BUDA EL

BUDA EL is a mid-tier elementary campus in BUDA, Texas, run under HAYS CISD. The school works with 564 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 27 schools in HAYS CISD (24,330 students total), BUDA EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, BUDA EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 33% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, BUDA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.5%; this one delivers 45.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hays County) shows that median household earnings sit near $89,097, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. BUDA EL is one of 63 public schools in Hays County (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students).

DORAL ACADEMY OF TEXAS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BUDA EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BUDA EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 50.3%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. BUDA EL's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 581 (now 564). Black enrollment moved from 3% to 7% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.