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HL BROCKETT
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 54 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HL BROCKETT
Set in AUBREY, Texas, HL BROCKETT is a reasonably sized primary school, run under AUBREY ISD. It educates 548 students across grades K through 5.
AUBREY ISD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 4,480 students; HL BROCKETT is among them.
Demographically, HL BROCKETT shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. Compared to Denton County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HL BROCKETT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.4%; this one delivers 58.6%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), HL BROCKETT is one campus in the mix.
AUBREY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HL BROCKETT at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 41.8%.
HL BROCKETT operates from a small-town location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 12%: 488 students in 2018 compared to 548 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 74% to 60%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.
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