J K HILEMAN EL
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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 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About J K HILEMAN EL
J K HILEMAN EL is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in QUEEN CITY, Texas, run under QUEEN CITY ISD, caters to 341 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 34% smaller than typical.
Within QUEEN CITY ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 867 students, J K HILEMAN EL is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, J K HILEMAN EL records that White students make up the majority at 75%; the rest reads as 11% Black, 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Cass County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 72% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Cass County's rate of about 60%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, J K HILEMAN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 56.0%.
In the broader community, census data for Cass County shows median household income runs about $53,813, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Cass County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,268 students), of which J K HILEMAN EL is one.
QUEEN CITY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around J K HILEMAN EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), J K HILEMAN EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 49.9%.
J K HILEMAN EL operates from a rural location.
Looking at the recent track record. J K HILEMAN EL's enrollment has ticked down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 399 (now 341). Black enrollment moved from 18% to 11% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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