J H HINES EL

Set in WACO, Texas, J H HINES EL is a tight-knit primary school, overseen by WACO ISD. It enrolls 379 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 27% below the state mean of about 519.

WACO ISD comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,476 students; J H HINES EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, J H HINES EL shows that Black students make up the majority at 69%; the rest comes out to 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 14% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 19.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 98% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against McLennan County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, J H HINES EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 30.9%; actual is 16.9%, a gap of -14.0 points.

Around the school, McLennan County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,643 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which J H HINES EL is one.

PAUL AND JANE MEYER PUBLIC H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J H HINES EL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 29.5%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at J H HINES EL has declined 25%, going from 503 students in 2018 to 379 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 19.4:1 in 2025.

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