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Schools in Houston

Houston’s public schools

East End School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Houston. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?1/2schools above Arkansas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Arkansas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
41%
2021–22
Math proficiency
39%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$13.1K
▼ 3% vs AR $13.6K
FY2024
Students per teacher
10.3
AR 12.4 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
674 students on the public path
In brief

Houston’s schools, in brief

School by school

1 of Houston’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s 944 public schools. Bigelow High School places highest (better than 52%); Anne Watson Elementary School lowest (47%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Houston, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–6Anne Watson Elementary Schoolin BigelowB−
7–12Bigelow High Schoolin BigelowB−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the East End School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

East End School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 2 schools · 674 students, up 5% since 2020–21 · 10.3 per teacher (AR 12.4)
$13,117AR $13,585 · FY2024
B
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading41%
State average 39.9% · 400 students tested
Math39%
State average 38.3% · 400 students tested

Houston vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Arkansas towns that share Houston’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Houston—East End

Every school in Houston

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Arkansas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Houstonin other towns
Anne Watson Elementary School
Elementary · Grades PK–6 · Bigelow
B−
357 students15:1Rate it →
Bigelow High School
High · Grades 7–12 · Bigelow
B−
317 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Houston’s schools

Are Houston’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Houston. East End School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Houston. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 1 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Arkansas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Houston in?

East End School District.

Where do Houston kids go to high school?

Bigelow High School.

Parents talk

What Houston families are saying about school.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.