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MAYDE CREEK H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 40% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MAYDE CREEK H S
MAYDE CREEK H S is a 9-12 campus of roomy scale in HOUSTON, Texas, overseen by KATY ISD, hosting 3,036 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 281% bigger than the state mean of about 796.
Within KATY ISD, which oversees 78 schools and 96,111 students, MAYDE CREEK H S is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, MAYDE CREEK H S lists that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 21% Black, 10% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 213 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MAYDE CREEK H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAYDE CREEK H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 40.5%; actual is 56.6%, +16.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Harris County) reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, 34% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. MAYDE CREEK H S is one of 1205 public schools in Harris County (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students).
MAYDE CREEK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAYDE CREEK H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 42.4%.
MAYDE CREEK H S operates from a suburban location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MAYDE CREEK H S has ticked up 12%, going from 2,705 students in 2018 to 3,036 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 17% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.
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