HAY BRANCH EL

HAY BRANCH EL operates as a reasonably sized elementary campus in KILLEEN, Texas, operated by KILLEEN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 522 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 55 schools in KILLEEN ISD (42,883 students total), HAY BRANCH EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HAY BRANCH EL shows that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 28% Hispanic, 14% multiracial, 11% White. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bell County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HAY BRANCH EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 25.5%, a residual of -13.3 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Bell County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,865 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which HAY BRANCH EL is one.

The closest other public school is BELL COUNTY INSPIRE ACADEMY, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HAY BRANCH EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAY BRANCH EL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 34.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. HAY BRANCH EL's enrollment has decreased 23% since 2018, when it stood at 680 (now 522). Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 53% to 45%.

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