Enrollment
352
Elementary
DISTRICT 367 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONNALLY ISD·NCES 481497009349
Connally Elementary School
300 CADET WAY, WACO, TX 76705 · (254) 750-7170 · McLennan County
GRADES 04–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL352 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
13.6:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
287 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 4 | 180 | 51% |
| Grade 5 | 172 | 49% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within CONNALLY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
24.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
14.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 24 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 5.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% | 48.0% |
| Mathematics | 4.0% | 10.0% | 25.0% | 61.0% |
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 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 8.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 10.0% | 6.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
15.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-23.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Connally Elementary School
Connally Elementary School's state test result (15.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Connally Elementary School this school | 352 | 81.5% | 15.5% |
| Stewart Elementary School HITCHCOCK | 355 | 80.3% | 26.4% |
| Short Elementary School ARLINGTON | 406 | 82.5% | 29.2% |
| Mountainview Elementary School WACO | 349 | 84.8% | 30.5% |
| George Washington Carver El Academy AMARILLO | 321 | 76.3% | 38.3% |
| Bruce Shulkey Elementary School FORT WORTH | 400 | 83.5% | 21.9% |
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 Connally Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In McLennan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 15.5% | #4,362 of 4,401 | #38 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #4,437 of 4,466 ▲ 21 | #38 of 41 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 24.0% | #4,406 of 4,466 ▼ 68 | #37 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,675 of 3,998 | #24 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 352 | #3,858 of 4,938 | #35 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,223 of 4,622 | #8 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #755 of 4,628 | #6 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.5% | #1,824 of 4,789 | #19 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.7% | #950 of 1,307 | #6 of 13 |
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
352
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-9% since 2010-11, when it was 386
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 352 | 25.9 | 13.6:1 | 82% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 354 | 26 | 13.6:1 | 87% (307) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 26.5 | 14.1:1 | 87% (325) |
| 2020-21 | 356 | 26 | 13.7:1 | 83% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 333 | 23.5 | 14.2:1 | 83% (277) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 23 | 14.0:1 | 82% (265) |
| 2010-11 | 386 | 24 | 16.1:1 | 85% (328) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Connally Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (333 to 352); teachers up 10% (23.5 to 25.9).
About Connally Elementary School
Connally Elementary School is a small elementary school serving families in WACO, Texas. In all, 352 students attend the school in grades 4 through 5. It has 32% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
CONNALLY ISD, which runs Connally Elementary School, has 6 schools and 2,269 students.
Hispanic students make up 41% of enrollment at Connally Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 34% Black, 19% White, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 27% Hispanic among all McLennan County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 68%.
Its staff includes 25.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 13.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Connally Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 82%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in McLennan County is 62%.
Connally Elementary School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 1% of Texas public elementary schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Connally Elementary School scores 23.4 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 15.5%; the prediction is 38.9%.
In the surrounding county, McLennan County, the median household earns about $66,643 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Counting Connally Elementary School, McLennan County has 124 public schools.
Connally Early Childhood Center sits less than a tenth of a mile from Connally Elementary School. Connally Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The school's 15.5% average proficiency ranks 6th among 6 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Connally Elementary School the locale Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal data show 356 students in 2020-21 and 352 in 2024-25, a difference of under 3%.
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McLennan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
266,067
Census ACS
Median income
$66,643
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
45,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONNALLY ISD
- Connally High SchoolHigh · 614 students
- Connally Junior High SchoolMiddle · 553 students
- Connally Primary SchoolElementary · 498 students
- Connally Early Childhood CenterElementary · 251 students
- Challenge AcademyHigh · 1 students
Other schools in WACO
- Midway High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Waco High SchoolHigh · 1,885 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,752 students
- Tennyson Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- La Vega High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Bell's Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
Nearby schools
- Connally Early Childhood Center0.1 mi · 251
- Connally High School0.2 mi · 614
- Connally Primary School1.0 mi · 498
- Connally Junior High School1.0 mi · 553
- La Vega High School2.8 mi · 881
- La Vega Pri Phil Bancale Campus3.0 mi · 444
Frequently asked questions
About Connally Elementary SchoolHow large is Connally Elementary School?
Connally Elementary School enrolls approximately 352 students in grades 04-05.
What age range does Connally Elementary School serve?
Connally Elementary School serves students from grade 04 through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Connally Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Connally Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Connally Elementary School?
Student demographics at Connally Elementary School are roughly 19% White, 41% Hispanic, 34% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Connally Elementary School public or private?
Connally Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CONNALLY ISD.
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