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GRACE HARTMAN EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 63% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GRACE HARTMAN EL
GRACE HARTMAN EL, a moderately sized elementary campus in ROCKWALL, Texas, run under ROCKWALL ISD, works with 477 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.
ROCKWALL ISD runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 19,235 students. GRACE HARTMAN EL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, GRACE HARTMAN EL records that White students make up the majority at 64%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 3% Asian.
In terms of school funding signals, GRACE HARTMAN EL lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 16% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Rockwall County (around 29%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, GRACE HARTMAN 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 62.9%.
Around the school, census data for Rockwall County shows median household income runs about $127,981, 45% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GRACE HARTMAN EL is one of 34 public schools in Rockwall County (combined enrollment of about 24,104 students).
The closest other public school is VIRGINIA REINHARDT EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRACE HARTMAN EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRACE HARTMAN EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 68.8%.
GRACE HARTMAN EL operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRACE HARTMAN EL has edged down 14%, going from 556 students in 2018 to 477 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 73% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.
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