📍 200 e Wallisville Rd, Highlands, Harris County, 77562
Highlands el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Highlands, Harris County. The school has 739 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Blanca Capetillo. It is part of the Goose Creek Cisd school district. It serves grades 2–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 48.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1. 33% of students are proficient in reading. 33% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Highlands el enrolls 739 students across grades 2–5. The student body is 56% male and 44% female. A teaching staff of 48.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 63% Hispanic or Latino, 23% White and 8.9% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 468 | 63% |
| White | 169 | 23% |
| Black or African American | 66 | 8.9% |
| Two or more races | 27 | 3.7% |
| Asian | 6 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
611 of the school's 739 students (83%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 564 qualify for free lunch and 47 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Highlands el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). 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 TX-20, state senate district 15, state house district 128.
Highlands el is one of 34 schools in GOOSE CREEK CISD, based in BAYTOWN, Texas. The district serves 24,032 students district-wide and employs 1,681 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 739 students, Highlands el is close to the district average of about 707 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large