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HIDDEN LAKES EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HIDDEN LAKES EL
As a close-knit K-5 school in KELLER, Texas, HIDDEN LAKES EL hosts 396 students from grades pre-K through 4, one of the schools within KELLER ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 519.
HIDDEN LAKES EL is one of 42 schools operated by KELLER ISD, a district that educates 32,042 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, HIDDEN LAKES EL records that White students make up the majority at 59%; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 9% Asian, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HIDDEN LAKES EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HIDDEN LAKES EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 8% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
With demographic context factored in, HIDDEN LAKES EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.2%, the actual is 83.7%, a residual of +13.5 points.
In the broader community, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which HIDDEN LAKES EL is one.
SHADY GROVE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HIDDEN LAKES EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HIDDEN LAKES EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 76.4%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HIDDEN LAKES EL has contracted 6%, going from 423 students in 2018 to 396 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 78% to 59% over that span.
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