Enrollment
311
Elementary
DISTRICT 387 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KINGSVILLE ISD·NCES 482568002885
Harrel Elementary School
925 W JOHNSTON, KINGSVILLE, TX 78363 · (361) 592-9305 · Kleberg County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL311 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 15% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
14.8:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
280 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 22 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 42 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 52 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 23% · 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
Based on grade levels within KINGSVILLE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 23.0% | 26.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 34.0% |
% 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
29.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Harrel Elementary School
Harrel Elementary School's state test result (29.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrel Elementary School this school | 311 | 90.0% | 29.4% |
| McMasters Elementary School PASADENA | 339 | 88.5% | 62.8% |
| Hazel Ingram Elementary School FERRIS | 335 | 86.9% | N/A |
| Mary Deshazo Elementary School MULESHOE | 304 | 88.5% | 37.1% |
| Neil Armstrong Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 322 | 90.7% | 23.8% |
| Dellview Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 326 | 87.1% | 33.6% |
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 Harrel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Kleberg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.4% | #3,717 of 4,401 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,991 of 4,466 ▲ 487 | #5 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,684 of 4,466 ▼ 82 | #6 of 7 ▼ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 311 | #4,128 of 4,938 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,277 of 4,622 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.8% | #3,392 of 4,628 | #2 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #1,073 of 4,789 | #1 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #2,430 of 2,838 | N/A |
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
311
+80 (+35%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 311 | 21 | 14.8:1 | 90% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 310 | 22.8 | 13.6:1 | 94% (291) |
| 2022-23 | 329 | 23.4 | 14.1:1 | 94% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 231 | 18 | 12.8:1 | 95% (220) |
| 2017-18 | 329 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 97% (320) |
| 2015-16 | 318 | 19 | 16.7:1 | 85% (270) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 22 | 17.1:1 | 84% (315) |
| 2000-01 | 232 | 14 | 16.6:1 | 83% (192) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 23 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harrel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (329 to 311); teachers down 5% (22 to 21).
About Harrel Elementary School
Among the schools in KINGSVILLE, Texas, is Harrel Elementary School, a low-enrollment elementary school. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 311 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
Harrel Elementary School is one school in KINGSVILLE ISD, a system of 5 schools with 2,534 students.
About 82% of the student body at Harrel Elementary School is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 14% White and 4% Black. That compares with about 71% Hispanic among all Kleberg County residents. The school's diversity index is 31%, meaning two students picked at random have a 31% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 21 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 14.8:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Harrel Elementary School is 90%. That is higher than the 70% average for public schools in Kleberg County.
allk12 grades Harrel Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Harrel Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 29.4%, compared with a predicted 35.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Kleberg County, the median household income is $61,292, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 19% of people live in poverty. Besides Harrel Elementary School, Kleberg County has 12 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Santa Gertrudis Academy High School, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Nearby schools with test data average 40.3% proficiency; Harrel Elementary School posts 29.4%.
NCES describes the area around Harrel Elementary School as Town: Distant, meaning in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, Harrel Elementary School's enrollment grew 35%, to 311. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 12.8:1 to 14.8:1.
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Kleberg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
30,579
Census ACS
Median income
$61,292
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
4,746 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KINGSVILLE ISD
- H M King High SchoolHigh · 918 students
- Harvey Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Gillett Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Perez Elementary SchoolElementary · 364 students
Other schools in KINGSVILLE
- H M King High SchoolHigh · 918 students
- Harvey Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- Gillett Middle SchoolMiddle · 455 students
- Ricardo Elementary SchoolElementary · 449 students
- Santa Gertrudis SchoolElementary · 433 students
- Santa Gertrudis Academy High SchoolHigh · 393 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Gertrudis Academy High School0.8 mi · 393
- Santa Gertrudis School1.3 mi · 433
- Perez Elementary School1.8 mi · 364
- H M King High School1.9 mi · 918
- Harvey Elementary School2.0 mi · 486
- Jubilee Kingsville2.0 mi · 302
Frequently asked questions
About Harrel Elementary SchoolHow large is Harrel Elementary School?
Harrel Elementary School enrolls approximately 311 students in grades PK-05.
Is Harrel Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Harrel Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harrel Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harrel Elementary School is approximately 14.8:1 (21 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Harrel Elementary School?
At Harrel Elementary School, the student body is approximately 14% White, 82% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Harrel Elementary School in?
Harrel Elementary School is part of KINGSVILLE ISD.
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