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Enrollment
550
Elementary
DISTRICT 614 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROYSE CITY ISD·NCES 483822014015
Harry Herndon Elementary School
300 N BLACKLAND RD, ROYSE CITY, TX 75189 · (469) 721-8101 · Rockwall County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL550 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 25% 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.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-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
15.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
261 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (101).
Student demographics
64%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 34.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 49.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 53.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
40.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Harry Herndon Elementary School
Harry Herndon Elementary School's state test result (40.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harry Herndon Elementary School this school | 550 | 47.5% | 40.0% |
| Watts Elementary School CIBOLO | 500 | 46.4% | 36.7% |
| Victor H Hexter Elementary School DALLAS | 481 | 49.9% | 52.9% |
| Legacy Elementary School LUBBOCK | 579 | 49.9% | 56.5% |
| Clear Lake City Elementary School HOUSTON | 507 | 49.7% | 56.4% |
| Pecan Creek Elementary School DENTON | 656 | 47.0% | 48.9% |
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 Harry Herndon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Rockwall County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,589 of 4,401 | #22 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,656 of 4,466 ▲ 534 | #21 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,980 of 4,466 ▲ 777 | #18 of 23 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,956 of 3,998 | #12 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 550 | #2,042 of 4,938 | #15 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,428 of 4,622 | #9 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.3% | #1,038 of 4,628 | #10 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #3,678 of 4,789 | #7 of 23 |
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
550
+21 (+4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 550 | 36.7 | 15.0:1 | 47% (261) |
| 2023-24 | 530 | 38.3 | 13.8:1 | 48% (255) |
| 2022-23 | 536 | 41 | 13.1:1 | 49% (262) |
| 2020-21 | 529 | 39 | 13.6:1 | 47% (247) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harry Herndon Elementary School.
About Harry Herndon Elementary School
Harry Herndon Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in ROYSE CITY, Texas. The school's 550 students are in pre-K through 5.
The district, ROYSE CITY ISD, has 10,034 students enrolled across 11 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Harry Herndon Elementary School, at 47%. The rest of enrollment is 35% White, 12% Black, and 4% multiracial. Among all residents of Rockwall County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. Harry Herndon Elementary School's diversity index is 64%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harry Herndon Elementary School and a ratio of 15.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 47% of enrollment. That is higher than the 29% average for public schools in Rockwall County.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Harry Herndon Elementary School receives a C. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Harry Herndon Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.0%, compared with a predicted 53.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Rockwall County show that the median household income is $127,981, about 45% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 3%. Besides Harry Herndon Elementary School, Rockwall County has 33 other public schools.
The closest other public school is Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Fate, about 0.6 miles away. Harry Herndon Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Harry Herndon Elementary School ranks 9th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 40.0% against a local average of 51.7%.
The NCES locale for Harry Herndon Elementary School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 550 students in 2024-25, 21 more than the 529 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.0:1) than in 2020-21 (13.6:1).
The Harry Herndon Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Rockwall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
123,617
Census ACS
Median income
$127,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROYSE CITY ISD
- Royse City High SchoolHigh · 2,834 students
- Ouida Baley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- Bobby Summers Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,066 students
- Miss May Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 790 students
- Ruth Cherry Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- W R (bill) Fort Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
Other schools in ROYSE CITY
- Royse City High SchoolHigh · 2,834 students
- Ouida Baley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,224 students
- Ruth Cherry Elementary SchoolElementary · 772 students
- W R (bill) Fort Elementary SchoolElementary · 762 students
- John & Barbara Roderick Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
- Davis Elementary SchoolElementary · 616 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Fate0.6 mi · 344
- Lupe Garcia Elementary School1.2 mi · 864
- Bobby Summers Middle School1.5 mi · 1,066
- Billie Stevenson Elementary School1.8 mi · 805
- Miss May Vernon Elementary School1.8 mi · 790
- Pioneer Technology (ptaa) Royse City Elementary School2.1 mi · 194
Frequently asked questions
About Harry Herndon Elementary SchoolHow large is Harry Herndon Elementary School?
Harry Herndon Elementary School enrolls approximately 550 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harry Herndon Elementary School serve?
Harry Herndon Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Harry Herndon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Harry Herndon Elementary School is approximately 15.0:1 (37 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Harry Herndon Elementary School?
Harry Herndon Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 47% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Harry Herndon Elementary School in?
Harry Herndon Elementary School is part of ROYSE CITY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.