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Enrollment
2,398
High
DISTRICT 1,719 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110004682
Northbrook High School
#1 RAIDER CIR, HOUSTON, TX 77080 · (713) 251-2800 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,398 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 29% of Texas public high schools
- C-Test 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.
- C+Three-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
16.3:1
147 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
2,200 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 684 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 678 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 548 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 488 | 20% |
Student demographics
18%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
35.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 3.0% | 32.0% | 21.0% | 44.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 32.0% | 38.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 35.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 23.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Northbrook High School
Northbrook High School's state test result (40.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northbrook High School this school | 2,398 | 91.7% | 40.7% |
| Southwest Legacy High School VON ORMY | 2,250 | 89.9% | 37.0% |
| Aldine High School HOUSTON | 2,481 | 89.8% | 39.7% |
| Milby High School HOUSTON | 2,126 | 93.9% | 40.8% |
| Moises E Molina High School DALLAS | 2,006 | 93.2% | 41.8% |
| Pasadena High School PASADENA | 2,217 | 89.6% | 48.6% |
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 Northbrook High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #1,117 of 1,385 | #116 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #761 of 1,425 ▲ 424 | #115 of 155 ▲ 28 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,330 of 1,425 ▲ 23 | #147 of 155 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #735 of 1,184 | #106 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,398 | #197 of 2,107 | #51 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #978 of 1,344 | #79 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.5% | #1,124 of 1,346 | #132 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.7% | #146 of 1,522 | #38 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.7% | #413 of 557 | #60 of 75 |
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
2,398
-175 (-7%) vs 2020
+109% since 1990-91, when it was 1,148
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 2,398 | 147.2 | 16.3:1 | 92% (2,200) |
| 2023-24 | 2,598 | 126.7 | 20.5:1 | 91% (2,354) |
| 2022-23 | 2,610 | 133.9 | 19.5:1 | 85% (2,210) |
| 2020-21 | 2,573 | 171 | 15.1:1 | 82% (2,112) |
| 2017-18 | 2,517 | 132.6 | 19.0:1 | 89% (2,248) |
| 2015-16 | 2,332 | 140 | 16.7:1 | 80% (1,858) |
| 2010-11 | 2,036 | 133 | 15.3:1 | 84% (1,712) |
| 2000-01 | 2,112 | 143 | 14.8:1 | 72% (1,529) |
| 1990-91 | 1,148 | 125 | 9.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northbrook High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (2,517 to 2,398); teachers up 11% (132.6 to 147.2).
About Northbrook High School
Students in HOUSTON, Texas, attend Northbrook High School, a large high school. The school offers grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 2,398 students. The school is 201% larger than the average for high schools in Texas.
SPRING BRANCH ISD, which runs Northbrook High School, has 46 schools and 33,793 students.
At Northbrook High School, 91% of students are Hispanic. The school is also 4% Black and 3% White. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. The diversity index for Northbrook High School is 18%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Northbrook High School reports a ratio of 16.3 students per teacher, from 147.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Northbrook High School, 92% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 70% average for public schools in Harris County is 22 points lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Northbrook High School lands at C, ahead of 29% of Texas public high schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Northbrook High School is 6.2 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 40.7% actual, 34.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
For Harris County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $74,983, about 34% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
Spring Shadows Elementary School is about 0.3 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Northbrook High School places 3rd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2,573 students in 2020-21, enrollment fell to 2,398 by 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 15.1:1 to 16.3:1.
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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 SPRING BRANCH ISD
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 2,636 students
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 2,394 students
- Spring Woods High SchoolHigh · 2,020 students
- Memorial Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,236 students
- Spring Branch Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
- Spring Forest Middle SchoolMiddle · 993 students
Other schools in HOUSTON
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- North Shore Senior HighHigh · 4,284 students
- Elsik High SchoolHigh · 4,057 students
- Summer Creek High SchoolHigh · 3,972 students
- Hastings High SchoolHigh · 3,786 students
- C E King High SchoolHigh · 3,716 students
Nearby schools
- Spring Shadows Elementary School0.3 mi · 532
- Buffalo Creek Elementary School0.5 mi · 741
- Spring Woods Middle School0.6 mi · 778
- Northbrook Middle School0.7 mi · 508
- Pine Shadows Elementary School0.8 mi · 859
- Spring Woods High School1.1 mi · 2,020
Frequently asked questions
About Northbrook High SchoolHow large is Northbrook High School?
Northbrook High School enrolls approximately 2,398 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Northbrook High School serve?
Northbrook High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northbrook High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northbrook High School is approximately 16.3:1 (147 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Northbrook High School?
Student demographics at Northbrook High School are roughly 3% White, 91% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Northbrook High School in?
Northbrook High School is part of SPRING BRANCH ISD.
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