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Hempstead HS

Waller County · Region 04: Houston · 459 students

Current score
77/1002025-26
Change
+18 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−0.5 ptsvs 77.5 average · 2,238 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,235 of 2,238tied with 65 others
C77

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 59 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 77.5 average for 2,238 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Academic Growth rose 15 points

62 to 77 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 77 is 4.8 points above the 72.2 average among 2,015 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Student Achievement above the similar-context average

75 +3.3 pts vs 71.7

  • 75 is 3.3 points above the 71.7 average among 2,070 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Hempstead HS is rated C by TEA, scoring 77 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 77.5 average for 2,238 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 18 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,235th of 2,238 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 65 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. After high school: the following fall
  6. Who this school serves
  7. Student counts behind the percentages
  8. Enrollment over time
  9. Discipline and removal from class
  10. Spending per student
  11. Teachers and actual class size
  12. Where this school ranks best
  13. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageHempstead HS 5952597177 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated Not Rated with 59 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7777.5 2,238 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7177.1 2,225 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24F5974.4 2,208 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23F5274.8 2,193 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22F5981.6 2,173 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement75 C+3.3 vs similar economic context · 2,070 reporting
  • School Progress78 C−0.7 vs similar economic context · 2,062 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps76 C+1.4 vs similar economic context · 2,048 reporting
  • Academic Growth77 C+4.8 vs similar economic context · 2,015 reporting
  • Relative Performance78 C+1.1 vs similar economic context · 2,062 reporting
  • Hempstead HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,238 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement75C5
School Progress78C2
Closing the Gaps76C4
Academic Growth77C3
Relative Performance78C2

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 2 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (78), so Student Achievement (75) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 78.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level69%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,070 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,070 reporting
  • Masters grade level7%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,070 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level52%−18 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,068 reporting
  • Meets grade level30%−16 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,068 reporting
  • Masters grade level1%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,068 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level80%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,058 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level90%+24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,908 reporting
  • Meets grade level46%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,908 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,908 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level85%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 797 reporting
  • Meets grade level47%+10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 797 reporting
  • Masters grade level15%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 797 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,238 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year
88.7%−3.7 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 314 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
96.9%+4.8 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 315 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
92.2%+0.8 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 315 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
1.6%+0.2 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 317 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
80.0%−4.1 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria80.0%84.1%−4.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 362 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course13.3%56.4%−43.1 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA8.6%22.1%−13.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)6.7%11.5%−4.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course19.0%29.3%−10.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification66.7%34.7%+32.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%2.8%−2.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree1.0%6.6%−5.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit1.0%5.7%−4.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness1.9%3.2%−1.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student7.6%8.1%−0.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces1.0%2.7%−1.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 365 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

After high school: the following fall

Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.

Graduates in the report
100

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
31

31.0% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
63

63.0% of graduates

Not trackable
6

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
100
Selected comparison
262.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 318 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
31
Selected comparison
104.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 318 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
31.0%
Selected comparison
39.6%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 318 rated schools reporting

−8.6 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
63.0%
Selected comparison
54.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 318 rated schools reporting

+9.0 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
6.0%
Selected comparison
6.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 318 rated schools reporting

−0.4 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. BLINN COLLEGE DISTRICT (003549)10

Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.

“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.

“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
459
Economically disadvantaged
82.2%−0.7 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
30.7%−0.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
18.2%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
90.1%−3.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
38.0%+16.7 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Hempstead HS

African American: 25.4%Hispanic: 64.7%White: 8.1%Asian: 0.7%Two or More Races: 1.1%
  • African American 25.4%
  • Hispanic 64.7%
  • White 8.1%
  • Asian 0.7%
  • Two or More Races 1.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,238 reporting for every category shown · 2,238 in full cohort

African American: 14.3%Hispanic: 70%White: 11.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.5%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 2.4%
  • African American 14.3%
  • Hispanic 70%
  • White 11.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.5%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 2.4%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
456
Economically disadvantaged students
375
Emergent bilingual students
140
Special education students
83

