What is the NHIE pass rate?

The Texas Real Estate Commission (TREC) licenses inspectors in Texas. It publishes first-attempt exam results for students of the schools it approves, and updates the table every month. On October 4, 2026, the table covered December 1, 2023 to November 30, 2025.

Source: TREC, Provider Exam Passage Rates for Inspectors, checked October 4, 2026.

It's a real number, but it measures something narrower than a national NHIE pass rate. Three things set it apart:

• It counts the first try only. Anyone who passed on a retake shows up as a fail.
• A pass means two exams. Texas adds its own state section to the NHIE, and TREC counts a pass only when a candidate passed both parts on the first attempt.
• It covers Texas school students. A result counts when the candidate took most of their required courses from one approved Texas school in the two years before the exam.

So read it as one state's first-try result on a longer exam. It doesn't tell you how candidates do in Ohio or Virginia.

Many prep sites print a national NHIE pass rate of about 55%. The ones we checked on October 4, 2026, gave no source for it. EBPHI's own FAQ and candidate packet give no pass rate at all.

It might be close to the truth, since Texas lands near it. But nobody has shown the count behind it, so this site doesn't print it as a fact.

The NHIE is criterion referenced. That means a panel of experts sets a passing point for each version of the exam, and you pass by meeting it. Nobody fails because too many others passed.

A pass rate tells you about a crowd. Your result depends on how many questions you get right across the whole outline. For what the exam covers and how it's scored, see the National Home Inspector Exam guide. For why people find it hard, see how hard is the NHIE.