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Hicks Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-4

3652^nd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 21% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Hicks Elementary in Houston, TX, is a PK-4 school in the Alief Independent School District (Isd) serving 645 students, with over 91% qualifying for free or reduced lunch, and it has recently received a 1-star rating due to a steady decline in overall performance.

Hicks Elementary faces significant challenges, particularly in mathematics, where only 24.35% of 3rd graders and 37.25% of 4th graders were proficient in 2025-2026—well below state averages. This is a stark contrast to nearby schools like Petrosky Elementary, also in Alief ISD, which has shown strong improvement and outperforms Hicks by a wide margin in math. The school also struggles with inconsistent performance across grade levels, though 4th graders generally do better than 3rd graders in reading and math. Despite spending $11,928 per student and maintaining a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1, outcomes remain low, suggesting issues with instructional strategy or school culture rather than funding alone.

However, there is a bright spot: Hicks ranks in the 65th percentile statewide for serving English Language Learners, earning a 3-star rating and showing improvement in this area. In contrast, the school has seen a sharp decline in outcomes for African American students, dropping from the 68th to the 33rd percentile in just two years. For families considering options, the highest-performing nearby school is Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land, a charter school in the 98th percentile, while other Alief ISD schools like Kennedy Elementary also outperform Hicks in math. Without targeted intervention, particularly in math and for its African American students, Hicks risks falling further behind its peers.

645

Students ?

11.5

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,757

Per pupil spending ?

91%

Free/discounted lunch ?

8520 Hemlock Hill Dr
Houston, TX 77083-6856

(281) 983-8040

District: Alief Independent School District (Isd)

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

58.9%

African American:

23.9%

Asian:

13.6%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 47th percentile in 2016 → 21st in 2026

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (35% vs 49% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 26 percentile points since 2016

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school35%

District avg37%

Texas avg49%

3,652^nd of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 21%▼ down 26 pts since 2016

From bottom 47% (2016) to bottom 21% (2026)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

14^th of 24Elementary Schools in the Alief Independent School District (Isd)