Early college pathways

Early College High School
44

TEA-published share: 9.6%

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
67
Students in TEA mobility denominator
503
TEA-published mobility rate
13.3%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 459 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 3 (0.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
459

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−3

Decrease · −0.6%

Change since 2021–22
+17

Increase · +3.8%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
459
Selected comparison
619.3

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,210 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Hempstead HS
School yearStudents enrolledHempstead HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 442 First available year 649.8
2022–23 465 Increase of 23 (5.2%) 650.5
2023–24 447 Decrease of 18 (3.9%) 643.4
2024–25 462 Increase of 15 (3.4%) 639.6
2025–26 459 Decrease of 3 (0.6%) 619.3

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
62

12.3% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
133

26.44 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
503

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
12.3%
Selected comparison
13.4%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,602 rated schools reporting

−1.1 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
26.44
Selected comparison
32.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,712 rated schools reporting

−6.0 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Hempstead HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 425 63 14.8% 91 21.41 8.2% 16.1
2021–22 480 88 18.3% 170 35.42 12.9% 31
2022–23 508 110 21.6% 192 37.80 13.8% 34.2
2023–24 485 76 15.7% 138 28.45 13.8% 34
2024–25 503 62 12.3% 133 26.44 13.4% 32.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Hempstead HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 62 12.3% 133 26.44 13.4% 32.4
In-school suspensions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Out-of-school suspensions 59 11.7% 85 16.90 8.6% 13.5
DAEP placements 41 8.2% 48 9.54 5.4% 6.5
Mandatory DAEP placements 20 4.0% 21 4.17 3.9% 4.6
Discretionary DAEP placements 23 4.6% 27 5.37 3.4% 4
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$14k$22k20182020202220242025
  • Hempstead HS
  • Parent district: Hempstead ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$19,969
Selected comparison
$13,213

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,223 rated schools reporting

+$6,756 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $19,969 per student for this campus, $20,686 per student for its parent district, Hempstead ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearHempstead HSParent district: Hempstead ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$10,993$13,031$13,054$8,234 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,108 rated schools reporting
2019$11,423$12,790$13,108$8,332 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,135 rated schools reporting
2020$12,344$13,069$14,058$8,833 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,148 rated schools reporting
2021$12,696$14,020$14,797$9,514 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,156 rated schools reporting
2022$10,813$14,433$15,708$10,982 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,173 rated schools reporting
2023$12,452$17,056$16,792$11,498 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,192 rated schools reporting
2024$12,040$15,897$18,125$12,489 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,207 rated schools reporting
2025$19,969$20,686$18,972$13,213 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,223 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$67,533+$144 vs similar economic context
Teachers
36−6.4 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.6−1.7 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Hempstead HS

Beginning: 16.3%1 to 5 years: 19.3%6 to 10 years: 18.8%11 to 20 years: 29%21 to 30 years: 16.3%
  • Beginning 16.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 19.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 18.8%
  • 11 to 20 years 29%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,238 reporting for every category shown · 2,238 in full cohort

Beginning: 7%1 to 5 years: 27.6%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.1%21 to 30 years: 15%Over 30 years: 3.6%
  • Beginning 7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.1%
  • 21 to 30 years 15%
  • Over 30 years 3.6%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Hempstead HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classHempstead HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English16.515.3
Secondary languages other than English17.718.2
Secondary math19.316.5
Secondary science23.117.7
Secondary social studies16.717.7

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 181 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

3 measures

  • 2of 18

    Science — Approaches

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure

  • 3of 18

    Math — Approaches

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 17

    Per-student spending

    Waller County · of the 17 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

7 measures

  • 5of 18

    Academic Growth

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure

  • 7of 18

    Science — Meets

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure

  • 7of 18

    Science — Masters

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 8of 18

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 198

    Earned an industry-based certification

    Region 04: Houston · of the 198 that report this measure

  • 10of 20

    Overall score

    Waller County · of the 20 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 10of 18

    Closing the Gaps

    Waller County · of the 18 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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