HARPER EL

HARPER EL is one of the small elementary campuss in HARPER, Texas, run under HARPER ISD, with 223 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HARPER EL sits 57% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in HARPER ISD (591 students total), HARPER EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HARPER EL logs that 66% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Gillespie County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, HARPER EL lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 51% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, HARPER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 62.8%, a residual of +11.3 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Gillespie County) logs that median household income runs about $76,162, roughly 37% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Gillespie County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,641 students), HARPER EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HARPER H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARPER EL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 59.9%.

HARPER EL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 215 students in 2018 compared to 223 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 84% to 66% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.