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KLEIN H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 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 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 16 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KLEIN H S
As a substantial senior high in KLEIN, Texas, KLEIN H S hosts 3,366 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by KLEIN ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 323% bigger than the state mean of about 796.
KLEIN ISD runs 50 schools in total, collectively educating 52,437 students. KLEIN H S is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, KLEIN H S logs that 36% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% White, 19% Black, 11% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully less Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, KLEIN H S shows 220 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, KLEIN H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.5%; actual is 69.5%, +16.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), KLEIN H S is one campus in the mix.
KLEB INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KLEIN H S at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 56.7%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KLEIN H S has contracted 9%, going from 3,683 students in 2018 to 3,366 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 40% to 29%.
In the discussion threads here, members of the KLEIN H S community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Harris County at a glance
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