CARPENTER HILL EL

CARPENTER HILL EL is an elementary campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in BUDA, Texas, one of the schools within HAYS CISD, educateing 550 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

In terms of who attends, CARPENTER HILL EL lists that the most-represented group is White (55%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 37% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian.

Looking at school resources, CARPENTER HILL EL lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 16% of students at CARPENTER HILL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Hays County's rate of about 46%.

With demographic context factored in, CARPENTER HILL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.8%; this one delivers 65.0%.

Around the school, Hays County reports that median household earnings sit near $89,097, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Hays County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), of which CARPENTER HILL EL is one.

The closest other public school is MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARPENTER HILL EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 62.4%.

CARPENTER HILL EL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. CARPENTER HILL EL's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 678 (now 550). White enrollment moved from 62% to 55% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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