NORTH FOREST H S

NORTH FOREST H S is one of the moderately sized four-year high schools in HOUSTON, Texas, operated by HOUSTON ISD, with 905 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

NORTH FOREST H S is one of 273 schools operated by HOUSTON ISD, a district that enrolls 176,727 students overall.

Looking at the student body, NORTH FOREST H S reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 49% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH FOREST H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.9%, the actual is 33.1%, a residual of +1.3 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Harris County put the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, roughly 34% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Harris County's 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), NORTH FOREST H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FONWOOD EARLY CHILDHOOD CTR, around 0.9 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH FOREST H S at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 29.5%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 1,017 students in 2018 compared to 905 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 64% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.