Harker Heights High School

Summary:

Harker Heights High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Harker Heights, Texas, with a student population of 2,359. The school is part of the Killeen Independent School District, which has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Harker Heights High School has consistently ranked in the middle-to-upper range of Texas high schools over the past 10 years, maintaining a 3-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school boasts strong graduation rates, ranging from 89.9% to 94.4% over the past 5 years, which are higher than the district and state averages. Additionally, Harker Heights High School's dropout rates have been relatively low, ranging from 1.1% to 2.3% over the same period, lower than the district and state averages. The school's STAAR EOC test scores are generally higher than the Killeen ISD district averages, particularly in subjects like Biology, English I and II Reading, and U.S. History, though its Algebra I scores are lower than the district and state averages.

Compared to nearby schools, such as Robert M. Shoemaker High School, C.E. Ellison High School, and Killeen High School, Harker Heights High School generally outperforms them in terms of statewide ranking, graduation rates, and test scores. However, the school faces some challenges, such as a relatively high percentage of students (34.55%) receiving free or reduced-price lunch, which is a proxy for low socioeconomic status. Additionally, the school's per-student spending has decreased from $8,899 in 2018-2019 to $8,375 in 2020-2021, which is lower than the state average, and its student-teacher ratio has increased from 17.6 in 2022-2023 to 19.4 in 2020-2021, higher than the state average.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1001 E Fm 2410
       Harker Heights, TX  76548-6845


(254) 336-0800

District: Killeen Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
897th of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,375 Help


Feeder schools for Harker Heights High School:

Elementary:    Harker Heights Elementary
    Mountain View Elementary
    Nolanville Elementary
    Skipcha Elementary
Middle:    Eastern Hills Middle
    Liberty Hill Middle
    Union Grove Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  17.6 Help
Number of students:  2,359

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
32.0%
African American:
25.8%
White:
25.2%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  34.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Harker Heights High School ranks better than 54.9% of high schools in Texas. It also ranks 2nd among 7 ranked high schools in the Killeen Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 51.56. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Harker Heights High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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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 Harker Heights High School has the largest high school student body size in the Killeen Independent School District (Isd). Student population at Harker Heights High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (32%), African American (25.8%), White (25.2%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 34.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Killeen Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Harker Heights High School is 17.6. 6 high schools in the Killeen Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Harker Heights High School is $8,375. 4 high schools in the Killeen Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Harker Heights High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Harker Heights High School 897th of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Harker Heights High School in the ranking list.)

Killeen Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Killeen Independent School District (Isd) 596th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Harker Heights High School

