HOLLAND EL

HOLLAND EL is a tight-knit elementary campus in HOLLAND, Texas, overseen by HOLLAND ISD. The school teaches 316 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 39% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 3 schools in HOLLAND ISD (646 students total), HOLLAND EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HOLLAND EL lists that 68% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder consists of 27% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 49% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HOLLAND EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bell County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOLLAND EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.3%, the actual is 61.1%, a residual of +3.8 points.

Across the wider county, Bell County reports that median household income runs about $68,865, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bell County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), HOLLAND EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HOLLAND H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HOLLAND EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 55.4%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 311 students in 2018 compared to 316 in 2025.

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