Hitchcock Headstart

Hitchcock Headstart is a small elementary school in Texas, located in HITCHCOCK. Students in pre-K attend, and enrollment is 181 students. The school's enrollment is 65% smaller than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.

HITCHCOCK ISD, which runs Hitchcock Headstart, has 5 schools and 2,012 students.

By race and ethnicity, Hitchcock Headstart is 59% Black. The rest of enrollment is 27% Hispanic, 11% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Black share of Galveston County's population at about 12%. Hitchcock Headstart has a diversity index of 57%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.

Teacher staffing is 1 full-time equivalents, or about 182.8 students per teacher. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 96%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Galveston County is 57%.

Galveston County has these Census figures: median household income is about $86,105, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The public schools of Galveston County number 95 and enroll about 62,767.

The closest public school, Hitchcock Primary School, is about 0.3 miles from Hitchcock Headstart. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles.

Locale data from NCES put Hitchcock Headstart in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000 (Suburb: Mid-size).

Hitchcock Headstart had 145 students in 2020-21 and 181 in 2024-25, a 25% increase. The ratio of students to teachers went from 145.0:1 to 182.8:1 over the same years.

The Hitchcock Headstart community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.