705^th of 951Alief Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	26.6	3652 of 4627	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2025	23.4	3825 of 4651	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.9	3151 of 4710	33.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	33.5	3192 of 4647	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	35.8	3021 of 4581	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	33.7	2917 of 4578	36.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	29.3	3387 of 4479	24.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.4	2845 of 4359	34.7%	★★☆☆☆
2017	28.1	3264 of 4329	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	50.5	2281 of 4286	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2015	53.4	2147 of 4320	50.3%	★★★☆☆
2014	50.7	2284 of 4260	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2013	49.0	2347 of 4221	44.4%	★★☆☆☆
2012	38.7	2966 of 4206	29.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	39.6	2970 of 4095	27.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	39.6	2846 of 3937	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	46.8	2409 of 3884	38.0%	★★☆☆☆
2008	58.8	1731 of 3768	54.1%	★★★☆☆
2007	47.6	2320 of 3724	37.7%	★★☆☆☆
2006	55.4	1764 of 3476	49.3%	★★☆☆☆
2005	58.8	1590 of 3475	54.2%	★★★☆☆
2004	53.1	1869 of 3465	46.1%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	36.1	1623 of 2406	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2024	60.5	772 of 2443	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2023	45.7	1212 of 2443	50.4%	★★★☆☆
2022	52.4	994 of 2421	58.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	49.7	1056 of 2444	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2019	51.9	1066 of 2515	57.6%	★★★☆☆
2018	53.4	990 of 2483	60.1%	★★★☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	34.2	796 of 999	20.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.8	966 of 1045	7.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	24.4	878 of 1015	13.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.5	774 of 957	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.1	828 of 967	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.8	898 of 1009	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	21.7	889 of 1005	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	64.1	1168 of 4461	73.8%	★★★★☆
2021	48.7	1925 of 4331	55.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	54.0	1703 of 4295	60.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.3	1979 of 4240	53.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	58.9	575 of 1643	65.0%	★★★☆☆
2024	42.1	2080 of 3668	43.3%	★★☆☆☆
2023	50.2	1667 of 3556	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2022	48.9	1713 of 3487	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	48.5	1548 of 3446	55.1%	★★★☆☆
2019	38.5	2197 of 3333	34.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	40.3	2015 of 3226	37.5%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	33.8	3211 of 4575	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	43.5	2577 of 4658	44.7%	★★☆☆☆
2023	35.2	3098 of 4588	32.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	37.2	2954 of 4561	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	37.9	2694 of 4499	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2019	25.2	3617 of 4348	16.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	28.3	3356 of 4306	22.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2023	75.1	398 of 2980	86.6%	★★★★☆
2021	36.8	2165 of 3006	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.0	2025 of 3184	36.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	64.0	1263 of 3106	59.3%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	21.7	3907 of 4413	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.5	3454 of 4465	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	28.0	3486 of 4401	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.9	3423 of 4376	21.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	26.3	3484 of 4329	19.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	22.8	3706 of 4188	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	29.0	3318 of 4168	20.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	35.8	3177 of 4520	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	49.2	2264 of 4594	50.7%	★★★☆☆
2023	51.9	2059 of 4521	54.5%	★★★☆☆
2022	49.2	2203 of 4477	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	44.1	2456 of 4451	44.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	38.5	2888 of 4309	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2018	42.9	2506 of 4264	41.2%	★★☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	22.6	3894 of 4582	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	28.2	3566 of 4647	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.2	3184 of 4585	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.2	2977 of 4563	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.3	3090 of 4498	31.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	37.2	2841 of 4357	34.8%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.4	2232 of 4319	48.3%	★★☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	25.8	3672 of 4301	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.5	2956 of 4292	31.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	41.3	2196 of 4086	46.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	43.8	2008 of 3952	49.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	29.3	2862 of 3799	24.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	39.1	2131 of 3684	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2018	38.6	2120 of 3558	40.4%	★★☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2019	15.8	2918 of 3142	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.5	2902 of 3127	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Gifted and Talented (2023)87th percentile+55 vs school

At Risk (2022)74th percentile+40 vs school

English Language Learner (2026)65th percentile+44 vs school

African American (2026)33rd percentile+11 vs school

Female (2026)30th percentile+9 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)30th percentile+9 vs school

Asian (2026)20th percentile~ school

Male (2026)15th percentile-6 vs school

Special Education (2026)15th percentile-6 vs school

Hispanic (2026)11th percentile-10 vs school

White (2019)7th percentile-17 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Reading43%-10 vs state

