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KINGWOOD H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 51 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KINGWOOD H S
KINGWOOD H S is one of the expansive high schools in KINGWOOD, Texas, overseen by HUMBLE ISD, with 2,877 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 261% larger than the state mean of about 796.
HUMBLE ISD comprises 50 schools with combined enrollment of 48,502 students; KINGWOOD H S is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, KINGWOOD H S lists that 63% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 34%.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 163 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Harris County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, KINGWOOD H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.6%.
In the broader community, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which KINGWOOD H S is one.
The closest other public school is BEAR BRANCH EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KINGWOOD H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 49.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 8%: 2,653 students in 2018 compared to 2,877 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 71% to 63% over that span.
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