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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST ISD·NCES 483318011208
J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School
13824 LOST SPURS RD, ROANOKE, TX 76262 · (817) 698-1900 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 60% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
283 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 51 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 30.0% | 18.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 30.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 59.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 51.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 48.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School
J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School's state test result (55.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School this school | 672 | 42.1% | 55.4% |
| O A Peterson FORT WORTH | 655 | 40.3% | 44.8% |
| Spring Garden Elementary School BEDFORD | 599 | 43.4% | 58.5% |
| Judith L Harlow Elementary School ANNA | 731 | 44.2% | 47.5% |
| Little Elementary School ARLINGTON | 740 | 45.4% | 49.1% |
| Dr Bryan C Jack Elementary School TYLER | 706 | 45.5% | 53.6% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.4% | #1,034 of 4,401 | #63 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,788 of 4,466 ▼ 772 | #108 of 339 ▼ 48 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,560 of 4,466 ▼ 557 | #100 of 339 ▼ 35 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #537 of 3,998 | #56 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #1,108 of 4,938 | #51 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,618 of 4,622 | #109 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #351 of 4,628 | #60 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #3,871 of 4,789 | #276 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.3% | #932 of 1,307 | #48 of 72 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
672
+79 (+13%) vs 2020
+17% since 2010-11, when it was 575
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 672 | 47.7 | 14.1:1 | 42% (283) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 46.7 | 14.2:1 | 40% (264) |
| 2022-23 | 672 | 46.2 | 14.6:1 | 36% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 42 | 14.1:1 | 24% (143) |
| 2017-18 | 632 | 39.8 | 15.9:1 | 26% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 25% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 575 | 34 | 16.9:1 | 28% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (632 to 672); teachers up 20% (39.8 to 47.7).
About J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School
Located in ROANOKE, Texas, J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school had 672 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School falls under NORTHWEST ISD, which has 37 schools enrolling 32,098 students.
J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 42%. Other students are 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, and 7% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
Federal data list 47.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 14.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 42%. For comparison, public schools in Tarrant County average 63%.
allk12 grades J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School a B. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 55.7% for a school in Texas with J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School posts 55.4%.
Tarrant County has these Census figures: median household income is about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School is among the 639 public schools in Tarrant County.
The closest other public school is John M Tidwell Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 61.5% on proficiency, and J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School is below that at 55.4%.
In the federal locale system, J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 672, 13% above the 593 of 2020-21.
Discussion on this page can cover sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NORTHWEST ISD
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Byron Nelson High SchoolHigh · 2,969 students
- Northwest High SchoolHigh · 2,672 students
- Cw Worthington Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,201 students
- Gene Pike Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
- Medlin Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,109 students
Other schools in ROANOKE
- John M Tidwell Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,062 students
- Roanoke Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Wayne A Cox Elementary SchoolElementary · 701 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 487 students
- James M Steele Early College High SchoolHigh · 309 students
Nearby schools
- John M Tidwell Middle School0.5 mi · 1,062
- Kay Granger Elementary School1.7 mi · 637
- Timber Creek High School2.2 mi · 2,970
- Caprock Elementary School2.3 mi · 608
- Independence Elementary School2.6 mi · 447
- Wayne A Cox Elementary School2.8 mi · 701
Frequently asked questions
About J Lyndal Hughes Elementary SchoolHow many students attend J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School?
J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School serve?
J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (48 FTE teachers).
How diverse is J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School?
J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School?
J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School is overseen by NORTHWEST ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.