Enrollment
363
High
DISTRICT 316 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOWE ISD·NCES 482367002622
Howe High School
200 E PONDEROSA, HOWE, TX 75459 · (903) 745-4400 · Grayson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL363 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 71% of Texas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
10.5:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
127 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 89 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 102 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 85 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 87 | 24% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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 HOWE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +59.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 59 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 55.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 26.0% | 51.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 11.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
66.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Howe High School
Howe High School's state test result (66.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Howe High School this school | 363 | 35.0% | 66.3% |
| Lexington High School LEXINGTON | 336 | 36.0% | 61.0% |
| Early High School EARLY | 365 | 35.9% | 76.4% |
| Scurry-Rosser High School SCURRY | 347 | 37.2% | 55.5% |
| West Texas Secondary School STINNETT | 304 | 32.9% | 47.3% |
| Thrall High School THRALL | 282 | 32.3% | 70.1% |
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 Howe High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.3% | #317 of 1,385 | #4 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #785 of 1,425 ▼ 98 | #9 of 12 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #362 of 1,425 ▲ 102 | #6 of 12 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +23.0pp | #319 of 1,184 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 363 | #1,065 of 2,107 | #7 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #145 of 1,344 | #4 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #600 of 1,346 | #4 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.0% | #1,293 of 1,522 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #457 of 672 | #9 of 11 |
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
363
+6 (+2%) vs 2020
+49% since 1990-91, when it was 243
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 363 | 34.7 | 10.5:1 | 35% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 32.8 | 11.2:1 | 39% (142) |
| 2022-23 | 352 | 32.9 | 10.7:1 | 41% (145) |
| 2020-21 | 357 | 31 | 11.5:1 | 39% (139) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 31.5 | 10.8:1 | 35% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 330 | 29 | 11.4:1 | 38% (124) |
| 2010-11 | 300 | 25 | 12.0:1 | 35% (106) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 28 | 11.1:1 | 9% (27) |
| 1990-91 | 243 | 17 | 14.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Howe High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (341 to 363); teachers up 10% (31.5 to 34.7).
About Howe High School
Howe High School is a small high school based in HOWE, Texas. It enrolled 363 students in grades 9 through 12 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 54% lower than the average for high schools in Texas, which is about 796.
Howe High School is a school in HOWE ISD. The district has 4 schools and 1,265 students.
White students account for 63% of enrollment at Howe High School. Other groups make up 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. Grayson County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school's share is lower. Howe High School has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Howe High School counts 34.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 10.5 students for each one. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. About 35% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. For comparison, public schools in Grayson County average 53%.
Howe High School is graded B+ by allk12, scoring above 71% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Howe High School scores 66.3% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 58.8%.
Grayson County has about 143,337 residents, and median household income is about $72,182, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Grayson County number 68 and enroll about 25,915.
Nearest public school: Summit Hill Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Howe High School holds 3 other public schools. Nearby schools average 53.7% on proficiency, and Howe High School is above that at 66.3%.
NCES assigns Howe High School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 363, close to the 357 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 10.5:1.
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Grayson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,337
Census ACS
Median income
$72,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
25,915 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOWE ISD
- Summit Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Howe Intermediate SchoolElementary · 298 students
- Howe Middle SchoolMiddle · 281 students
- Department of Juvenile ServicesElementary
Other schools in HOWE
- Summit Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 323 students
- Howe Intermediate SchoolElementary · 298 students
- Howe Middle SchoolMiddle · 281 students
Other Howe High schools
One other US public school is named Howe High. Howe High School is the largest of the 2.
- Howe High SchoolHowe, OK · 219 students
Nearby schools
- Summit Hill Elementary School0.5 mi · 323
- Howe Middle School1.8 mi · 281
- Howe Intermediate School1.8 mi · 298
- Sherman High School5.2 mi · 2,143
- Van Alstyne Junior High School6.3 mi · 405
- Tom Bean High School6.4 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Howe High SchoolHow large is Howe High School?
Howe High School enrolls approximately 363 students in grades 09-12.
Is Howe High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Howe High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Howe High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Howe High School is approximately 10.5:1 (35 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Howe High School?
Howe High School reports a student body of 63% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Howe High School?
Howe High School is overseen by HOWE ISD in Grayson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.