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If you could change one rule at HAYNES EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
811
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566012378
Haynes Elementary School
3309 W CANADIAN RIVER LOOP, KILLEEN, TX 76549 · (254) 336-6750 · Bell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL811 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 48% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats 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
16.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
549 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 86 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 121 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 12% smaller than its 5th grade class (121).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Haynes Elementary School
Haynes Elementary School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haynes Elementary School this school | 811 | 67.7% | 43.4% |
| Dr Joseph A Fowler Elementary School KILLEEN | 739 | 64.4% | 43.8% |
| Iduma Elementary School KILLEEN | 801 | 71.8% | 39.4% |
| Reeces Creek Elementary School KILLEEN | 832 | 72.4% | 36.8% |
| Barbara Walker Elementary School HEARTLAND | 709 | 66.4% | 30.6% |
| Ray Daily Elementary School HOUSTON | 853 | 67.2% | 43.3% |
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 Haynes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #2,171 of 4,401 | #24 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,422 of 4,466 ▲ 169 | #22 of 55 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,745 of 4,466 ▲ 630 | #18 of 55 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #2,003 of 3,998 | #22 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 811 | #411 of 4,938 | #10 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,521 of 4,622 | #45 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.4% | #491 of 4,628 | #23 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #2,681 of 4,789 | #24 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -23.0% | #939 of 2,838 | #11 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
811
-126 (-13%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 811 | 49.6 | 16.3:1 | 68% (549) |
| 2023-24 | 768 | 50 | 15.4:1 | 65% (502) |
| 2022-23 | 780 | 51.2 | 15.2:1 | 57% (444) |
| 2020-21 | 937 | 61 | 15.4:1 | 52% (483) |
| 2017-18 | 1,053 | 62.7 | 16.8:1 | 49% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 1,213 | 70 | 17.3:1 | 50% (607) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haynes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (1,053 to 811); teachers down 21% (62.7 to 49.6).
About Haynes Elementary School
Haynes Elementary School, located in KILLEEN, Texas, is a high-enrollment elementary school. It had 811 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
KILLEEN ISD counts 42,883 students in its 55 schools, and Haynes Elementary School is one of them.
Black students make up 41% of enrollment at Haynes Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Beyond that, enrollment is 32% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 10% White, and 3% Asian. In Bell County overall, about 23% of residents are Black. A diversity index of 70% means there is a 70% chance two randomly chosen students at Haynes Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 49.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 16.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Of all students at Haynes Elementary School, 68% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 57% for public schools in Bell County.
Haynes Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 48% of Texas public elementary schools.
Haynes Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 43.4% is 1.4 points below the 44.8% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Bell County show that the median household earns about $68,865 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Bell County has 130 public schools with about 71,041 students, including Haynes Elementary School.
Haynes Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Roy J Smith Middle School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Haynes Elementary School at 2nd of 8.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
The school shrank from 937 students in 2020-21 to 811 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Haynes Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in KILLEEN
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
- Killeen Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,091 students
Nearby schools
- Roy J Smith Middle School0.5 mi · 1,135
- Dr Joseph A Fowler Elementary School0.9 mi · 739
- El Alter Learning Center0.9 mi · 13
- Willow Springs Elementary School1.2 mi · 670
- Iduma Elementary School1.5 mi · 801
- Pat Carney Elementary School1.9 mi · 733
Frequently asked questions
About Haynes Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Haynes Elementary School?
Haynes Elementary School enrolls approximately 811 students in grades PK-05.
Is Haynes Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Haynes Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Haynes Elementary School have?
Haynes Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Haynes Elementary School?
Student demographics at Haynes Elementary School are roughly 10% White, 32% Hispanic, 41% Black, 3% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Haynes Elementary School in?
Haynes Elementary School is part of KILLEEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.