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HOPKINS EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 HOPKINS EL
Set in VICTORIA, Texas, HOPKINS EL is a tight-knit elementary campus, operated by VICTORIA ISD. It serves 439 students across grades pre-K through 5.
Across the 25 schools in VICTORIA ISD (12,919 students total), HOPKINS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, HOPKINS EL reports that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 9% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Victoria County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 93% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Victoria County (around 69%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOPKINS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.4%; this one delivers 23.6%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Victoria County put median household earnings sit near $70,896, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. HOPKINS EL is one of 33 public schools in Victoria County (combined enrollment of about 14,160 students).
Nearest neighbor: EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER AT FW GROSS, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOPKINS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOPKINS EL at 1st of 5; the average score across the group is 19.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Trend over the last 7 years. HOPKINS EL's enrollment has declined 10% since 2018, when it stood at 489 (now 439).
On the community side, members of the HOPKINS EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Victoria County at a glance
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- VISD SUCCESS ACADEMY1.3 mi · 214
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