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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566002912
Cedar Valley Elementary School
4801 CHANTZ DR, KILLEEN, TX 76542 · (254) 336-1480 · Bell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 54% 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.
- BBeats 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
14.8:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
369 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 50 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 87 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 102 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 39% smaller than its 5th grade class (102).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 33.0% | 26.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 33.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 68.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 58.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
47.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Cedar Valley Elementary School
Cedar Valley Elementary School's state test result (47.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedar Valley Elementary School this school | 570 | 64.7% | 47.7% |
| Venable Village Elementary School FORT CAVAZOS | 597 | 63.8% | 36.9% |
| Red Oak Elementary School RED OAK | 491 | 65.4% | 43.8% |
| John Winship Elementary School SPRING | 524 | 70.0% | 40.6% |
| Dr Joseph A Fowler Elementary School KILLEEN | 739 | 64.4% | 43.8% |
| Shields Elementary School GLENN HEIGHTS | 625 | 59.2% | 49.1% |
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 Cedar Valley Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.7% | #1,663 of 4,401 | #15 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,409 of 4,466 ▲ 528 | #8 of 55 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,036 of 4,466 ▲ 1,213 | #7 of 55 ▲ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #639 of 3,998 | #8 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #1,856 of 4,938 | #30 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,276 of 4,622 | #27 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #389 of 4,628 | #17 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.7% | #2,854 of 4,789 | #27 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.1% | #1,247 of 2,838 | #16 of 33 |
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
570
-50 (-8%) vs 2020
-35% since 2000-01, when it was 883
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 570 | 38.5 | 14.8:1 | 65% (369) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 39.4 | 15.1:1 | 74% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 576 | 41.7 | 13.8:1 | 72% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 41 | 15.1:1 | 70% (434) |
| 2017-18 | 705 | 47.1 | 15.0:1 | 55% (390) |
| 2015-16 | 718 | 45 | 16.0:1 | 55% (393) |
| 2010-11 | 750 | 47 | 16.0:1 | 48% (358) |
| 2000-01 | 883 | 53 | 16.7:1 | 29% (252) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedar Valley Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (705 to 570); teachers down 18% (47.1 to 38.5).
About Cedar Valley Elementary School
Cedar Valley Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in KILLEEN, Texas. It reported 570 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
The district, KILLEEN ISD, has 42,883 students enrolled across 55 schools.
At Cedar Valley Elementary School, Black students make up the biggest share, 38%. Smaller groups are 33% Hispanic, 12% White, 12% multiracial, and 2% Pacific Islander. County-wide, 23% of Bell County residents are Black. A diversity index of 71% means there is a 71% chance two randomly chosen students at Cedar Valley Elementary School are from different groups.
A staff of 38.5 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.8:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. By family income, 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Cedar Valley Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 54% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Cedar Valley Elementary School's results are 1.7 points above predicted: 47.7% against 46.0%.
In Bell County, median household income comes to about $68,865, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. The county's public schools total 130, with about 71,041 students.
Liberty Hill Middle School sits about 0.4 miles from Cedar Valley Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 9 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Cedar Valley Elementary School is 3rd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, Cedar Valley Elementary School enrolled 620 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 570.
People who know Cedar Valley Elementary School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in KILLEEN
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
- Killeen Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,091 students
Other Cedar Valley Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Cedar Valley Elementary. Cedar Valley Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Cedar Valley ElementaryLYNNWOOD, WA · 427 students
- Cedar Valley Elementary SchoolCovington, WA · 318 students
Nearby schools
- Liberty Hill Middle School0.4 mi · 674
- Timber Ridge Elementary School0.5 mi · 717
- Saegert Elementary School1.6 mi · 940
- Union Grove Middle School1.7 mi · 733
- Ira Cross Jr Elementary School1.8 mi · 642
- Mountain View Elementary School1.9 mi · 765
Frequently asked questions
About Cedar Valley Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Cedar Valley Elementary School?
Cedar Valley Elementary School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Cedar Valley Elementary School serve?
Cedar Valley Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Cedar Valley Elementary School?
Approximately 14.8:1 students per teacher at Cedar Valley Elementary School.
How diverse is Cedar Valley Elementary School?
Cedar Valley Elementary School reports a student body of 12% White, 33% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Cedar Valley Elementary School?
Cedar Valley Elementary School is overseen by KILLEEN ISD in Bell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.