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Rank History for all students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 59.42 677th 1427 52.6%
2005 57.98 693rd 1429 51.5%
2006 58.92 685th 1430 52.1%
2007 59.04 728th 1497 51.4%
2008 60.72 667th 1510 55.8%
2009 64.09 595th 1539 61.3%
2010 58.70 789th 1568 49.7%
2011 58.54 846th 1672 49.4%
2012 63.37 465th 1603 71.0%
2013 69.78 362nd 1652 78.1%
2014 62.98 579th 1734 66.6%
2015 64.81 578th 1743 66.8%
2016 62.52 611th 1762 65.3%
2017 58.60 566th 1777 68.1%
2018 53.92 692nd 1797 61.5%
2019 52.95 794th 1857 57.2%
2021 59.84 645th 1861 65.3%
2022 50.59 866th 1876 53.8%
2023 54.28 820th 1961 58.2%
2024 51.56 897th 1987 54.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.57 262nd 582 55.0%
2019 51.17 262nd 604 56.6%
2021 56.43 227th 588 61.4%
2022 37.84 391st 664 41.1%
2023 45.50 351st 677 48.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.08 544th 1113 51.1%
2019 35.70 674th 1136 40.7%
2021 46.76 488th 1195 59.2%
2022 45.39 508th 1278 60.3%
2023 40.13 686th 1371 50.0%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.88 559th 1347 58.5%
2019 51.21 491st 1357 63.8%
2021 54.80 434th 1382 68.6%
2022 50.51 536th 1418 62.2%
2023 60.17 387th 1478 73.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.30 990th 1794 44.8%
2019 44.43 968th 1818 46.8%
2021 45.72 936th 1848 49.4%
2022 39.16 1093rd 1847 40.8%
2023 43.64 988th 1897 47.9%
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Rank History for Female students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.45 746th 1781 58.1%
2019 51.51 852nd 1798 52.6%
2021 63.35 564th 1815 68.9%
2022 49.56 891st 1841 51.6%
2023 53.81 810th 1891 57.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.50 121st 1137 89.4%
2019 47.72 810th 1145 29.3%
2021 71.73 343rd 1177 70.9%
2022 55.26 698th 1172 40.4%
2023 64.45 517th 1182 56.3%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.95 673rd 1784 62.3%
2019 52.60 651st 1810 64.0%
2021 55.58 594th 1829 67.5%
2022 51.82 634th 1837 65.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.47 782nd 1803 56.6%
2019 51.06 793rd 1824 56.5%
2021 53.78 741st 1840 59.7%
2022 47.98 847th 1853 54.3%
2023 52.61 784th 1913 59.0%
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Rank History for Asian students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 31.83 377th 486 22.4%
2019 44.23 318th 487 34.7%
2021 53.19 248th 488 49.2%
2022 27.64 403rd 507 20.5%
2023 27.29 418th 525 20.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.59 404th 1013 60.1%
2019 53.03 383rd 1024 62.6%
2021 57.69 318th 1020 68.8%
2022 48.06 429th 1031 58.4%
2023 54.91 371st 1069 65.3%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.16 637th 1691 62.3%
2019 56.07 627th 1714 63.4%
2021 61.62 511th 1743 70.7%
2022 54.15 650th 1762 63.1%
2023 56.16 637th 1820 65.0%
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Rank History for Native American students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.61 89th 122 27.0%
2019 46.89 55th 105 47.6%
2022 41.39 70th 106 34.0%
2023 69.86 33rd 101 67.3%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 27.23 27th 34 20.6%
2019 49.50 18th 34 47.1%
2021 63.30 8th 24 66.7%
2022 49.68 15th 31 51.6%
2023 52.01 14th 31 54.8%
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Rank History for White students at Harker Heights High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 54.34 644th 1539 58.2%
2019 44.70 871st 1526 42.9%
2021 55.35 620th 1510 58.9%
2022 49.92 717th 1525 53.0%
2023 52.68 702nd 1576 55.5%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Harker Heights High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2001 757 414 98 215 5 n/a n/a 0 1489
2002 951 611 117 306 12 n/a n/a 0 1997
2003 951 611 117 306 12 n/a n/a 0 1997
2004 1015 650 102 340 13 n/a n/a 0 2120
2005 983 589 94 321 11 n/a n/a 0 1998
2006 1025 618 113 325 11 n/a n/a 0 2092
2007 1027 661 136 358 13 n/a n/a 0 2195
2008 1039 721 119 387 12 n/a n/a 0 2278
2009 1046 787 111 371 13 n/a n/a 0 2328
2010 1064 852 112 507 11 n/a n/a 0 2546
2011 950 732 103 494 16 11 127 0 2433
2012 905 659 105 507 20 15 132 0 2343
2013 870 705 94 526 21 18 149 0 2383
2014 834 653 87 510 23 21 158 0 2286
2015 831 672 80 561 22 18 170 0 2354
2016 835 728 97 595 21 24 155 0 2455
2017 767 725 98 629 16 28 141 0 2404
2018 746 794 114 681 14 31 170 0 2550
2019 715 778 103 668 16 39 201 0 2520
2020 721 724 113 730 14 48 221 0 2571
2021 716 794 102 783 15 41 249 0 2700
2022 679 760 88 831 13 55 251 0 2677
2023 594 608 100 754 16 53 234 0 2359

