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Highland Park Elem

Jefferson County · Region 05: Beaumont · 548 students

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Current score
92/1002025-26
Change
−4 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+9.8 ptsvs 82.2 average · 1,685 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
147 of 1,685tied with 66 others
A92

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 95 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 82.2 average for 1,685 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Relative Performance rose 3 points

88 to 91 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 91 is 11.7 points above the 79.3 average among 1,622 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
71%vs 53.6% avg · +17.4 pts
Masters
38%vs 23.4% avg · +14.6 pts

Among 1,627 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
71%vs 47.3% avg · +23.7 pts
Masters
33%vs 19.3% avg · +13.7 pts

Among 1,619 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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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

Highland Park Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 92 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 82.2 average for 1,685 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 4 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 147th of 1,685 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 66 others).

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

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageHighland Park Elem 9691799192 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 A with 95 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
2025-26A9282.2 1,685 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9182.4 1,658 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7980.5 1,631 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9181.0 1,611 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9683.6 1,588 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 Achievement92 A+10.1 vs similar economic context · 1,627 reporting
  • School Progress92 A+10.3 vs similar economic context · 1,622 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps91 A+11.5 vs similar economic context · 1,608 reporting
  • Academic Growth92 A+16.1 vs similar economic context · 1,593 reporting
  • Relative Performance91 A+11.7 vs similar economic context · 1,622 reporting
  • Highland Park Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,685 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement92A—
School Progress92A—
Closing the Gaps91A—
Academic Growth92A—
Relative Performance91A—

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%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level89%+11 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,627 reporting
  • Meets grade level71%+17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,627 reporting
  • Masters grade level38%+15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,627 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level94%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,625 reporting
  • Meets grade level79%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,625 reporting
  • Masters grade level45%+20 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,625 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level88%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,619 reporting
  • Meets grade level71%+24 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,619 reporting
  • Masters grade level33%+14 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,619 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level77%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,507 reporting
  • Meets grade level51%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,507 reporting
  • Masters grade level30%+5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,507 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,685 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.

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.

Who this school serves

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

Students
548
Economically disadvantaged
49.4%−0.5 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
19.1%+6.2 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.2%−2.5 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.1%+0.5 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
13.0%−1.2 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Highland Park Elem

African American: 10.5%Hispanic: 36.8%White: 43.4%American Indian: 0.6%Asian: 4%Pacific Islander: 0.6%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 10.5%
  • Hispanic 36.8%
  • White 43.4%
  • American Indian 0.6%
  • Asian 4%
  • Pacific Islander 0.6%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting for every category shown · 1,685 in full cohort

African American: 9.5%Hispanic: 40.4%White: 42.2%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3.2%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 9.5%
  • Hispanic 40.4%
  • White 42.2%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3.2%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

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

Students in this TEA accountability summary
544
Economically disadvantaged students
269
Emergent bilingual students
104
Special education students
88

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
85
Students in TEA mobility denominator
495
TEA-published mobility rate
17.2%

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 548 students in 2025–26. The previous available count is not from the immediately preceding school year, so no year-over-year change is calculated.

Latest enrollment
548

2025–26

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
548
Selected comparison
650

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,648 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Highland Park Elem
School yearStudents enrolledHighland Park ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 417 First available year 650.5
2022–23 432 Increase of 15 (3.6%) 655.5
2023–24 549 Increase of 117 (27.1%) 655.2
2024–25 Not reported Not available —
2025–26 548 No adjacent prior year 650

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
25

4.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
31

5.18 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
599

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
4.2%
Selected comparison
12.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,300 rated schools reporting

−7.8 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
5.18
Selected comparison
26.6

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,395 rated schools reporting

−21.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Highland Park Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 468 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 451 14 3.1% 21 4.66 11.8% 26
2022–23 464 10 2.2% 11 2.37 12.3% 27.9
2023–24 606 17 2.8% 22 3.63 12.3% 28.3
2024–25 599 25 4.2% 31 5.18 12.0% 26.6
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Highland Park Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 25 4.2% 31 5.18 12.0% 26.6
In-school suspensions 23 3.8% 27 4.51 10.8% 20.4
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
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.

$6k$17k$29k20182020202220242025
  • Highland Park Elem
  • Parent district: Nederland ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,709
Selected comparison
$12,030

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,656 rated schools reporting

−$3,321 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,709 per student for this campus, $14,709 per student for its parent district, Nederland 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
YearHighland Park ElemParent district: Nederland ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$6,442$9,892$13,054$7,854 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,530 rated schools reporting
2019$7,095$10,236$13,108$8,036 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,549 rated schools reporting
2020$7,814$13,761$14,058$8,529 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,561 rated schools reporting
2021$9,072$15,909$14,797$8,930 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,579 rated schools reporting
2022$9,565$21,094$15,708$10,258 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,590 rated schools reporting
2023$9,005$27,159$16,792$10,738 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,610 rated schools reporting
2024$8,375$19,212$18,125$11,548 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,629 rated schools reporting
2025$8,709$14,709$18,972$12,030 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,656 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
$69,765+$2,814 vs similar economic context
Teachers
35−7.5 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.5−4.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Highland Park Elem

Beginning: 2.8%1 to 5 years: 5.7%6 to 10 years: 17.1%11 to 20 years: 31.6%21 to 30 years: 31.3%Over 30 years: 11.4%
  • Beginning 2.8%
  • 1 to 5 years 5.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 17.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.6%
  • 21 to 30 years 31.3%
  • Over 30 years 11.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,685 reporting for every category shown · 1,685 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.6%1 to 5 years: 24.3%6 to 10 years: 19.3%11 to 20 years: 29.5%21 to 30 years: 16.7%Over 30 years: 4.2%
  • Beginning 5.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.7%
  • Over 30 years 4.2%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Highland Park Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classHighland Park Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten19.717.9
Grade 121.718.3
Grade 22218.5
Grade 321.219
Grade 42019
Grade 518.220

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 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 105 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.

#1 rankings

First-place results

3 measures

  • 1of 47

    Academic Growth

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure

  • 1of 47

    Reading — Masters

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 1of 47

    Math — Meets

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 1

#2–3 rankings

Second- and third-place results

9 measures

  • 2of 47

    Reading — Approaches

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 2of 47

    Reading — Meets

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure

  • 3of 47

    Student Achievement

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 47

    School Progress

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure

  • 3of 47

    Relative Performance

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 47

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 3of 47

    All Subjects — Meets

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure

  • 3of 47

    All Subjects — Masters

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure

  • 3of 47

    Math — Masters

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

4 measures

  • 4of 53

    Overall score

    Jefferson County · of the 53 that report this measure

  • 4of 47

    Math — Approaches

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 6of 47

    Closing the Gaps

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 1

  • 9of 47

    Science — Masters

    Jefferson County · of the 47 that report this measure · tied with 1

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.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 123905102.