Hightower High School

Public 8-12

 3333 Hurricane Ln
       Missouri City, TX  77459-6353


(281) 634-5240

District: Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1363rd of 1,961 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $10,393 Help


Feeder schools for Hightower High School:

Elementary:    Lula Belle Goodman Elementary
    Palmer Elementary
    Rosa Parks Elementary
    Walter Moses Burton Elementary
Middle:    Lake Olympia Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  17.4 Help
Number of students:  2,535

Racial breakdown:

African American:
58.3%
Hispanic:
30.3%
Asian:
7.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  66.7% Help


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Compare Details Hightower High School ranks worse than 69.5% of high schools in Texas. It also ranks 9th among 11 ranked high schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2023 the calculated Average Standard Score was 31.26. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Hightower High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: African American (58.3%), Hispanic (30.3%), Asian (7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 66.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Hightower High School is 17.4, which is the 4th best among 11 high schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Hightower High School is $10,393, which is the 4th highest among 11 high schools in the Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger 2023 Rankings:

Hightower High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Hightower High School 1363rd of 1961 Texas public high schools. (See Hightower High School in the ranking list.)

High School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd) 397th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Hightower High School

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Rank History for all students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 66.92 455th 1427 68.1%
2005 69.31 382nd 1429 73.3%
2006 63.11 588th 1430 58.9%
2007 55.52 821st 1497 45.2%
2008 66.77 490th 1510 67.5%
2009 67.17 482nd 1539 68.7%
2010 63.98 599th 1568 61.8%
2011 63.64 658th 1672 60.6%
2012 62.41 484th 1603 69.8%
2013 60.70 596th 1652 63.9%
2014 50.12 926th 1734 46.6%
2015 48.96 997th 1743 42.8%
2016 43.84 1108th 1762 37.1%
2017 46.86 835th 1777 53.0%
2018 47.59 849th 1797 52.8%
2019 47.85 920th 1857 50.5%
2021 37.12 1182nd 1861 36.5%
2022 25.18 1438th 1876 23.3%
2023 31.26 1363rd 1961 30.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 71.55 115th 582 80.2%
2019 35.04 399th 604 33.9%
2021 35.80 376th 588 36.1%
2022 29.57 480th 664 27.7%
2023 12.50 607th 677 10.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.72 576th 1113 48.2%
2019 22.75 961st 1136 15.4%
2021 27.83 905th 1195 24.3%
2022 27.29 919th 1278 28.1%
2023 29.31 933rd 1371 31.9%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.71 864th 1347 35.9%
2019 39.87 763rd 1357 43.8%
2021 32.46 976th 1382 29.4%
2022 29.53 1056th 1418 25.5%
2023 35.19 936th 1478 36.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.44 778th 1794 56.6%
2019 45.88 931st 1818 48.8%
2021 35.94 1218th 1848 34.1%
2022 25.19 1447th 1847 21.7%
2023 30.22 1364th 1897 28.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 55.31 726th 1781 59.2%
2019 48.36 936th 1798 47.9%
2021 41.55 1075th 1815 40.8%
2022 27.33 1378th 1841 25.1%
2023 37.82 1186th 1891 37.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 65.81 448th 1137 60.6%
2019 55.32 681st 1145 40.5%
2021 68.91 412th 1177 65.0%
2022 7.37 1117th 1172 4.7%
2023 72.06 164th 1182 86.1%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.35 657th 1784 63.2%
2019 51.64 686th 1810 62.1%
2021 17.69 1626th 1829 11.1%
2022 25.89 1429th 1837 22.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.13 1113th 1803 38.3%
2019 41.80 1029th 1824 43.6%
2021 30.81 1278th 1840 30.5%
2022 20.13 1512th 1853 18.4%
2023 24.06 1464th 1913 23.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.45 221st 486 54.5%
2019 60.76 203rd 487 58.3%
2021 54.96 236th 488 51.6%
2022 63.59 186th 507 63.3%
2023 52.37 288th 525 45.1%
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Rank History for African American students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.10 321st 1013 68.3%
2019 58.77 326th 1024 68.2%
2021 49.52 425th 1020 58.3%
2022 37.30 581st 1031 43.6%
2023 45.14 494th 1069 53.8%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.45 822nd 1691 51.4%
2019 43.28 947th 1714 44.7%
2021 32.32 1204th 1743 30.9%
2022 26.26 1330th 1762 24.5%
2023 26.49 1377th 1820 24.3%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for Native American students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.26 10th 122 91.8%
2019 81.09 22nd 105 79.0%
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Rank History for White students at Hightower High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.40 787th 1539 48.9%
2019 55.25 625th 1526 59.0%
2021 66.29 394th 1510 73.9%
2022 45.84 807th 1525 47.1%
2023 40.60 977th 1576 38.0%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Hightower High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1999 176 592 91 241 1 n/a n/a 0 1101
2000 207 954 115 334 0 n/a n/a 0 1610
2001 248 1228 145 421 0 n/a n/a 0 2042
2002 318 1062 117 460 2 n/a n/a 0 1959
2003 318 1062 117 460 2 n/a n/a 0 1959
2004 371 995 160 521 2 n/a n/a 0 2049
2005 389 1043 197 531 2 n/a n/a 0 2162
2006 401 1372 243 591 3 n/a n/a 0 2610
2007 378 1554 288 606 2 n/a n/a 0 2828
2008 298 1578 309 599 1 n/a n/a 0 2785
2009 257 1551 308 616 1 n/a n/a 0 2733
2010 250 1511 325 642 2 n/a n/a 0 2730
2011 121 1293 307 615 2 3 73 0 2414
2012 72 1283 282 611 5 3 65 0 2321
2013 54 1294 295 582 4 1 41 0 2271
2014 43 1324 292 596 4 1 32 0 2292
2015 37 1258 275 650 3 1 30 0 2254
2016 34 1283 243 619 6 0 34 0 2219
2017 31 1242 193 603 4 0 26 0 2099
2018 28 1239 163 568 8 2 34 0 2042
2019 34 1248 148 550 9 1 34 0 2024
2020 27 1248 151 549 7 1 30 0 2013
2021 37 1311 153 602 9 1 37 0 2150
2022 39 1417 158 686 7 1 48 0 2356
2023 45 1477 177 767 9 2 58 0 2535

