CEDAR VALLEY EL

Located at 4801 CHANTZ DR, in KILLEEN, Texas, CEDAR VALLEY EL is a moderately sized elementary school that instructs 570 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within KILLEEN ISD.

KILLEEN ISD comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 42,883 students; CEDAR VALLEY EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, CEDAR VALLEY EL shows that the largest single group is Black at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 33% Hispanic, 12% White, 12% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CEDAR VALLEY EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 65% 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, CEDAR VALLEY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of +6.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate median household income runs about $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which CEDAR VALLEY EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LIBERTY HILL MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CEDAR VALLEY EL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 43.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Trend over the last 7 years. CEDAR VALLEY EL's enrollment has ticked down 19% since 2018, when it stood at 705 (now 570). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 20% to 12%.

Inside the community feed, the feed for CEDAR VALLEY EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.