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What tradition at HARWELL EL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850010914
Harwell Elementary School
4101 AVE D, LUBBOCK, TX 79404 · (806) 219-5700 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
339 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 33 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 60 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 28.0% | 31.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 27.0% | 35.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
28.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Harwell Elementary School
Harwell Elementary School's state test result (28.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harwell Elementary School this school | 385 | 88.1% | 28.3% |
| Cisneros Pre-K Center GARLAND | 355 | 87.9% | N/A |
| Robbin E L Washington International Elementary School EL PASO | 371 | 88.4% | 44.5% |
| Oleson Elementary School HOUSTON | 411 | 90.3% | 29.3% |
| George Clarke Elementary School FORT WORTH | 388 | 88.1% | 32.1% |
| Regency Place Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 419 | 87.1% | 36.7% |
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 Harwell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.3% | #3,815 of 4,401 | #49 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,465 of 4,466 ▼ 292 | #38 of 52 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,370 of 4,466 ▲ 715 | #38 of 52 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,137 of 3,998 | #7 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #3,610 of 4,938 | #37 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,326 of 4,622 | #19 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.3% | #3,980 of 4,628 | #52 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.1% | #1,278 of 4,789 | #16 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.5% | #818 of 2,838 | #8 of 33 |
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
385
-48 (-11%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 491
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 385 | 28 | 13.8:1 | 88% (339) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 28.8 | 13.4:1 | 89% (343) |
| 2022-23 | 410 | 31.1 | 13.2:1 | 88% (362) |
| 2020-21 | 433 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 86% (373) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 35 | 14.6:1 | 88% (447) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 85% (446) |
| 2010-11 | 491 | 31 | 15.8:1 | 88% (431) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Harwell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (510 to 385); teachers down 20% (35 to 28).
About Harwell Elementary School
This page covers Harwell Elementary School, a small elementary school in LUBBOCK, Texas. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 385 students. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
Within LUBBOCK ISD, Harwell Elementary School is one of 49 schools. The district enrolls 24,237 students.
Harwell Elementary School's enrollment is 93% Hispanic. The remaining shares are 4% Black. Lubbock County as a whole is about 36% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 13% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Federal staffing data show 28 full-time-equivalent teachers at Harwell Elementary School and a ratio of 13.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 88% of enrollment. Public schools in Lubbock County average 57%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Harwell Elementary School is 7.8 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 28.3% actual, 36.1% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Lubbock County has about 318,884 residents, and the median household income is $64,155, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. In all, Lubbock County has 110 public schools and roughly 52,301 students.
Bean Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles away. Within five miles of Harwell Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Of 5 schools in the immediate area with test results, Harwell Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Over 4 years, Harwell Elementary School's enrollment declined 11%, to 385. The number of students per teacher rose from 12.7 to 13.8 over 4 years.
Community posts for Harwell Elementary School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Nearby schools
- Bean Elementary School1.0 mi · 218
- Hodges Elementary School1.0 mi · 292
- Bean Elementary School1.0 mi · 235
- Triumph Public High Schools-Lubbock1.0 mi · 133
- Slaton Middle School1.0 mi · 321
- Texasworks - Lubbock-Briercroft1.2 mi · 19
Frequently asked questions
About Harwell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Harwell Elementary School?
Harwell Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Harwell Elementary School serve?
Harwell Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Harwell Elementary School have?
Harwell Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Harwell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Harwell Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 93% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Two or more.
What district is Harwell Elementary School in?
Harwell Elementary School is part of LUBBOCK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.