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How has JUDY HAJEK EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
628
Elementary
DISTRICT 557 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURLESON ISD·NCES 481218011540
Judy Hajek Elementary School
555 NE MCALISTER, BURLESON, TX 76028 · (817) 245-3700 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL628 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 67% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
15.8:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
234 students
DISTRICT 41% · 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 | 23 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 108 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 36.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
54.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Judy Hajek Elementary School
Judy Hajek Elementary School's state test result (54.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judy Hajek Elementary School this school | 628 | 37.3% | 54.7% |
| Lake Country Elementary School FORT WORTH | 655 | 33.4% | 44.4% |
| Joe M Pirtle Elementary School TEMPLE | 575 | 40.3% | 45.8% |
| Theiss Elementary School KLEIN | 637 | 35.0% | 55.2% |
| J C Thompson Elementary School HASLET | 726 | 35.5% | 40.0% |
| W R (bill) Fort Elementary School ROYSE CITY | 762 | 36.2% | 46.7% |
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 Judy Hajek Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 54.7% | #1,096 of 4,401 | #68 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,042 of 4,466 ▲ 638 | #55 of 339 ▲ 45 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,328 of 4,466 ▼ 306 | #83 of 339 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #910 of 3,998 | #62 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 628 | #1,406 of 4,938 | #79 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,153 of 4,622 | #265 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #872 of 4,628 | #130 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.3% | #4,031 of 4,789 | #289 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.7% | #2,730 of 2,838 | #231 of 242 |
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
628
+33 (+6%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 517
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 628 | 39.7 | 15.8:1 | 37% (234) |
| 2023-24 | 566 | 38 | 14.9:1 | 40% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 36.5 | 16.3:1 | 32% (192) |
| 2020-21 | 595 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 30% (176) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 40.6 | 15.8:1 | 28% (180) |
| 2015-16 | 598 | 35 | 17.1:1 | 29% (172) |
| 2010-11 | 517 | 35 | 14.8:1 | 29% (151) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judy Hajek Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (639 to 628); teachers down 2% (40.6 to 39.7).
About Judy Hajek Elementary School
Judy Hajek Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in BURLESON, Texas. The school enrolls 628 students, from pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
The 18 schools of BURLESON ISD, including Judy Hajek Elementary School, enroll 12,759 students.
At Judy Hajek Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 47%. After that, the student body is 30% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, Tarrant County is about 48% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 66% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school has about 15.8 students per teacher and 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.7 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 37%. That is 26 points below the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County.
allk12 grades Judy Hajek Elementary School a B+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Judy Hajek Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 54.7% and a predicted 57.8%.
In Tarrant County (population about 2,167,390), the median household income is $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Judy Hajek Elementary School is one of 639 public schools in the county.
Jack Taylor Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles away. The five-mile area around Judy Hajek Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Judy Hajek Elementary School at 4th of 9.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 33 more students in 2024-25. By 2024-25, the school had 15.8 students per teacher, compared with 14.5 in 2020-21.
Questions about school safety, transportation, and start times can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 BURLESON ISD
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- Ann Brock El at Oak GroveElementary · 683 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
Other schools in BURLESON
- Burleson Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,061 students
- Burleson High SchoolHigh · 1,791 students
- Nick Kerr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,218 students
- Hughes Middle SchoolMiddle · 965 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- Academy at Nola DunnElementary · 668 students
Nearby schools
- Jack Taylor Elementary School0.6 mi · 536
- Deer Creek Elementary School0.9 mi · 647
- Mound Elementary School1.5 mi · 397
- Hughes Middle School1.5 mi · 965
- Frazier Elementary School1.7 mi · 552
- Game Development Design School at Burleson ISD1.9 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Judy Hajek Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Judy Hajek Elementary School?
Judy Hajek Elementary School enrolls approximately 628 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Judy Hajek Elementary School serve?
Judy Hajek Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Judy Hajek Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Judy Hajek Elementary School is approximately 15.8:1 (40 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Judy Hajek Elementary School?
Judy Hajek Elementary School reports a student body of 47% White, 30% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Judy Hajek Elementary School?
Judy Hajek Elementary School is overseen by BURLESON ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.