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Harker Heights High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2001 1489 103.7 14.4 20.3
2002 1997 141.9 14.1 22.9
2003 1997 141.9 14.1 22.9
2004 2120 150.3 14.1 23.1
2005 1998 141.2 14.2 21.4
2006 2092 140.8 14.9 23.8
2007 2195 143.2 15.3 23.2
2008 2278 157.5 14.5 20.9
2009 2328 166.0 14.0 20.4
2010 2546 162.8 15.6 23.3
2011 2433 161.8 15.0 23.2
2012 2343 150.0 15.6 24.8
2013 2383 143.9 16.5 26.6
2014 2286 143.5 15.9 25.9
2015 2354 146.0 16.1 28.2
2016 2455 150.0 16.3 27.8
2017 2404 140.0 17.1 27.8
2018 2550 140.8 18.1 29.5
2019 2520 154.4 16.3 31.6
2020 2571 147.2 17.4 30.3
2021 2700 139.0 19.4 31.5
2022 2677 150.9 17.7 31.5
2023 2359 133.3 17.6 34.5

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 Harker Heights High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2001 1489 103.7 14.4 20.3
2002 1997 141.9 14.1 22.9
2003 1997 141.9 14.1 22.9
2004 2120 150.3 14.1 23.1
2005 1998 141.2 14.2 21.4
2006 2092 140.8 14.9 23.8
2007 2195 143.2 15.3 23.2
2008 2278 157.5 14.5 20.9
2009 2328 166.0 14.0 20.4
2010 2546 162.8 15.6 23.3
2011 2433 161.8 15.0 23.2
2012 2343 150.0 15.6 24.8
2013 2383 143.9 16.5 26.6
2014 2286 143.5 15.9 25.9
2015 2354 146.0 16.1 28.2
2016 2455 150.0 16.3 27.8
2017 2404 140.0 17.1 27.8
2018 2550 140.8 18.1 29.5
2019 2520 154.4 16.3 31.6
2020 2571 147.2 17.4 30.3
2021 2700 139.0 19.4 31.5
2022 2677 150.9 17.7 31.5
2023 2359 133.3 17.6 34.5

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 Harker Heights High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $622 (7.0%) $8,277 (93.0%) $8,899
2020 $562 (6.6%) $7,988 (93.4%) $8,550
2021 $833 (9.9%) $7,541 (90.0%) $8,375

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Harker Heights High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 794th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 820th of 1961 High schools
 0.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Harker Heights High School)2422
 2%
   End of Course Algebra I (Killeen Independent School District (Isd))4337
 6%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Harker Heights High School)6564
 1%
   End of Course Biology (Killeen Independent School District (Isd))5755
 2%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Harker Heights High School)3563
 28%
   End of Course English I Reading (Killeen Independent School District (Isd))3150
 19%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Harker Heights High School)5659
 3%
   End of Course English II Reading (Killeen Independent School District (Isd))4652
 6%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Harker Heights High School)8879
 9%
   End of Course U.S. History (Killeen Independent School District (Isd))7772
 5%
   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 Students25202359
 6.4%
African American778608
 21.9%
American Indian1616
Asian103100
 2.9%
Hispanic668754
 12.9%
Pacific Islander3953
 35.9%
White715594
 16.9%
Two or More Races201234
 16.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients31.6%34.5%
 3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Harker Heights High School

Harker Heights High School ranks 897th of 1987 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

In the 2022-23 school year, 2,359 students attended Harker Heights High School.

Harker Heights High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Harker Heights Elementary
Elementary : Mountain View Elementary
Elementary : Nolanville Elementary
Elementary : Skipcha Elementary
Middle : Eastern Hills Middle
Middle : Liberty Hill Middle
Middle : Union Grove Middle

Students at Harker Heights High School are 32% Hispanic, 26% African American, 25% White, 10% Two or more races, 4% Asian, 2% Pacific Islander.


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