HICO EL

HICO EL, a small K-5 school in HICO, Texas, operated by HICO ISD, serves 303 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 42% below the state mean of about 519.

HICO ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 627 students. HICO EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, HICO EL lists that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hamilton County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, HICO EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.0%, the actual is 39.4%, a residual of -12.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Hamilton County shows the typical household earns roughly $58,219 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. In all, Hamilton County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,787 students), of which HICO EL is one.

The closest other public school is HICO H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HICO EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 42.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HICO EL has changed only slightly, going from 305 students in 2018 to 303 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 79% to 75% over that span.

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