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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 515 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDWAY ISD·NCES 483064006452
Hewitt Elementary School
900 PANTHER WAY, HEWITT, TX 76643 · (254) 761-5750 · McLennan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
305 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 49 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 31% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 27.0% | 17.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 38.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 72.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 72.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
51.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Hewitt Elementary School
Hewitt Elementary School's state test result (51.2% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hewitt Elementary School this school | 511 | 59.7% | 51.2% |
| Ward Elementary School ABILENE | 502 | 57.8% | 43.5% |
| Castleman Creek Elementary School HEWITT | 570 | 56.5% | 51.3% |
| Cumberland Academy Lower Elementary School TYLER | 459 | 59.3% | N/A |
| Richard E Cavazos Elementary School NOLANVILLE | 567 | 57.5% | 63.1% |
| Alton Bowen Elementary School BRYAN | 440 | 60.0% | 51.9% |
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 Hewitt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In McLennan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.2% | #1,335 of 4,401 | #14 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,418 of 4,466 ▼ 186 | #14 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #1,125 of 4,466 ▲ 408 | #12 of 41 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.0pp | #220 of 3,998 | #5 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #2,420 of 4,938 | #13 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,075 of 4,622 | #21 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.4% | #300 of 4,628 | #1 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.7% | #3,132 of 4,789 | #27 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.8% | #2,326 of 2,838 | #19 of 28 |
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
511
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 578
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 511 | 35.1 | 14.6:1 | 60% (305) |
| 2023-24 | 498 | 34.8 | 14.3:1 | 60% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 58% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 520 | 36 | 14.4:1 | 49% (256) |
| 2017-18 | 548 | 34.1 | 16.1:1 | 52% (285) |
| 2015-16 | 578 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 57% (329) |
| 2010-11 | 486 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 49% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 488 | 31 | 15.7:1 | 30% (145) |
| 1990-91 | 578 | 36 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hewitt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (548 to 511); teachers up 3% (34.1 to 35.1).
About Hewitt Elementary School
In HEWITT, Texas, Hewitt Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 511 students in pre-K through 5.
Hewitt Elementary School is a school in MIDWAY ISD. The district has 12 schools and 8,824 students.
The student body at Hewitt Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 36%. Next come 33% Hispanic, 17% Black, 8% multiracial, and 4% Asian. The county population is about 59% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Classroom staffing at Hewitt Elementary School totals 35.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.6:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Hewitt Elementary School is about 60%. Public schools in McLennan County average a similar 62%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Hewitt Elementary School is 3.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 51.2%. Predicted: 48.2%.
In McLennan County, the median household earns about $66,643 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. McLennan County has 124 public schools with about 45,703 students, including Hewitt Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Chapel Park Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Hewitt Elementary School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Mid-size, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (520) and 2024-25 (511).
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McLennan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
266,067
Census ACS
Median income
$66,643
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
45,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDWAY ISD
- Midway High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Midway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- River Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 902 students
- Park Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- South Bosque Elementary SchoolElementary · 578 students
- Castleman Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
Other schools in HEWITT
- Midway Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,112 students
- Park Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 680 students
- Castleman Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Spring Valley Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
Nearby schools
- Chapel Park Elementary School0.7 mi · 532
- Midway Middle School0.8 mi · 1,112
- Castleman Creek Elementary School1.2 mi · 570
- Midway High School1.2 mi · 2,687
- Park Hill Elementary School1.5 mi · 680
- Woodway Elementary School2.1 mi · 547
Frequently asked questions
About Hewitt Elementary SchoolHow large is Hewitt Elementary School?
Hewitt Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Hewitt Elementary School serve?
Hewitt Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hewitt Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hewitt Elementary School is approximately 14.6:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hewitt Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hewitt Elementary School are roughly 36% White, 33% Hispanic, 17% Black, 4% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Hewitt Elementary School?
Hewitt Elementary School is overseen by MIDWAY ISD in McLennan County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.