HILL COUNTRY EL

HILL COUNTRY EL operates as a mid-tier elementary school in PIPE CREEK, Texas, one of the schools within BANDERA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 446 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

BANDERA ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,218 students; HILL COUNTRY EL is among them.

On demographics, HILL COUNTRY EL lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school lists 31% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.

On the income-and-resources front, HILL COUNTRY EL lists 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 57% of students at HILL COUNTRY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, HILL COUNTRY EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.9%; actual is 27.1%, a gap of -21.8 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bandera County) shows that median household earnings sit near $75,813, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HILL COUNTRY EL is one of 5 public schools in Bandera County (combined enrollment of about 2,461 students).

ALKEK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 8.0 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HILL COUNTRY EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HILL COUNTRY EL has fell 14%, going from 518 students in 2018 to 446 in 2025. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.

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