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BILL BURDEN EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BILL BURDEN EL
BILL BURDEN EL operates as a medium-sized elementary school in LIBERTY HILL, Texas, one of the schools within LIBERTY HILL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 764 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 47% bigger than typical.
LIBERTY HILL ISD comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 9,836 students; BILL BURDEN EL is among them.
On demographics, BILL BURDEN EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 25% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 5% Asian. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, The school reports having 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 22% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, BILL BURDEN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 64.4%; this one delivers 58.5%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Williamson County put the typical household earns roughly $111,340 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BILL BURDEN EL is one of 208 public schools in Williamson County (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students).
The closest other public school is KI CHARTER ACADEMY LIBERTY HILL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BILL BURDEN EL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.6%.
BILL BURDEN EL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Looking at the recent track record. BILL BURDEN EL's enrollment has expanded 17% since 2018, when it stood at 652 (now 764). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 76% to 61%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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