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Houston, Texas - 1 schools
At $11,531 per pupil, Houston Heights High School ranks #873 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
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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 $11,531 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 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.
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 dominant entity. Grade band: high. A single dominant campus often anchors a district's program offerings and staffing patterns; the share helps explain why district-wide averages may not reflect the typical neighbourhood-school experience. When one entity dominates a region's footprint, its programmatic and budget decisions effectively set policy for a majority of the affected population.
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 $11,531 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.