Mathematics30%-16 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2026)		STAAR Reading (2026)			STAAR Mathematics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
Hicks Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	8520 Hemlock Hill Dr	Houston	77083	Harris County	Alief Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 983-8040	645	56	11.5	91.0%	19 (2.9%)	154 (23.9%)	380 (58.9%)	88 (13.6%)	2 (0.3%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	26.6	3652^nd of 4627 public elementary schools	21.1%		23.4	3825^th of 4651 public elementary schools	17.8%	173	26.3	41.0				39.0	46.9		24.4	37.3		$8,757
Liestman Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	7610 Synott Rd	Houston	77083	Harris County	Alief Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 983-8348	514	50	10.2	88.1%	8 (1.6%)	135 (26.3%)	308 (59.9%)	63 (12.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	26	3695^th of 4627 public elementary schools	20.1%		41.4	2684^th of 4651 public elementary schools	42.3%	1011	34.3	42.5				44.8	45.2		24.7	31.6		$10,345
KIPP Unity Pri	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	8500 Hwy 6 S	Houston	77083	Fort Bend County	KIPP Texas Public Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(832) 230-0572	1,050	46	22.7	89.6%	14 (1.3%)	597 (56.9%)	364 (34.7%)	57 (5.4%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (1.5%)	39.7	2773^rd of 4627 public elementary schools	40.1%		59.4	1608^th of 4651 public elementary schools	65.4%	1165						35.8	56.0	55.3	27.5	56.5	33.0	$7,222
Townewest Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	13927 Old Richmond Rd	Sugar Land	77498	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 634-4480	462	38	12.0	82.7%	31 (6.7%)	45 (9.7%)	335 (72.5%)	39 (8.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	11 (2.4%)	35	3085^th of 4627 public elementary schools	33.3%		35.7	3078^th of 4651 public elementary schools	33.8%	7	33.3	50.0	0.0	73.9	22.2	38.6	48.2	42.5	32.5	57.4	30.1	$14,318
Alexander Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	8500 Brookwulf	Houston	77099	Harris County	Alief Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 983-8300	609	56	10.8	89.3%	15 (2.5%)	127 (20.9%)	410 (67.3%)	53 (8.7%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	40.5	2711^th of 4627 public elementary schools	41.4%		44.3	2481^st of 4651 public elementary schools	46.7%	230	17.0	46.9				42.4	50.0		26.4	53.5		$8,653
Hearne Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	13939 Rio Bonito	Houston	77083	Harris County	Alief Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 983-8333	675	55	12.1	88.4%	20 (3.0%)	154 (22.8%)	449 (66.5%)	51 (7.6%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	29	3493^rd of 4627 public elementary schools	24.5%		31.4	3342^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	28.1%	151	24.6	51.4				37.7	39.7		35.5	35.8		$8,754
Arizona Fleming Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14850 Bissonnet St	Houston	77083	Fort Bend County	Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 634-4600	462	38	12.2	79.4%	11 (2.4%)	83 (18.0%)	286 (61.9%)	72 (15.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (2.2%)	39.4	2798^th of 4627 public elementary schools	39.5%		32.6	3281^st of 4651 public elementary schools	29.5%	483	11.1	16.7		50.0	18.2	49.0	51.7	53.5	34.7	33.9	40.3	$12,575
Mahanay Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	13215 High Star	Houston	77083	Harris County	Alief Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 983-8355	499	46	10.8	90.4%	30 (6.0%)	172 (34.5%)	158 (31.7%)	128 (25.7%)	10 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	32.4	3266^th of 4627 public elementary schools	29.4%		27.7	3569^th of 4651 public elementary schools	23.3%	303						48.4	29.3		45.1	24.4		$9,186
Kennedy Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	10200 Huntington Pl Dr	Houston	77099	Harris County	Alief Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 983-8338	510	44	11.6	91.2%	20 (3.9%)	71 (13.9%)	406 (79.6%)	12 (2.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	48.4	2198^th of 4627 public elementary schools	52.5%		30.4	3401^st of 4651 public elementary schools	26.9%	1203	35.9	53.2				47.1	53.9		32.7	54.5		$9,621
Harmony Science Academy-Sugar Land	Public, Charter	K-5	13415 W Belfort	Sugar Land	77478	Fort Bend County	Harmony Public Schools - Houston West	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(281) 265-2525	729	47	15.6	60.9%	83 (11.4%)	166 (22.8%)	97 (13.3%)	366 (50.2%)	7 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.4%)	97.4	84^th of 4627 public elementary schools	98.2%		98.3	45^th of 4651 public elementary schools	99.0%	39						83.6	81.7	86.0	88.8	78.3	90.4	$10,302

Frequently Asked Questions about Hicks Elementary

What schools do graduates of Hicks Elementary attend?

Students who attend Hicks Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Albright Middle
High : Alief Early College High School
High : Elsik High School
High : Hastings High School
High : Kerr High School
High : Taylor High School

How many students attend Hicks Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 645 students attended Hicks Elementary.

Is Hicks Elementary a good school?

Hicks Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.1% of Texas elementary schools.

What district is Hicks Elementary in?

Alief Independent School District (Isd)

What is the racial makeup of Hicks Elementary?

Students at Hicks Elementary are 59% Hispanic, 24% African American, 14% Asian, 3% White.

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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026

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