Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 385 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HEREFORD ISD·NCES 482301002333
Aikman Elementary School
900 AVE K, HEREFORD, TX 79045 · (806) 363-7640 · Deaf Smith County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
391 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 33% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
10%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Aikman Elementary School→Hereford Junior High School→Hereford Preparatory Academy→Hereford High School
Based on grade levels within HEREFORD ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 45.0% | 23.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 39.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 69.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 72.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 63.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 54.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+20.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Aikman Elementary School
Aikman Elementary School's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aikman Elementary School this school | 464 | 84.3% | 58.6% |
| Esparza Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 462 | 84.2% | 35.6% |
| Olmos Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 486 | 84.8% | 55.8% |
| Robert R Rojas Elementary School EL PASO | 490 | 84.7% | 36.8% |
| Ruben Hinojosa Elementary School MERCEDES | 468 | 82.9% | 40.7% |
| Ramirez-Burks Elementary School COTULLA | 468 | 86.1% | 32.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Aikman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Deaf Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #838 of 4,401 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #645 of 4,466 ▲ 174 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #775 of 4,466 ▲ 201 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.0pp | #2,276 of 3,998 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #2,867 of 4,938 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.5:1 | #4,411 of 4,622 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 10.3% | #4,092 of 4,628 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.3% | #1,617 of 4,789 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.4% | #817 of 1,307 | N/A |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
464
+61 (+15%) vs 2020
+15% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
19.5:1
was 14.4:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 464 | 23.8 | 19.5:1 | 84% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 437 | 25.4 | 17.2:1 | 86% (375) |
| 2022-23 | 378 | 23.4 | 16.2:1 | 92% (347) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 87% (349) |
| 2017-18 | 428 | 29.4 | 14.6:1 | 92% (394) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 28 | 15.1:1 | 89% (376) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 89% (379) |
| 2000-01 | 419 | 28 | 15.0:1 | 83% (347) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 27 | 15.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Aikman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (428 to 464); teachers down 19% (29.4 to 23.8).
About Aikman Elementary School
Aikman Elementary School operates as a mid-sized elementary school in HEREFORD, Texas. Its enrollment is 464 students, spread over kindergarten through 5.
Besides Aikman Elementary School, HEREFORD ISD runs 7 other schools. The district enrolls 3,964 students.
The share of students at Aikman Elementary School who are Hispanic is 95%. Other students are 4% White. By comparison, Deaf Smith County residents are about 76% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 10, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 23.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.5:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is higher. On the income side, 84% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
Aikman Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 88% of Texas public elementary schools.
After accounting for student poverty, Aikman Elementary School is in the top 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 58.6% is 20.9 points above the 37.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
In the surrounding county, Deaf Smith County, the median household earns about $60,799 a year, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Deaf Smith County has 9 public schools with about 4,110 students, including Aikman Elementary School.
Bluebonnet Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes 7 other public schools. By average proficiency, Aikman Elementary School is 1st among 8 schools close by.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Distant.
In 2020-21, Aikman Elementary School enrolled 403 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 464. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 14.4:1 to 19.5:1.
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Deaf Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,460
Census ACS
Median income
$60,799
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
11%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
9
4,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HEREFORD ISD
- Hereford High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Hereford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Bluebonnet Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- West Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
- Hereford Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 322 students
Other schools in HEREFORD
- Hereford High SchoolHigh · 1,182 students
- Hereford Junior High SchoolMiddle · 534 students
- Northwest Elementary SchoolElementary · 479 students
- Bluebonnet Elementary SchoolElementary · 366 students
- West Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
- Hereford Preparatory AcademyMiddle · 322 students
Nearby schools
- Bluebonnet Elementary School0.8 mi · 366
- Hereford High School0.8 mi · 1,182
- Northwest Elementary School1.4 mi · 479
- Hereford Junior High School1.4 mi · 534
- Hereford Preparatory Academy1.4 mi · 322
- West Central Elementary School2.1 mi · 331
Frequently asked questions
About Aikman Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Aikman Elementary School?
Aikman Elementary School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Aikman Elementary School serve?
Aikman Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Aikman Elementary School have?
Aikman Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Aikman Elementary School?
Student demographics at Aikman Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 95% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Aikman Elementary School in?
Aikman Elementary School is part of HEREFORD ISD.
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