Enrollment
390
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COPPERAS COVE ISD·NCES 481524001032
Hettie Halstead Elementary School
910 N MAIN ST, COPPERAS COVE, TX 76522 · (254) 547-3440 · Coryell County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL390 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 32% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
11.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
240 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 82 | 21% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 64% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -41.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 100.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 71.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Hettie Halstead Elementary School
Hettie Halstead Elementary School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hettie Halstead Elementary School this school | 390 | 61.5% | 42.8% |
| Mitchell Elementary School BRYAN | 426 | 61.0% | 51.3% |
| Kennedy-Powell Elementary School TEMPLE | 384 | 61.5% | 51.8% |
| Mary Jo Sheppard Elementary School MANSFIELD | 440 | 61.8% | 51.1% |
| Raye-Allen Elementary School TEMPLE | 441 | 63.9% | 37.0% |
| R F Patterson Elementary School ARLINGTON | 331 | 60.4% | 41.9% |
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 Hettie Halstead Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Coryell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #2,229 of 4,401 | #9 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,257 of 4,466 ▲ 547 | #8 of 11 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,126 of 4,466 ▲ 91 | #9 of 11 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -31.0pp | #13 of 3,998 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 390 | #3,563 of 4,938 | #9 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #280 of 4,622 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.7% | #138 of 4,628 | #3 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.5% | #3,040 of 4,789 | #7 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.0% | #418 of 1,307 | N/A |
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
390
+35 (+10%) vs 2020
+14% since 1990-91, when it was 341
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 390 | 33.1 | 11.8:1 | 62% (240) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 32.2 | 12.4:1 | 68% (272) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 35.5 | 11.2:1 | 71% (283) |
| 2020-21 | 355 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 74% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 26.1 | 12.5:1 | 72% (234) |
| 2015-16 | 323 | 26 | 12.4:1 | 73% (237) |
| 2010-11 | 548 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 59% (322) |
| 2000-01 | 422 | 32 | 13.2:1 | 48% (204) |
| 1990-91 | 341 | 56 | 6.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hettie Halstead Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (325 to 390); teachers up 27% (26.1 to 33.1).
About Hettie Halstead Elementary School
Hettie Halstead Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school that serves part of COPPERAS COVE, Texas. In all, 390 students attend the school in kindergarten through 5. That is 25% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Hettie Halstead Elementary School sits within COPPERAS COVE ISD, which has 11 schools and 7,761 students.
Of every 100 students at Hettie Halstead Elementary School, about 31 are Hispanic, the largest group. The school is also 27% White, 26% Black, and 13% multiracial. That is higher than the 21% Hispanic share among all Coryell County residents. A diversity index of 75% means there is a 75% chance two randomly chosen students at Hettie Halstead Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 33.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 11.8:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 3.3 students per teacher. The school reported 62% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Hettie Halstead Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 32% of Texas public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Hettie Halstead Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 42.8% actual against 47.4% predicted.
For the population of Coryell County, median household income comes to about $71,301, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Coryell County counts 25 public schools with about 14,561 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Crossroads High School, is about 0.6 miles. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.4%; Hettie Halstead Elementary School's is 42.8%, ranking 6th of 7.
Hettie Halstead Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
From 355 students in 2020-21, enrollment increased to 390 by 2024-25. The school's ratio dropped from 13.2:1 to 11.8:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Coryell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
84,748
Census ACS
Median income
$71,301
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
14,561 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COPPERAS COVE ISD
- Copperas Cove High SchoolHigh · 2,247 students
- S C Lee Junior High SchoolMiddle · 932 students
- C R Clements/Hollie Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 847 students
- Copperas Cove Junior High SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- J L Williams/Lovett Ledger Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- House Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Other schools in COPPERAS COVE
- Copperas Cove High SchoolHigh · 2,247 students
- S C Lee Junior High SchoolMiddle · 932 students
- C R Clements/Hollie Parsons Elementary SchoolElementary · 847 students
- Copperas Cove Junior High SchoolMiddle · 812 students
- J L Williams/Lovett Ledger Elementary SchoolElementary · 635 students
- House Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 622 students
Nearby schools
- Crossroads High School0.6 mi · 130
- Copperas Cove High School1.1 mi · 2,247
- Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary School1.1 mi · 473
- J L Williams/Lovett Ledger Elementary School1.1 mi · 635
- Copperas Cove Junior High School1.2 mi · 812
- S C Lee Junior High School1.3 mi · 932
Frequently asked questions
About Hettie Halstead Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hettie Halstead Elementary School?
Hettie Halstead Elementary School enrolls approximately 390 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Hettie Halstead Elementary School serve?
Hettie Halstead Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Hettie Halstead Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Hettie Halstead Elementary School.
How diverse is Hettie Halstead Elementary School?
Hettie Halstead Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 31% Hispanic, 26% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Hettie Halstead Elementary School?
Hettie Halstead Elementary School is overseen by COPPERAS COVE ISD in Coryell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.