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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at HIDDEN LAKES EL this year?
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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KELLER ISD·NCES 482526008918
Hidden Lakes Elementary School
900 PRESTON LN, KELLER, TX 76248 · (817) 744-5000 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
33 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 46 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 22% smaller than its 4th grade class (73).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
86.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
81.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 86 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 49.0% | 37.0% | 9.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 53.0% | 28.0% | 9.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 86.0% | 81.0% |
| 2024-25 | 86.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 83.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 70% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Hidden Lakes Elementary School
Hidden Lakes Elementary School's state test result (84.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hidden Lakes Elementary School this school | 396 | 8.3% | 84.9% |
| Memorial Drive Elementary School HOUSTON | 388 | 7.2% | 84.2% |
| Canyon Creek Elementary School RICHARDSON | 374 | 8.0% | 73.0% |
| Dorothy P Adkins Elementary School LANTANA | 452 | 12.4% | 59.8% |
| Steiner Ranch Elementary School AUSTIN | 417 | 11.8% | 63.8% |
| Westside Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 504 | 9.9% | 58.0% |
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 Hidden Lakes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.9% | #30 of 4,401 | #2 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #126 of 4,466 ▼ 31 | #10 of 339 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #96 of 4,466 ▲ 5 | #11 of 339 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +33.5pp | #100 of 3,998 | #5 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #3,514 of 4,938 | #272 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #856 of 4,622 | #55 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.1% | #1,398 of 4,628 | #181 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.3% | #4,690 of 4,789 | #338 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.4% | #2,356 of 2,838 | #202 of 242 |
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
396
+9 (+2%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.7:1
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 | 396 | 30.3 | 13.1:1 | 8% (33) |
| 2023-24 | 402 | 33.2 | 12.1:1 | 11% (44) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 35.6 | 11.9:1 | 9% (38) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 33 | 11.7:1 | 8% (30) |
| 2017-18 | 423 | 30.8 | 13.7:1 | 2% (7) |
| 2015-16 | 424 | 33 | 12.8:1 | 1% (6) |
| 2010-11 | 700 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 29 | 16.2:1 | 3% (14) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hidden Lakes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (423 to 396); teachers down 2% (30.8 to 30.3).
About Hidden Lakes Elementary School
Hidden Lakes Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in KELLER, Texas. Grades offered run from pre-K through 4, with 396 students enrolled. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
KELLER ISD counts 32,042 students in its 42 schools, and Hidden Lakes Elementary School is one of them.
Hidden Lakes Elementary School's enrollment is 59% White. The next largest groups are 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, and 3% Black. In Tarrant County overall, about 48% of residents are White. Hidden Lakes Elementary School has a diversity index of 60%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Hidden Lakes Elementary School employs 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.1:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 8% in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Tarrant County average 63%.
Hidden Lakes Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 84.9%. Predicted: 70.1%. Difference: 14.7 points.
Federal survey data for Tarrant County show that median household income is about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 639 public schools operate in Tarrant County, serving about 385,835 students.
Shady Grove Elementary School is located about 0.8 miles from Hidden Lakes Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hidden Lakes Elementary School is 2nd of 8 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Hidden Lakes Elementary School is coded Suburb: Large, for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's size has been steady, with 387 students in 2020-21 and 396 in 2024-25. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio rose to 13.1:1, from 11.7:1.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Hidden Lakes Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KELLER ISD
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- Keller High SchoolHigh · 2,951 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Hillwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,126 students
- Parkwood Hill Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,022 students
Other schools in KELLER
- Keller High SchoolHigh · 2,951 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Trinity Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Bear Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Keller Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Shady Grove Elementary School0.8 mi · 378
- Florence Elementary School1.7 mi · 475
- Liberty Elementary School1.8 mi · 414
- Bear Creek Intermediate School1.8 mi · 904
- Green Valley Elementary School1.9 mi · 406
- Carroll Elementary School1.9 mi · 610
Frequently asked questions
About Hidden Lakes Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Hidden Lakes Elementary School?
Hidden Lakes Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Hidden Lakes Elementary School serve?
Hidden Lakes Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Hidden Lakes Elementary School have?
Hidden Lakes Elementary School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1.
How diverse is Hidden Lakes Elementary School?
Hidden Lakes Elementary School reports a student body of 59% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Hidden Lakes Elementary School in?
Hidden Lakes Elementary School is part of KELLER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.