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Alumni: what's one memory from SPRING WOODS H S that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
2,020
High
DISTRICT 1,719 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRING BRANCH ISD·NCES 484110004696
Spring Woods High School
2045 GESSNER, HOUSTON, TX 77080 · (713) 251-3100 · Harris County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL2,020 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 56% 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.
- A-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
13.6:1
149 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
1,756 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 | 504 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 528 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 488 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 500 | 25% |
Student demographics
24%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
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 34.0% | 21.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 33.0% | 41.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 37% 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 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Spring Woods High School
Spring Woods High School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Woods High School this school | 2,020 | 86.9% | 51.5% |
| Galena Park High School GALENA PARK | 1,815 | 86.2% | 55.9% |
| Sam Rayburn High School PASADENA | 2,627 | 86.1% | 48.8% |
| Southside High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,772 | 85.7% | 40.7% |
| South Hills High School FORT WORTH | 1,846 | 90.5% | 33.8% |
| Southwest Legacy High School VON ORMY | 2,250 | 89.9% | 37.0% |
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 Spring Woods High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harris County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #770 of 1,385 | #78 of 150 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #610 of 1,425 ▼ 29 | #93 of 155 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #1,264 of 1,425 ▼ 3 | #135 of 155 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #716 of 1,184 | #100 of 151 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,020 | #319 of 2,107 | #64 of 223 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #488 of 1,344 | #20 of 157 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.2% | #1,074 of 1,346 | #121 of 157 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.9% | #257 of 1,522 | #61 of 175 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.7% | #343 of 557 | #51 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
2,020
-66 (-3%) vs 2020
+66% since 1990-91, when it was 1,216
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 2,020 | 148.5 | 13.6:1 | 87% (1,756) |
| 2023-24 | 2,068 | 140.3 | 14.7:1 | 85% (1,751) |
| 2022-23 | 2,113 | 138 | 15.3:1 | 82% (1,735) |
| 2020-21 | 2,086 | 141 | 14.8:1 | 87% (1,814) |
| 2017-18 | 2,165 | 138.1 | 15.7:1 | 61% (1,322) |
| 2015-16 | 2,216 | 128 | 17.3:1 | 75% (1,665) |
| 2010-11 | 1,951 | 137 | 14.2:1 | 71% (1,385) |
| 2000-01 | 2,058 | 140 | 14.7:1 | 56% (1,161) |
| 1990-91 | 1,216 | 118 | 10.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Woods High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (2,165 to 2,020); teachers up 8% (138.1 to 148.5).
About Spring Woods High School
Spring Woods High School is a large high school serving families in HOUSTON, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 2,020 students in grades 9 through 12. The average for high schools in Texas is about 796 students, so this school is 154% above average.
Enrollment across the 46 schools in SPRING BRANCH ISD totals 33,793 students.
Spring Woods High School enrolls a student body that is 87% Hispanic. The school is also 6% White and 4% Black. That is higher than the 44% Hispanic share among all Harris County residents. By the diversity index, Spring Woods High School comes in at 24%.
Federal staffing data show 148.5 full-time-equivalent teachers at Spring Woods High School and a ratio of 13.6:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 87% of students. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Harris County.
The allk12 Grade for Spring Woods High School is B. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 56% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Spring Woods High School beats its 36.6% prediction with 51.5%, a top-10% result in Texas.
Harris County has these Census figures: median household income is about $74,983, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 34% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. The public schools of Harris County number 1,205 and enroll about 886,911.
The closest public school, The Tiger Trail School, is about 0.2 miles from Spring Woods High School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Spring Woods High School is 1st of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Spring Woods High School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 3%, from 2,086 to 2,020. The school's ratio fell from 14.8:1 to 13.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Northbrook High SchoolHigh · 2,398 students
- Stratford High SchoolHigh · 2,394 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
- The Tiger Trail School0.2 mi · 286
- Spring Oaks Middle School0.3 mi · 565
- Westwood Elementary School0.5 mi · 475
- Terrace Elementary School0.6 mi · 457
- Pine Shadows Elementary School0.7 mi · 859
- Spring Woods Middle School0.9 mi · 778
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Woods High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Spring Woods High School?
Spring Woods High School enrolls approximately 2,020 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Spring Woods High School serve?
Spring Woods High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Spring Woods High School have?
Spring Woods High School employs 149 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Spring Woods High School?
Student demographics at Spring Woods High School are roughly 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Spring Woods High School?
Spring Woods High School is overseen by SPRING BRANCH ISD in Harris County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.