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Enrollment
2,877
High
DISTRICT 1,786 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUMBLE ISD·NCES 482391005502
Kingwood High School
2701 KINGWOOD DR, KINGWOOD, TX 77339 · (281) 641-6900 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL2,877 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 89% of Texas public high schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
17.7:1
163 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
486 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 756 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 765 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 672 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 684 | 24% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
Based on published attendance-zone data from HUMBLE ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
82.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +46.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +57.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 46 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 57 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 55.0% | 10.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 44.0% | 28.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 82.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
76.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Kingwood High School
Kingwood High School's state test result (76.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kingwood High School this school | 2,877 | 16.9% | 76.3% |
| Liberty Hill High School LIBERTY HILL | 2,156 | 18.9% | 66.0% |
| Rockwall High School ROCKWALL | 2,949 | 19.4% | 80.8% |
| Bowie High School AUSTIN | 2,876 | 14.0% | 78.8% |
| Wylie High School ABILENE | 1,537 | 17.6% | 73.8% |
| Boerne - Samuel V Champion High School BOERNE | 2,067 | 14.0% | 78.6% |
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 Kingwood High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.3% | #133 of 1,385 | #23 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #212 of 1,425 ▲ 58 | #32 of 155 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #144 of 1,425 ▲ 27 | #24 of 155 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +32.5pp | #106 of 1,184 | #19 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,877 | #95 of 2,107 | #38 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.7:1 | #1,149 of 1,344 | #111 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.9% | #519 of 1,346 | #62 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.9% | #1,473 of 1,522 | #174 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.4% | #414 of 672 | #41 of 64 |
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
2,877
+70 (+2%) vs 2020
-4% since 1990-91, when it was 2,983
Student : Teacher
17.7:1
was 17.1:1
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 | 2,877 | 162.9 | 17.7:1 | 17% (486) |
| 2023-24 | 2,899 | 171.1 | 16.9:1 | 18% (508) |
| 2022-23 | 2,898 | 175.1 | 16.6:1 | 16% (469) |
| 2020-21 | 2,807 | 164 | 17.1:1 | 13% (371) |
| 2017-18 | 2,653 | 148.9 | 17.8:1 | 9% (251) |
| 2015-16 | 2,661 | 146 | 18.2:1 | 5% (146) |
| 2010-11 | 2,736 | 166 | 16.5:1 | 6% (157) |
| 2000-01 | 3,832 | 231 | 16.6:1 | 2% (63) |
| 1990-91 | 2,983 | 161 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kingwood High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (2,653 to 2,877); teachers up 9% (148.9 to 162.9).
About Kingwood High School
Federal records list Kingwood High School as a high school in KINGWOOD, Texas. The school serves 2,877 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. The average among high schools in Texas is roughly 796 students; this school is 261% above that.
The district, HUMBLE ISD, has 48,502 students enrolled across 50 schools.
White students account for 63% of enrollment at Kingwood High School. Other groups make up 23% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Harris County as a whole is about 34% White, so the school's share is higher. Kingwood High School has a diversity index of 55%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Kingwood High School employs 162.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 17.7:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 17% in 2024-25. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
Kingwood High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 89% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 66.5% for Kingwood High School. The school posts 76.3%, 9.9 points above the prediction.
Across Harris County, median household income is about $74,983, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 34%, and roughly 13% of residents are in poverty. Kingwood High School is among the 1,205 public schools in Harris County.
Bear Branch Elementary School is located about 0.9 miles from Kingwood High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 50.7% proficiency; Kingwood High School posts 76.3%.
Kingwood High School falls in the City: Large locale category, used for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 2,877, close to the 2,807 recorded in 2020-21.
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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 HUMBLE ISD
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Atascocita High SchoolHigh · 3,696 students
- Humble High SchoolHigh · 2,960 students
- Kingwood Park High SchoolHigh · 1,884 students
- West Lake Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,486 students
- Humble Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,264 students
Other schools in KINGWOOD
- Kingwood Park High SchoolHigh · 1,884 students
- West Fork High SchoolHigh · 1,279 students
- Riverwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,161 students
- Creekwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,144 students
- Kingwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 973 students
- Kings Manor Elementary SchoolElementary · 801 students
Nearby schools
- Bear Branch Elementary School0.9 mi · 623
- Creekwood Middle School1.0 mi · 1,144
- Kingwood Middle School1.2 mi · 973
- Greentree Elementary School1.3 mi · 706
- Woodland Hills Elementary School1.4 mi · 550
- Deerwood Elementary School1.6 mi · 641
Frequently asked questions
About Kingwood High SchoolHow large is Kingwood High School?
Kingwood High School enrolls approximately 2,877 students in grades 09-12.
Is Kingwood High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kingwood High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Kingwood High School?
Approximately 17.7:1 students per teacher at Kingwood High School.
How diverse is Kingwood High School?
Kingwood High School reports a student body of 63% White, 23% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Kingwood High School?
Kingwood High School is overseen by HUMBLE ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.