📍 306 Bascom Rd, Whitehouse, Smith County, 75791
H L Higgins el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Whitehouse, Smith County. The school has 597 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Crystal Porche. It is part of the Whitehouse Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a small-town setting. The school employs 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1. 54% of students are proficient in reading. 63% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi.
H L Higgins el enrolls 597 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 53% male and 47% female. A teaching staff of 41.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 66% White, 16% Hispanic or Latino and 8.5% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| White | 394 | 66% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 95 | 16% |
| Black or African American | 51 | 8.5% |
| Two or more races | 45 | 7.5% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 3 | <1% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
339 of the school's 597 students (57%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 295 qualify for free lunch and 44 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.
H L Higgins el is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Fringe). 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-10, state senate district 1, state house district 6.
H L Higgins el is one of 8 schools in WHITEHOUSE ISD, based in WHITEHOUSE, Texas. The district serves 4,676 students district-wide and employs 355 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 597 students, H L Higgins el is close to the district average of about 585 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Fringe