New Caney High School

Size

Of the 4 high schools in New Caney ISD, New Caney High School is the largest, with 11.5% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 6.4 miles away and have a median of 1,766 students, so New Caney High School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 11 with 615 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 506, against an average of 557 per grade. This year grade 12 has 13% more students than grade 9 (570 against 506). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 67.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across New Caney ISD (63.1%). White students are next, at 22.8%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

74.2% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 71.5% across New Caney ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

New Caney High School has 137.04 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 16.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 2,226 students would have about 159 teachers, so New Caney High School has 22 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is Porter High School, 3 miles away in the same district. There are 2 high schools within 5 miles and 8 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.