H M King High School

Summary:

H M King High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Kingsville, Texas, with a student population of 892. The school is part of the Kingsville Independent School District, which is ranked 898 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

H M King High School consistently ranks in the bottom quartile of Texas high schools, with significantly below-average performance on STAAR End-of-Course exams and a four-year graduation rate below 80%. The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population (84.08%) and a high percentage of economically disadvantaged students (76.91%). Compared to nearby schools, such as Premont Collegiate High School, Ben Bolt-Palito Blanco High School, Kaufer High School, Bishop High School, and Santa Gertrudis Academy High School, H M King High School consistently underperforms, with lower proficiency rates on STAAR exams and graduation rates.

The limited resources and funding available to the Kingsville Independent School District may be a contributing factor to H M King High School's struggles. The school's per-student spending has been below the state average, and its student-teacher ratio has been around 13-14 students per teacher in recent years. Targeted efforts to improve academic instruction, student support services, and resource allocation at H M King High School could be crucial in driving meaningful improvements in student outcomes.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 2210 S Brahma Blvd
       Kingsville, TX  78363-7108


(361) 595-8600

District: Kingsville Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1724th of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,026 Help


Feeder schools for H M King High School:

Elementary:    Harrel Elementary
    Harvey Elementary
    Perez Elementary
Middle:    Gillett Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  13.9 Help
Number of students:  892

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
84.1%
White:
10.2%
African American:
3.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  76.9% Help


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Compare Details H M King High School ranks worse than 86.8% of high schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 13.71. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at H M King 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 Racial makeup is: Hispanic (84.1%), White (10.2%), African American (3.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 76.9% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at H M King High School is 13.9. (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at H M King High School is $12,026.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

H M King High School:

SchoolDigger ranks H M King High School 1724th of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See H M King High School in the ranking list.)

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Kingsville Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Kingsville Independent School District (Isd) 898th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for H M King High School

