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What's one thing CALDWELL HEIGHTS EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
627
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROUND ROCK ISD·NCES 483808008413
Caldwell Heights Elementary School
4010 EAGLES NEST, ROUND ROCK, TX 78664 · (512) 428-7300 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL627 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+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
12.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
376 students
DISTRICT 34% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 67 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 105 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (105).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 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 Caldwell Heights Elementary School
Caldwell Heights Elementary School's state test result (45.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell Heights Elementary School this school | 627 | 60.0% | 45.4% |
| Fox Run Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 620 | 58.4% | 50.5% |
| Ginnings Elementary School DENTON | 614 | 60.3% | 24.2% |
| Dorris A Jones Elementary School ROCKWALL | 636 | 60.7% | 49.9% |
| Union Hill Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 602 | 63.1% | 35.4% |
| Bernshausen Elementary School KLEIN | 695 | 61.6% | 51.8% |
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 Caldwell Heights Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.4% | #1,918 of 4,401 | #52 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,093 of 4,466 ▲ 400 | #46 of 87 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,438 of 4,466 ▲ 58 | #63 of 87 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,577 of 3,998 | #55 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 627 | #1,413 of 4,938 | #46 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #442 of 4,622 | #21 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #1,488 of 4,628 | #59 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.0% | #3,117 of 4,789 | #20 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #1,602 of 2,838 | #22 of 43 |
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
627
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 703
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 10.7:1
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 | 627 | 51.1 | 12.3:1 | 60% (376) |
| 2023-24 | 616 | 55.2 | 11.2:1 | 60% (368) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 55.3 | 11.8:1 | 59% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 651 | 61 | 10.7:1 | 53% (344) |
| 2017-18 | 737 | 56.3 | 13.1:1 | 58% (429) |
| 2015-16 | 696 | 50 | 13.9:1 | 49% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 898 | 54 | 16.6:1 | 42% (373) |
| 2000-01 | 703 | 54 | 13.0:1 | 15% (103) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caldwell Heights Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (737 to 627); teachers down 9% (56.3 to 51.1).
About Caldwell Heights Elementary School
Caldwell Heights Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in ROUND ROCK, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 627 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 21% higher.
ROUND ROCK ISD enrolls 46,954 students, and its 58 schools include Caldwell Heights Elementary School.
The student body at Caldwell Heights Elementary School is 60% Hispanic. The rest of enrollment is 16% White, 15% Black, 6% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Among all residents of Williamson County, the Hispanic share is about 25%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 59%.
On staff are 51.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 60% of students at Caldwell Heights Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Williamson County average 29%.
Caldwell Heights Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of Texas public elementary schools.
Caldwell Heights Elementary School is 2.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (45.4% versus 48.1%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
The county, Williamson County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $111,340 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Williamson County has 208 public schools with about 126,147 students, including Caldwell Heights Elementary School.
Rrisd Early College High School is about 0.8 miles from Caldwell Heights Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Caldwell Heights Elementary School comes in 5th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Caldwell Heights Elementary School's location as City: Mid-size.
The school shrank from 651 students in 2020-21 to 627 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 10.7:1 in 2020-21 to 12.3:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Caldwell Heights Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROUND ROCK ISD
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Cedar Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,306 students
Other schools in ROUND ROCK
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Meridian World School LlcCombined · 1,745 students
- Ridgeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,249 students
- James Garland Walsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
Nearby schools
- Rrisd Early College High School0.8 mi · 364
- Teravista Elementary School0.8 mi · 821
- El DAEP1.0 mi · 9
- Union Hill Elementary School1.0 mi · 602
- Hopewell Middle School1.1 mi · 1,202
- Round Rock Opport Center DAEP1.4 mi · 76
Frequently asked questions
About Caldwell Heights Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Caldwell Heights Elementary School?
Caldwell Heights Elementary School enrolls approximately 627 students in grades PK-05.
Is Caldwell Heights Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Caldwell Heights Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Caldwell Heights Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Caldwell Heights Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Caldwell Heights Elementary School?
Student demographics at Caldwell Heights Elementary School are roughly 16% White, 60% Hispanic, 15% Black, 4% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Caldwell Heights Elementary School?
Caldwell Heights Elementary School is overseen by ROUND ROCK ISD in Williamson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.