At $15,451 per pupil, Houston Heights High School ranks #321 of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
173
Total Enrollment
1
Schools
$15,451
Per-Pupil Spending
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School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Houston Heights High School operates 1 public schools serving 173 students, placing it among the smallest districts in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 1 high schools, a small enough portfolio that most families will interact with nearly every campus in the district at some point. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Harris County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $15,451 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the upper half of 1207 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 0.1% local, 78.9% state, and 21.0% federal, a state-revenue-heavy mix that insulates the district somewhat from local property-tax volatility, though it ties funding to state budget cycles.
a 192:1 student-counselor ratio, that meets the ASCA-recommended benchmark, and 53.1% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 77.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.8% African American, 4.2% White across the district's schools.
Enrollment across the district's NCES-reporting campuses grew 3.5% between 2022-23 and 2023-24 (173 to 179 students), while the student-teacher ratio widened by 0.6 students per teacher, per the NCES Common Core of Data annual universe files.
Of the district's $2,702,000 in reported FY2023 expenditures, 60.9% went to instruction, 37.1% to support services, and 0% to capital outlay, support-services-heavy relative to typical districts, reflecting spending on transportation, administration, or student services. Figures come from the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey's function-level breakdown, not the aggregate per-pupil figure above.
Houston Heights Charter School accounts for 100.0% of all Houston Heights High School student enrollment
That is an overwhelming concentration, leaving the rest of Houston Heights High School a distant remainder — means Houston Heights High School-wide averages can mask substantial variation outside the largest entity. Grade band: high. The share measures enrollment concentration only; it does not establish how the district allocates programs, capital, or staff. Because it contains a majority of the affected population, enrollment-weighted aggregates will sit closer to this entity's reported fields than to those of smaller peers; an unweighted entity count answers a different question.
Houston Heights High School student-counselor ratio is 192:1 — low (typically associated with meeting or exceeding the American School Counselor Association (ASCA) recommended 250:1 benchmark, which correlates with stronger college and career counseling capacity)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Lower values often correlate with smaller scale and population characteristics rather than higher resource budgets per se.
Houston Heights High School chronic absenteeism rate is 53.1% — well above typical (typically associated with unusually large scale or acute resource constraints)
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Values this far above typical often signal acute resource constraints or a structurally different scale than most peers — worth reading alongside the underlying counts, not the ratio alone.
How many schools are in Houston Heights High School?
Houston Heights High School has 1 school, including 1 high. Total enrollment is 173 students.
How much does Houston Heights High School spend per student?
Houston Heights High School spends $15,451 per student.
What is the demographic composition of Houston Heights High School?
Houston Heights High School students are 77.1% Hispanic or Latino, 18.8% African American, 4.2% White, averaged across 1 school. Source: NCES CCD Membership 2024-25.