H L Higgins Elementary School

Basic InfoStudents and TeachersTest PerformanceSchool District

306 Bascom Rd

Whitehouse TX, 75791, Smith County

Phone: 903-839-5580

Ranking:

(1,265 out of 6,018, top 21%)*

Type: Regular Primary School

Status: Currently Operational

Grade: Prekindergarten to Grade 5

School District: Whitehouse Independent School District

Title I Eligible School: Yes School-Wide Title I: NA

Magnet: NA

Charter: NA

Shared-Time School: NA

Students and Teachers

	2013-2014		2012-2013		2011-2012		2010-2011		2009-2010		2008-2009
	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%	Amount	%
Total Teachers:	46		46		45		47		47		46
Total Students:	691		722		755		738		727		751
Prekindergarten:	34	4.9%	39	5.4%	41	5.4%	55	7.5%	38	5.2%	33	4.4%
Kindergarten:	94	13.6%	96	13.3%	121	16.0%	102	13.8%	106	14.6%	113	15.0%
Grade 1:	103	14.9%	122	16.9%	118	15.6%	118	16.0%	116	16.0%	127	16.9%
Grade 2:	128	18.5%	137	19.0%	129	17.1%	109	14.8%	122	16.8%	105	14.0%
Grade 3:	120	17.4%	112	15.5%	98	13.0%	131	17.8%	94	12.9%	115	15.3%
Grade 4:	114	16.5%	89	12.3%	139	18.4%	106	14.4%	120	16.5%	130	17.3%
Grade 5:	98	14.2%	127	17.6%	109	14.4%	117	15.9%	131	18.0%	128	17.0%
Ungraded:	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA	NA
Student By Gender:
Male:	355	51.4%	366	50.7%	383	50.7%	372	50.4%	345	47.5%	355	47.3%
Female:	336	48.6%	356	49.3%	372	49.3%	366	49.6%	374	51.4%	388	51.7%
Student By Races:
American Indian/Alaska Native:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	2	0.3%	3	0.4%	7	1.0%	3	0.4%
Asian:	25	3.6%	19	2.6%	26	3.4%	26	3.5%	21	2.9%	22	2.9%
Hispanic:	101	14.6%	106	14.7%	113	15.0%	105	14.2%	60	8.3%	55	7.3%
Black:	65	9.4%	83	11.5%	77	10.2%	69	9.3%	90	12.4%	103	13.7%
White:	478	69.2%	496	68.7%	518	68.6%	515	69.8%	549	75.5%	568	75.6%
Hawaiian Native/Pacific Islander:	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	0	0.0%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Two or More Races:	22	3.2%	18	2.5%	19	2.5%	20	2.7%	NA	NA	NA	NA
Lunch Program:
Free Lunch Program Eligible:	306	44.3%	331	45.8%	312	41.3%	286	38.8%	249	34.3%	233	31.0%
Reduced-Price Lunch Program Eligible:	55	8.0%	50	6.9%	57	7.5%	67	9.1%	71	9.8%	54	7.2%
Student-Teacher Ratio:	15.19		15.85		16.97		15.57		15.60		16.50

Test Performance

Year	Test	Grade	Measurement	Score	School District	State Average
STAAR
2012	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	64%	74%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	81%	76%	N/A
2012	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	87%	87%	N/A
2013	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	90%	89%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	89%	87%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	77%	80%	N/A
2012	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	88%	92%	N/A
2013	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	73%	81%	N/A
2012	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	82%	85%	N/A
2013	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	72%	80%	N/A
2012	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2013	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	90%	93%	N/A
2012	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	84%	88%	N/A
2013	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	88%	91%	N/A
2012	Science	5th Grade	% met std	88%	87%	N/A
2013	Science	5th Grade	% met std	87%	90%	N/A
TAKS
2011	Mathematics	3rd Grade	% met std	89%	92%	N/A
2011	Reading	3rd Grade	% met std	93%	96%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	4th Grade	% met std	98%	94%	N/A
2011	Reading	4th Grade	% met std	91%	92%	N/A
2011	Writing	4th Grade	% met std	90%	92%	N/A
2011	Mathematics	5th Grade	% met std	97%	97%	N/A
2011	Reading	5th Grade	% met std	96%	96%	N/A
2011	Science	5th Grade	% met std	97%	93%	N/A

Some data by SchoolDigger.com.

* H L Higgins Elementary School was rated 4 out of 5 by USA.com. The ranking was calculated based on publically available historical Math and English performance data.