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Rank History for all students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 44.40 1002nd 1427 29.8%
2005 45.41 967th 1429 32.3%
2006 49.54 897th 1430 37.3%
2007 50.93 905th 1497 39.5%
2008 43.96 1051st 1510 30.4%
2009 30.25 1292nd 1539 16.0%
2010 36.95 1275th 1568 18.7%
2011 37.43 1344th 1672 19.6%
2012 36.66 1176th 1603 26.6%
2013 23.41 1385th 1652 16.2%
2014 15.26 1548th 1734 10.7%
2015 12.39 1560th 1743 10.5%
2016 12.75 1577th 1762 10.5%
2017 20.47 1443rd 1777 18.8%
2018 17.95 1508th 1797 16.1%
2019 20.90 1519th 1857 18.2%
2021 14.97 1610th 1861 13.5%
2022 15.89 1599th 1876 14.8%
2023 17.42 1637th 1961 16.5%
2024 13.71 1724th 1987 13.2%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 50.12 296th 677 56.3%
2024 0.23 730th 730 0.0%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.01 1072nd 1113 3.7%
2019 22.58 964th 1136 15.1%
2021 42.54 560th 1195 53.1%
2022 19.09 1114th 1278 12.8%
2023 23.77 1062nd 1371 22.5%
2024 18.67 1230th 1435 14.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.69 1155th 1347 14.3%
2019 29.77 1019th 1357 24.9%
2021 28.23 1084th 1382 21.6%
2022 23.08 1235th 1418 12.9%
2023 22.97 1285th 1478 13.1%
2024 21.19 1360th 1547 12.1%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.45 1574th 1794 12.3%
2019 24.16 1512th 1818 16.8%
2021 17.69 1590th 1848 14.0%
2022 17.81 1588th 1847 14.0%
2023 18.66 1607th 1897 15.3%
2024 11.59 1735th 1883 7.9%
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Rank History for Female students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.47 1560th 1781 12.4%
2019 20.58 1519th 1798 15.5%
2021 13.64 1596th 1815 12.1%
2022 15.85 1570th 1841 14.7%
2023 16.68 1594th 1891 15.7%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.59 940th 1137 17.3%
2019 35.53 944th 1145 17.6%
2021 39.91 911th 1177 22.6%
2022 72.34 177th 1172 84.9%
2023 33.99 955th 1182 19.2%
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Rank History for At Risk students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 18.75 1618th 1784 9.3%
2019 24.32 1513th 1810 16.4%
2021 16.11 1667th 1829 8.9%
2022 20.00 1587th 1837 13.6%
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Rank History for Male students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 16.99 1577th 1803 12.5%
2019 20.15 1536th 1824 15.8%
2021 14.91 1600th 1840 13.0%
2022 15.32 1595th 1853 13.9%
2023 16.31 1609th 1913 15.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2023 3.70 497th 525 5.3%
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Rank History for African American students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.71 518th 1013 48.9%
2019 61.39 305th 1024 70.2%
2021 45.48 479th 1020 53.0%
2022 26.28 756th 1031 26.7%
2023 33.96 657th 1069 38.5%
2024 11.95 982nd 1065 7.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 19.79 1457th 1691 13.8%
2019 22.57 1433rd 1714 16.4%
2021 16.38 1512th 1743 13.3%
2022 17.05 1511th 1762 14.2%
2023 18.06 1536th 1820 15.6%
2024 13.06 1633rd 1804 9.5%
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Rank History for White students at H M King High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 22.17 1292nd 1539 16.0%
2019 15.13 1372nd 1526 10.1%
2021 5.66 1432nd 1510 5.2%
2022 10.21 1400th 1525 8.2%
2023 21.29 1303rd 1576 17.3%
2024 6.55 1468th 1556 5.7%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for H M King High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 499 58 11 1125 5 n/a n/a 0 1698
1989 455 64 17 1139 5 n/a n/a 0 1680
1990 411 52 14 1145 4 n/a n/a 0 1626
1991 380 57 11 1090 3 n/a n/a 0 1541
1992 371 53 9 991 3 n/a n/a 0 1427
1993 383 42 13 929 4 n/a n/a 0 1371
1994 386 39 22 940 2 n/a n/a 0 1389
1995 356 44 24 890 0 n/a n/a 0 1314
1996 356 44 24 890 0 n/a n/a 0 1314
1997 345 53 19 929 0 n/a n/a 0 1346
1998 336 50 15 926 0 n/a n/a 0 1327
1999 324 46 18 968 1 n/a n/a 0 1357
2000 297 51 20 973 0 n/a n/a 0 1341
2001 270 58 17 972 2 n/a n/a 0 1319
2002 250 52 9 979 2 n/a n/a 0 1292
2003 250 52 9 979 2 n/a n/a 0 1292
2004 232 55 10 926 2 n/a n/a 0 1225
2005 231 59 9 888 4 n/a n/a 0 1191
2006 224 63 8 932 2 n/a n/a 0 1229
2007 212 55 13 901 1 n/a n/a 0 1182
2008 187 50 12 888 1 n/a n/a 0 1138
2009 169 49 14 866 0 n/a n/a 0 1098
2010 151 36 17 879 1 n/a n/a 0 1084
2011 145 37 15 825 1 0 1 0 1024
2012 115 45 16 802 1 0 0 0 979
2013 109 44 13 852 1 0 0 0 1019
2014 100 39 9 771 1 0 0 0 920
2015 97 33 8 821 3 0 0 0 962
2016 94 33 10 837 2 1 1 0 978
2017 84 33 5 798 2 0 2 0 924
2018 86 33 4 841 1 0 1 0 966
2019 94 28 5 828 1 0 4 0 960
2020 80 25 4 794 1 0 3 0 907
2021 90 32 9 748 2 1 1 0 883
2022 87 36 7 781 0 1 3 0 915
2023 91 34 7 750 0 1 9 0 892

