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Schools in Harker Heights · Killeen Independent School District

Harker Heights’s public schools score below 76% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

On the state math tests, 32% of Harker Heights’s students scored proficient, below the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the public school district serving Harker Heights, 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.

#527of 642 Texas townsK–12Where will my kid go?

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.

Reading proficiency
45%
▼ 6 pts vs TX 51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
32%
▼ 9 pts vs TX 41%
2021–22
Graduate on time
87%
▼ 3 pts vs TX 90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.6K
▼ 2% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.8
TX 14.9 · larger classes
Schools in town
7
6,986 students on the public path
In brief

Harker Heights’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 617 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Harker Heights’s, its schools beat 16%, lower than their 24% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 45% of tested students were proficient in reading and 32% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

87% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓

Spending, and where it came from

The district spent $12,573 per student in FY2024, against $12,815 across Texas. 30% of its revenue that year was federal (Texas 13%), in the last year of pandemic relief. Districts ↓

Three elementary schools, then three middle and one high school

Which school depends on the address at every step. 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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Harker Heights’s grade

C Test scoresD Graduation

C−: better than 24% of Texas school districts, #527 of 642 Texas towns. Both inputs trail the Texas average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 24%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (617)Better than 16%
C−CA fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 23,008 test results and a graduating class of 2,747 could put Harker Heights anywhere from C− to C. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Harker Heights’s students in the tested grades sat them (22,970 in math, 23,047 in reading).

How TownRatings grades schools →

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Harker Heights, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–53 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressB− to B+
6–83 middle schoolsDepends on your addressC to B+
9–12Harker Heights H SKilleen Independent School DistrictB+

Harker Heights’s public schools are run by Killeen Independent School District, which also serves Killeen and Nolanville. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

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

Killeen Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 55 schools · 42,883 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 15.8 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$12,573TX $12,815 · FY2024
C−
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading45%
State average 51.1% · 23047 students tested
Math32%
State average 40.9% · 22970 students tested
A note on the data.In FY2024, 30% of the Killeen Independent district’s revenue came from the federal government, against 13% across Texas, in the last year of federal pandemic relief; spending per student is reported as published.

Harker Heights vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Harker Heights’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Harker HeightsC−Killeen Independent
KilleenC−Killeen Independent
NolanvilleC−Killeen Independent

All 2 neighbors share Killeen Independent with Harker Heights, so their letters differ mainly through other districts.

Every school in Harker Heights

7 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).

District schools in Harker Heightsby address
Skipcha El
Elementary · Grades PK–5
B+
937 students16:1Rate it →
Mountain View El
Elementary · Grades PK–5
B−
765 students16:1Rate it →
Harker Heights El
Elementary · Grades PK–5
B−
706 students14:1Rate it →
Nolan Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8
B+
1,068 students18:1Rate it →
Union Grove Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8
B+
733 students19:1Rate it →
Eastern Hills Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8
C
585 students16:1Rate it →
Harker Heights H S
High · Grades 9–12
B+
2,192 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Harker Heights’s schools

Are Harker Heights’s schools good?

On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Harker Heights children attend score below 76% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C− Schools grade, #527 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 16%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Harker Heights in?

Killeen Independent School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 42,883 students in 55 schools (2024–25).

Where do Harker Heights kids go to high school?

Harker Heights H S, with 2,192 students; its own test results earn a B+.

What is Harker Heights’s graduation rate?

87% of the class of 2023 in Killeen Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.

How much does Harker Heights spend per student?

$12,573 in Killeen Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.