HAYNES EL

As a substantial elementary-level community in KILLEEN, Texas, HAYNES EL works with 811 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by KILLEEN ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HAYNES EL sits 56% above that benchmark.

HAYNES EL is one of 55 schools operated by KILLEEN ISD, a district that enrolls 42,883 students overall.

On demographics, HAYNES EL logs that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 32% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% White, 3% Asian. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bell County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HAYNES EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.3%; this one delivers 42.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bell County put median household earnings sit near $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bell County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), HAYNES EL is one campus in the mix.

ROY J SMITH MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HAYNES EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAYNES EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 39.6%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. HAYNES EL's enrollment has contracted 23% since 2018, when it stood at 1,053 (now 811). White enrollment moved from 23% to 10% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.