HOWARD NORMAN EL

HOWARD NORMAN EL is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in HUTTO, Texas, part of HUTTO ISD, with 554 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

HOWARD NORMAN EL is one of 15 schools operated by HUTTO ISD, a district that instructs 10,688 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOWARD NORMAN EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest consists of 34% White, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Williamson County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOWARD NORMAN EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.1%; HOWARD NORMAN EL posts 35.3%, -20.8 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Williamson County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $111,340 per year, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Williamson County runs 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), of which HOWARD NORMAN EL is one.

FARLEY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOWARD NORMAN EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. HOWARD NORMAN EL's enrollment has ticked down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 660 (now 554). White enrollment moved from 41% to 34% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.