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HUTTO EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 HUTTO EL
As a high-enrollment elementary-level community in HUTTO, Texas, HUTTO EL works with 820 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under HUTTO ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 58% bigger than typical.
HUTTO EL is one of 15 schools operated by HUTTO ISD, a district that caters to 10,688 students overall.
Demographically, HUTTO EL logs that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder looks like 32% White, 14% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Williamson County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, HUTTO EL reports 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 35% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HUTTO EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.7%; this one delivers 48.2%.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Williamson County put median household income runs about $111,340, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. HUTTO EL is one of 208 public schools in Williamson County (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students).
HUTTO VIRTUAL ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HUTTO EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.
HUTTO EL operates from a countryside location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 79%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 820 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 49% to 32% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.
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