📍 12501 W Hawk Lane, Big Lake, Matanuska-Susitna Borough, 99652
Houston High School is a State/Public serving high age pupils, located in Big Lake, Matanuska-Susitna Borough. The school has 358 pupils enrolled. It is part of the Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District school district. It serves grades 9–12 in a rural setting. The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
Houston High School enrolls 358 students across grades 9–12. The student body is 57% male and 43% female. A teaching staff of 24 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 64% White, 16% Two or more races and 11% American Indian or Alaska Native.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 230 | 64% |
| Two or more races | 58 | 16% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 41 | 11% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 20 | 5.6% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.4% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 3 | <1% |
| Black or African American | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
203 of the school's 358 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Houston High School is located in a rural setting (NCES locale: Rural, Distant). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district KS At-Large.
Houston High School is one of 49 schools in Matanuska-Susitna Borough School District, based in Palmer, Alaska. The district serves 19,495 students district-wide and employs 998 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 358 students, Houston High School is close to the district average of about 398 students per school.
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