Photo: Tijuana Brass at English Wikipedia · Public domainDeer Park’s public schools outscore 59% of Texas districts
In Deer Park, 49% of tested students are proficient in math, above the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the two public school districts serving Deer Park, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.
From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Deer Park’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 414 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Deer Park’s, its schools beat 52%, lower than their 59% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Above the state on tests
Reading proficiency is 56% and math 49% across both districts in spring 2022, against 51% and 41% statewide; 90% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90%. Test scores ↓
Spending and class size
Deer Park Independent spends $13,440 per student and La Porte Independent $13,053, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
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.
What’s behind Deer Park’s grade
B: better than 59% of Texas school districts, #231 of 642 Texas towns. Test scores are above the Texas average; graduation is below it.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Deer Park, with each school’s own grade.
Pre-K in Deer Park · depends on your address
Heritage El
Grades PK–5 · 667 students · 18:1 students per teacher
College Park El
Grades PK–5 · 432 students · 15:1 students per teacher
6th grade in Deer Park · depends on your address
Deer Park J H
Grades 6–8 · 877 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Bonnette J H
Grades 6–8 · 662 students · 13:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Deer Park · depends on your address
Deer Park J H
Grades 6–8 · 877 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Bonnette J H
Grades 6–8 · 662 students · 13:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Deer Park · depends on your address
Deer Park J H
Grades 6–8 · 877 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Bonnette J H
Grades 6–8 · 662 students · 13:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Deer Park
Deer Park H S
Grades 9–12 · 4,057 students · 15:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Deer Park
Deer Park H S
Grades 9–12 · 4,057 students · 15:1 students per teacher
11th grade in Deer Park
Deer Park H S
Grades 9–12 · 4,057 students · 15:1 students per teacher
12th grade in Deer Park
Deer Park H S
Grades 9–12 · 4,057 students · 15:1 students per teacher
Deer Park runs its own schools through grade 12 (Deer Park Independent School District). From grade PK, students attend the La Porte Independent School District, shared with La Porte, Morgan's Point and Shoreacres. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Two districts serve Deer Park
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Above the state in reading
Deer Park vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Deer Park’s borders.
Every school in Deer Park
9 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (H S Point).
Questions about Deer Park’s schools
Are Deer Park’s schools good?
They sit near the middle of Texas: the public schools Deer Park children attend outscore 59% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a B Schools grade, #231 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 52%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Deer Park in?
Two districts: Deer Park Independent School District runs grades PK–12, and La Porte Independent School District runs grades PK–12, shared with La Porte, Morgan's Point and Shoreacres.
Where do Deer Park kids go to high school?
Deer Park H S, with 4,057 students; its own test results earn an A.
What is Deer Park’s graduation rate?
90% of the class of 2023 in Deer Park Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.
How much does Deer Park spend per student?
$13,440 in Deer Park Independent School District and $13,053 in La Porte Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Deer Park families are saying about school.
Looking for colleges? Colleges near Deer Park → They have their own page.
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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.