HAWKINS EL

HAWKINS EL is a primary school of compact scale in HAWKINS, Texas, operated by HAWKINS ISD, caters to 378 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 2 schools in HAWKINS ISD (811 students total), HAWKINS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HAWKINS EL logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 9% Hispanic, 8% Black, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, HAWKINS EL has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at HAWKINS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HAWKINS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of -3.6 points.

Across the wider county, Wood County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,300 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. HAWKINS EL is one of 18 public schools in Wood County (combined enrollment of about 6,349 students).

Nearest neighbor: HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAWKINS EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 18%: 320 students in 2018 compared to 378 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 today.

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