Headstart1.3 mi · 181
- Ignite Community School - Mainland2.7 mi · 327
- La Marque High School3.1 mi · 737
Frequently asked questions
About Hitchcock High SchoolHow many students attend Hitchcock High School?
Hitchcock High School enrolls approximately 585 students in grades 09-12.
Is Hitchcock High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Hitchcock High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Hitchcock High School have?
Hitchcock High School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 20.4:1.
How diverse is Hitchcock High School?
Hitchcock High School reports a student body of 19% White, 35% Hispanic, 42% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Hitchcock High School?
Hitchcock High School is overseen by HITCHCOCK ISD in Galveston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.