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Enrollment
1,058
High
DISTRICT 995 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOUSTON ISD·NCES 482364002434
Northside High School
1101 QUITMAN, HOUSTON, TX 77009 · (713) 226-4900 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,058 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
73 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,011 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 355 | 34% |
| Grade 10 | 262 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 220 | 21% |
| Grade 12 | 221 | 21% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on published attendance-zone data from HOUSTON ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +51.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 51 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 43.0% | 21.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 37.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 21.0% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 8.0% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Northside High School
Northside High School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northside High School this school | 1,058 | 95.6% | 37.7% |
| Furr High School HOUSTON | 914 | 94.5% | 38.5% |
| H Grady Spruce High School DALLAS | 1,370 | 96.4% | 27.3% |
| Polytechnic High School FORT WORTH | 1,375 | 91.3% | 19.5% |
| KIPP Sharpstown College Prep HOUSTON | 789 | 95.6% | 48.4% |
| Scarborough High School HOUSTON | 691 | 96.7% | 35.0% |
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 Northside High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #1,196 of 1,385 | #128 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #313 of 1,425 ▲ 235 | #43 of 155 ▲ 25 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #1,052 of 1,425 ▲ 98 | #109 of 155 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +36.5pp | #56 of 1,184 | #6 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,058 | #562 of 2,107 | #81 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #624 of 1,344 | #31 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.2% | #1,033 of 1,346 | #114 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.6% | #62 of 1,522 | #19 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -31.7% | #47 of 557 | #8 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
1,058
-373 (-26%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 1,433
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 1,058 | 73.5 | 14.4:1 | 96% (1,011) |
| 2023-24 | 1,141 | 76 | 15.0:1 | 92% (1,055) |
| 2022-23 | 1,168 | 78 | 15.0:1 | 94% (1,098) |
| 2020-21 | 1,431 | 86 | 16.6:1 | 93% (1,337) |
| 2017-18 | 1,550 | 97 | 16.0:1 | 82% (1,264) |
| 2015-16 | 1,733 | 86 | 20.1:1 | 87% (1,507) |
| 2010-11 | 1,674 | 101 | 16.6:1 | 65% (1,096) |
| 2000-01 | 1,724 | 80 | 21.6:1 | 71% (1,224) |
| 1990-91 | 1,433 | 82 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Northside High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (1,550 to 1,058); teachers down 24% (97 to 73.5).
About Northside High School
Northside High School is a mid-sized high school serving families in HOUSTON, Texas. The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 1,058 students in 2024-25. That puts enrollment 33% larger than the 796-student average for high schools in Texas.
Enrollment across the 273 schools in HOUSTON ISD totals 176,727 students.
By race and ethnicity, Northside High School is 83% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 16% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 39 points above the 44% share among Harris County residents. A diversity index of 29% means there is a 29% chance two randomly chosen students at Northside High School are from different groups.
Northside High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1, with 73.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is close to this figure. The school has 96% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Harris County average 70%.
On BeatsExpectations, Northside High School is 4.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Looking at the county, Harris County, median household income comes to about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The county has 1,205 public schools and about 886,911 students.
The closest school to Northside High School is Marshall Middle School, located about 0.1 miles away. Northside High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Local comparison: Northside High School ranks 5th of 7 nearby schools, at 37.7% versus a 42.3% average.
NCES describes the area around Northside High School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 1,058, compared with 1,431 in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.4:1.
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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 HOUSTON ISD
- Texas Connections Academy at HoustonCombined · 8,641 students
- Bellaire High SchoolHigh · 3,216 students
- Lamar High SchoolHigh · 2,968 students
- Westside High SchoolHigh · 2,729 students
- Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,426 students
- Houston Math Science and Technology CenterHigh · 2,396 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
Other Northside High schools
9 other US public schools in 8 states are named Northside High. Northside High School is the 5th largest of the 10.
- NORTHSIDE HIGH SCHOOLFORT SMITH, AR · 2,231 students
- Northside High SchoolWarner Robins, GA · 1,949 students
- Northside High SchoolColumbus, GA · 1,405 students
- Northside HighJacksonville, NC · 1,067 students
- Northside HighRoanoke, VA · 919 students
Nearby schools
- Marshall Middle School0.1 mi · 456
- Ketelsen Elementary School0.3 mi · 382
- Sherman Elementary School0.5 mi · 453
- Martinez C Elementary School0.5 mi · 271
- Leonel Castillo Early Childhood STEM Academy0.6 mi · 69
- Texans Can Academy - Houston North0.7 mi · 254
Frequently asked questions
About Northside High SchoolHow large is Northside High School?
Northside High School enrolls approximately 1,058 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Northside High School serve?
Northside High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Northside High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Northside High School is approximately 14.4:1 (73 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Northside High School?
At Northside High School, the student body is approximately 1% White, 83% Hispanic, 16% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Northside High School public or private?
Northside High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOUSTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.