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 H M King High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1698 91.0 18.6 n/a
1989 1680 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1626 96.0 16.9 n/a
1991 1541 95.5 16.1 n/a
1992 1427 90.8 15.7 36.4
1993 1371 87.0 15.8 35.7
1994 1389 84.8 16.4 33.8
1995 1314 80.9 16.2 34.6
1996 1314 80.9 16.2 34.6
1997 1346 86.8 15.5 34.2
1998 1327 89.2 14.9 36.5
1999 1357 88.8 15.3 44.1
2000 1341 85.4 15.7 41.5
2001 1319 85.1 15.5 46.4
2002 1292 86.8 14.9 44.7
2003 1292 86.8 14.9 44.7
2004 1225 80.4 15.2 45.6
2005 1191 79.4 15.0 51.6
2006 1229 78.7 15.6 56.2
2007 1182 77.2 15.3 56.7
2008 1138 78.1 14.6 51.3
2009 1098 73.0 15.0 60.7
2010 1084 72.6 14.9 60.1
2011 1024 72.9 14.0 68.8
2012 979 69.3 14.1 70.6
2013 1019 72.6 14.0 72
2014 920 72.4 12.6 61.5
2015 962 70.0 13.7 65.4
2016 978 69.0 14.1 50.1
2017 924 51.7 17.8 57.1
2018 966 69.1 13.9 54
2019 960 59.5 16.1 64.4
2020 907 62.8 14.4 63.9
2021 883 67.6 13.0 74.9
2022 915 63.8 14.3 71.4
2023 892 63.7 13.9 76.9

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 H M King High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1698 91.0 18.6 n/a
1989 1680 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1626 96.0 16.9 n/a
1991 1541 95.5 16.1 n/a
1992 1427 90.8 15.7 36.4
1993 1371 87.0 15.8 35.7
1994 1389 84.8 16.4 33.8
1995 1314 80.9 16.2 34.6
1996 1314 80.9 16.2 34.6
1997 1346 86.8 15.5 34.2
1998 1327 89.2 14.9 36.5
1999 1357 88.8 15.3 44.1
2000 1341 85.4 15.7 41.5
2001 1319 85.1 15.5 46.4
2002 1292 86.8 14.9 44.7
2003 1292 86.8 14.9 44.7
2004 1225 80.4 15.2 45.6
2005 1191 79.4 15.0 51.6
2006 1229 78.7 15.6 56.2
2007 1182 77.2 15.3 56.7
2008 1138 78.1 14.6 51.3
2009 1098 73.0 15.0 60.7
2010 1084 72.6 14.9 60.1
2011 1024 72.9 14.0 68.8
2012 979 69.3 14.1 70.6
2013 1019 72.6 14.0 72
2014 920 72.4 12.6 61.5
2015 962 70.0 13.7 65.4
2016 978 69.0 14.1 50.1
2017 924 51.7 17.8 57.1
2018 966 69.1 13.9 54
2019 960 59.5 16.1 64.4
2020 907 62.8 14.4 63.9
2021 883 67.6 13.0 74.9
2022 915 63.8 14.3 71.4
2023 892 63.7 13.9 76.9

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 H M King High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,504 (19.9%) $10,053 (80.1%) $12,556
2020 $1,254 (10.5%) $10,648 (89.5%) $11,901
2021 $1,673 (13.9%) $10,353 (86.1%) $12,026

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

Impact of COVID-19 on H M King High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1519th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 1637th of 1961 High schools
 1.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (H M King High School)4621
 25%
   End of Course Algebra I (Kingsville Independent School District (Isd))4929
 20%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (H M King High School)3528
 7%
   End of Course Biology (Kingsville Independent School District (Isd))3528
 7%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (H M King High School)2633
 7%
   End of Course English I Reading (Kingsville Independent School District (Isd))2633
 7%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (H M King High School)3038
 8%
   End of Course English II Reading (Kingsville Independent School District (Isd))3038
 8%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (H M King High School)5751
 6%
   End of Course U.S. History (Kingsville Independent School District (Isd))5751
 6%
   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 Students960892
 7.1%
African American2834
 21.4%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian57
 40%
Hispanic828750
 9.4%
Pacific Islander01
White9491
 3.2%
Two or More Races49
 125%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.4%76.9%
 12.5%


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Frequently Asked Questions about H M King High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 892 students attended H M King High School.

H M King High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Harrel Elementary
Elementary : Harvey Elementary
Elementary : Perez Elementary
Middle : Gillett Middle

H M King High School ranks in the bottom 13.2% of Texas high schools.

Students at H M King High School are 84% Hispanic, 10% White, 4% African American, 1% Two or more races.


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