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Hightower High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 1101 71.9 15.3 24.7
2000 1610 101.5 15.9 21.9
2001 2042 143.9 14.2 20.1
2002 1959 122.5 16.0 21.8
2003 1959 122.5 16.0 21.8
2004 2049 115.4 17.8 24.5
2005 2162 114.8 18.8 28.6
2006 2610 133.4 19.6 28.4
2007 2828 172.5 16.4 30.7
2008 2785 173.4 16.1 29.7
2009 2733 161.3 16.9 30.2
2010 2730 159.3 17.1 36.7
2011 2414 135.0 17.8 37.2
2012 2321 121.6 19.0 43.5
2013 2271 118.9 19.0 47.8
2014 2292 119.1 19.2 44.5
2015 2254 134.0 16.8 47.7
2016 2219 133.0 16.6 43.5
2017 2099 127.7 16.4 50
2018 2042 130.8 15.6 50.9
2019 2024 120.6 16.7 56.5
2020 2013 132.1 15.2 55.5
2021 2150 141.2 15.2 54.2
2022 2356 138.4 17.0 61
2023 2535 145.3 17.4 66.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Hightower High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1999 1101 71.9 15.3 24.7
2000 1610 101.5 15.9 21.9
2001 2042 143.9 14.2 20.1
2002 1959 122.5 16.0 21.8
2003 1959 122.5 16.0 21.8
2004 2049 115.4 17.8 24.5
2005 2162 114.8 18.8 28.6
2006 2610 133.4 19.6 28.4
2007 2828 172.5 16.4 30.7
2008 2785 173.4 16.1 29.7
2009 2733 161.3 16.9 30.2
2010 2730 159.3 17.1 36.7
2011 2414 135.0 17.8 37.2
2012 2321 121.6 19.0 43.5
2013 2271 118.9 19.0 47.8
2014 2292 119.1 19.2 44.5
2015 2254 134.0 16.8 47.7
2016 2219 133.0 16.6 43.5
2017 2099 127.7 16.4 50
2018 2042 130.8 15.6 50.9
2019 2024 120.6 16.7 56.5
2020 2013 132.1 15.2 55.5
2021 2150 141.2 15.2 54.2
2022 2356 138.4 17.0 61
2023 2535 145.3 17.4 66.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Hightower High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $533 (5.5%) $9,241 (94.6%) $9,773
2020 $683 (6.7%) $9,493 (93.3%) $10,175
2021 $660 (6.4%) $9,733 (93.6%) $10,393

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Hightower High School

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 920th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 1363rd of 1961 High schools
 20%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Hightower High School)4623
 23%
   End of Course Algebra I (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))6749
 18%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Hightower High School)5941
 18%
   End of Course Biology (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))7264
 8%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Hightower High School)4843
 5%
   End of Course English I Reading (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))6160
 1%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Hightower High School)5246
 6%
   End of Course English II Reading (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))6363
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Hightower High School)7167
 4%
   End of Course U.S. History (Fort Bend Independent School District (Isd))8379
 4%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas)7571
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students20242535
 25.2%
African American12481477
 18.3%
American Indian99
Asian148177
 19.6%
Hispanic550767
 39.5%
Pacific Islander12
 100%
White3445
 32.4%
Two or More Races3458
 70.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients56.5%66.7%
 10.1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Hightower High School

Students at Hightower High School are 58% African American, 30% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 2% Two or more races, 2% White.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,535 students attended Hightower High School.

Hightower High School ranks 1363rd of 1961 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Hightower High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Lula Belle Goodman Elementary
Elementary : Palmer Elementary
Elementary : Rosa Parks Elementary
Elementary : Walter Moses Burton Elementary
Middle : Lake Olympia Middle


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