HEMPHILL EL

HEMPHILL EL operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in KYLE, Texas, operated by HAYS CISD. Current enrollment sits at 651 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 25% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 27 schools in HAYS CISD (24,330 students total), HEMPHILL EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, HEMPHILL EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 13% White, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 60% of students at HEMPHILL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hays County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HEMPHILL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hays County indicate median household earnings sit near $89,097, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. HEMPHILL EL is one of 63 public schools in Hays County (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students).

Nearest neighbor: D J RED SIMON MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HEMPHILL EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HEMPHILL EL has fell 21%, going from 828 students in 2018 to 651 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 95% to 77% over that span.

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