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Enrollment
406
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOSHUA ISD·NCES 482493002780
H D Staples Elementary School
505 S MAIN, JOSHUA, TX 76058 · (817) 202-2500 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 78% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test 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.
- A+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
14.6:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
236 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 28 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 53 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (53).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 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 | 32.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 31.0% | 28.0% | 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 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 13.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
51.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 H D Staples Elementary School
H D Staples Elementary School's state test result (51.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| H D Staples Elementary School this school | 406 | 58.1% | 51.5% |
| Edna Bigham Mays Elementary School TROY | 443 | 57.1% | N/A |
| Olney Elementary School OLNEY | 369 | 59.1% | 51.4% |
| Blooming Grove Elementary School BLOOMING GROVE | 449 | 58.6% | 33.2% |
| Young Elementary School DECATUR | 445 | 57.1% | 56.8% |
| Leon Elementary School JEWETT | 386 | 57.5% | 59.0% |
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 H D Staples Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.5% | #1,307 of 4,401 | #13 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,501 of 4,466 ▼ 204 | #15 of 33 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,263 of 4,466 ▼ 65 | #10 of 33 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +38.5pp | #40 of 3,998 | #2 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #3,435 of 4,938 | #24 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,104 of 4,622 | #16 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.0% | #2,126 of 4,628 | #21 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.1% | #3,210 of 4,789 | #16 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.1% | #1,163 of 2,838 | #3 of 21 |
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
406
-44 (-10%) vs 2020
-62% since 1990-91, when it was 1,057
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 406 | 27.8 | 14.6:1 | 58% (236) |
| 2023-24 | 431 | 29.9 | 14.4:1 | 62% (268) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 65% (282) |
| 2020-21 | 450 | 31 | 14.5:1 | 59% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 508 | 33.9 | 15.0:1 | 68% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 482 | 33 | 14.6:1 | 65% (315) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 33 | 16.2:1 | 72% (384) |
| 2000-01 | 500 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 49% (245) |
| 1990-91 | 1,057 | 50 | 21.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for H D Staples Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (508 to 406); teachers down 18% (33.9 to 27.8).
About H D Staples Elementary School
H D Staples Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of JOSHUA, Texas. It enrolled 406 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
H D Staples Elementary School reports to JOSHUA ISD, which has 10 schools and 6,026 students.
White students are the majority at H D Staples Elementary School, with 56% of enrollment. After that, the student body is 39% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among all residents of Johnson County, the White share is about 72%. Pick two students at random and there is a 53% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
H D Staples Elementary School operates with 27.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 14.6:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. About 58% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
H D Staples Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 78% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 48.9% at H D Staples Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Johnson County show that the median household income is $84,859, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 77 public schools in Johnson County, enrolling about 39,004 students in all.
The closest public school to H D Staples Elementary School is Joshua High School, about 0.5 miles away. H D Staples Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 51.5% average proficiency ranks 6th among 8 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Town: Fringe, means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
2024-25 enrollment was 406, a 10% decrease from 450 in 2020-21.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JOSHUA ISD
- Joshua High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- R C Loflin Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- A G Elder Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Tom and Nita Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Caddo Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
Other schools in JOSHUA
- Joshua High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- R C Loflin Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- A G Elder Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Caddo Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade CampusHigh · 467 students
Nearby schools
- Joshua High School0.5 mi · 1,313
- A G Elder Elementary School0.5 mi · 670
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade Campus0.7 mi · 467
- New Horizon High School0.7 mi · 30
- Plum Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 446
- R C Loflin Middle School2.3 mi · 696
Frequently asked questions
About H D Staples Elementary SchoolHow many students attend H D Staples Elementary School?
H D Staples Elementary School enrolls approximately 406 students in grades PK-05.
Is H D Staples Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
H D Staples Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at H D Staples Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at H D Staples Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at H D Staples Elementary School?
At H D Staples Elementary School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 39% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees H D Staples Elementary School?
H D Staples Elementary School is overseen by JOSHUA ISD in Johnson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.