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Alumni: what's one memory from KELLER-HARVEL EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
464
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KELLER ISD·NCES 482526002821
Keller-Harvel Elementary School
635 NORMA LN, KELLER, TX 76248 · (817) 744-5100 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL464 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
133 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 47 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 12% smaller than its 4th grade class (86).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
72.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 35.0% | 15.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 43.0% | 29.0% | 15.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 72.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 62.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
74.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Keller-Harvel Elementary School
Keller-Harvel Elementary School's state test result (74.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Keller-Harvel Elementary School this school | 464 | 28.7% | 74.8% |
| Timber Creek Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 410 | 29.5% | 48.4% |
| Brushy Creek Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 463 | 29.8% | 63.4% |
| Independence Elementary School KELLER | 447 | 28.0% | 60.5% |
| Forest Ridge COLLEGE STATION | 489 | 27.0% | 79.1% |
| Homestead Elementary School CARROLLTON | 470 | 23.8% | 66.5% |
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 Keller-Harvel Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.8% | #197 of 4,401 | #12 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #353 of 4,466 ▲ 8 | #24 of 339 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #618 of 4,466 ▲ 20 | #34 of 339 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +30.5pp | #142 of 3,998 | #6 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 464 | #2,870 of 4,938 | #207 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,411 of 4,622 | #187 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #760 of 4,628 | #113 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.7% | #4,251 of 4,789 | #309 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.6% | #2,250 of 2,838 | #197 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
464
+22 (+5%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 29% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 496 | 32.8 | 15.1:1 | 29% (146) |
| 2022-23 | 484 | 33.1 | 14.6:1 | 28% (134) |
| 2020-21 | 442 | 32 | 13.8:1 | 26% (115) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 19% (93) |
| 2015-16 | 469 | 31 | 15.1:1 | 19% (89) |
| 2010-11 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 19% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 596 | 38 | 15.7:1 | 15% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 23 | 24.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Keller-Harvel Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (502 to 464); teachers down 16% (37 to 31).
About Keller-Harvel Elementary School
Keller-Harvel Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school that serves part of KELLER, Texas. It teaches 464 students in pre-K through 4.
Across its 42 schools, KELLER ISD enrolls 32,042 students. Keller-Harvel Elementary School is one of those schools.
About 51% of the student body at Keller-Harvel Elementary School is White. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Tarrant County residents are about 48% White, a similar share. A diversity index of 67% means there is a 67% chance two randomly chosen students at Keller-Harvel Elementary School are from different groups.
Keller-Harvel Elementary School lists 31 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.0 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 29% of the student body. Among public schools in Tarrant County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
Keller-Harvel Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 74.8% and a predicted 61.5%.
The school is in Tarrant County, where the median household earns about $84,207 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Tarrant County, 639 public schools serve about 385,835 students.
Measured in a straight line, Keller Middle School is about 0.4 miles from Keller-Harvel Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 74.8% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 8 nearby schools.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Federal enrollment counts rose from 442 (2020-21) to 464 (2024-25). The ratio was 13.8:1 in 2020-21 and 15.0:1 in 2024-25.
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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 KELLER ISD
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- Keller High SchoolHigh · 2,951 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Hillwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,126 students
- Parkwood Hill Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,022 students
Other schools in KELLER
- Keller High SchoolHigh · 2,951 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Trinity Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Bear Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Keller Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Keller Middle School0.4 mi · 894
- Keller Compass Center0.4 mi · 58
- Woodland Springs Elementary School0.8 mi · 466
- Keller High School0.9 mi · 2,951
- Bear Creek Intermediate School1.3 mi · 904
- Ridgeview Elementary School1.4 mi · 534
Frequently asked questions
About Keller-Harvel Elementary SchoolHow large is Keller-Harvel Elementary School?
Keller-Harvel Elementary School enrolls approximately 464 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Keller-Harvel Elementary School serve?
Keller-Harvel Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Keller-Harvel Elementary School?
Approximately 15.0:1 students per teacher at Keller-Harvel Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Keller-Harvel Elementary School?
Student demographics at Keller-Harvel Elementary School are roughly 51% White, 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 14% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Keller-Harvel Elementary School in?
Keller-Harvel Elementary School is part of KELLER ISD.
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