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KASHMERE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KASHMERE H S
Located at 6900 WILEYVALE ST, in HOUSTON, Texas, KASHMERE H S is a compact 9-12 campus that serves 655 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within HOUSTON ISD.
Within HOUSTON ISD, which oversees 273 schools and 176,727 students, KASHMERE H S is one campus in the system.
On demographics, KASHMERE H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 48% Black.
Looking at school resources, KASHMERE H S reports 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 97% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, KASHMERE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.0%.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Harris County shows median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. KASHMERE H S is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
Nearest neighbor: COOK JR EL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KASHMERE H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 26.4%.
The school occupies an urban site.
Over the past 7-year window. KASHMERE H S's enrollment has shrank 10% since 2018, when it stood at 724 (now 655). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 33% to 50% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.
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