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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CARPENTER HILL EL this year?
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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYS CISD·NCES 480001011534
Carpenter Hill Elementary School
4410 RR 967, BUDA, TX 78610 · (512) 268-8509 · Hays County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
89 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 33 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 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 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 49.0% | 26.0% | 18.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 27.0% | 24.0% | 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 | 75.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 77.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 67.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
64.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Carpenter Hill Elementary School
Carpenter Hill Elementary School's state test result (64.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carpenter Hill Elementary School this school | 550 | 16.2% | 64.5% |
| Rahe Bulverde Elementary School BULVERDE | 617 | 17.5% | 75.9% |
| Hidden Forest Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 529 | 18.5% | 68.5% |
| Viola Wilson Elementary School BOERNE | 473 | 14.0% | 62.7% |
| Herff Elementary School BOERNE | 615 | 17.2% | 64.0% |
| Elm Grove Elementary School BUDA | 678 | 15.0% | 68.0% |
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 Carpenter Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.5% | #544 of 4,401 | #6 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #740 of 4,466 ▼ 241 | #6 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #455 of 4,466 ▼ 57 | #6 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,351 of 3,998 | #13 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #2,033 of 4,938 | #26 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,344 of 4,622 | #19 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.2% | #1,776 of 4,628 | #6 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #4,525 of 4,789 | #27 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.9% | #1,261 of 2,838 | #6 of 17 |
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
550
-43 (-7%) vs 2020
-13% since 2010-11, when it was 631
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 550 | 36.9 | 14.9:1 | 16% (89) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 21% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 616 | 40 | 15.4:1 | 18% (113) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 39 | 15.2:1 | 16% (93) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 41.8 | 16.2:1 | 11% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 39 | 17.4:1 | 11% (76) |
| 2010-11 | 631 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 11% (67) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carpenter Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (678 to 550); teachers down 12% (41.8 to 36.9).
About Carpenter Hill Elementary School
Carpenter Hill Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school located in BUDA, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 550 students.
Across its 27 schools, HAYS CISD enrolls 24,330 students. Carpenter Hill Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Carpenter Hill Elementary School is White: 55%. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The diversity index for Carpenter Hill Elementary School is 56%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Carpenter Hill Elementary School, there are about 14.9 students; the school has 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 16%. Among public schools in Hays County, the average eligibility rate is 46%.
On BeatsExpectations, Carpenter Hill Elementary School is 2.3 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
In Hays County, the median household earns about $89,097 a year, about 43% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. Hays County has 63 public schools with about 46,946 students, including Carpenter Hill Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Carpenter Hill Elementary School is closest to Moe and Gene Johnson High School, about 0.3 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 62.6%; Carpenter Hill Elementary School's is 64.5%, ranking 4th of 7.
The school is in rural territory close to an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Fringe).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 593 (2020-21) to 550 (2024-25).
The discussion board for Carpenter Hill Elementary School is open to topics like pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAYS CISD
- Moe and Gene Johnson High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Jack C Hays High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lehman High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Camino Real Elementary SchoolElementary · 962 students
- Uhland Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in BUDA
- Moe and Gene Johnson High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Jack C Hays High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- R C Barton Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Sunfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 905 students
- Eric Dahlstrom Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
Nearby schools
- Moe and Gene Johnson High School0.3 mi · 2,870
- Alter Impact Center0.4 mi · 70
- Eric Dahlstrom Middle School0.9 mi · 804
- Elm Grove Elementary School1.5 mi · 678
- Jim Cullen Elementary School4.3 mi · 396
- Buda Elementary School4.5 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About Carpenter Hill Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Carpenter Hill Elementary School?
Carpenter Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades PK-05.
Is Carpenter Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carpenter Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Carpenter Hill Elementary School?
Approximately 14.9:1 students per teacher at Carpenter Hill Elementary School.
How diverse is Carpenter Hill Elementary School?
Carpenter Hill Elementary School reports a student body of 55% White, 37% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Carpenter Hill Elementary School in?
Carpenter Hill Elementary School is part of HAYS CISD.
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