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Enrollment
446
Elementary
DISTRICT 474 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WACO ISD·NCES 484428005041
Kendrick Elementary School
500 N UNIVERSITY PARKS DR, WACO, TX 76701 · (254) 752-3316 · McLennan County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL446 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
420 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 37 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
26.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
21.0%
TX avg 43.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 20.0% | 33.0% | 41.0% |
| Mathematics | 3.0% | 18.0% | 26.0% | 53.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Kendrick Elementary School
Kendrick Elementary School's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kendrick Elementary School this school | 446 | 94.2% | 21.1% |
| Caldwell Elementary School GARLAND | 422 | 94.8% | 35.8% |
| Meadowbrook Elementary School FORT WORTH | 455 | 92.5% | 40.5% |
| John J Pershing Elementary School DALLAS | 457 | 91.9% | 43.9% |
| Widen Elementary School AUSTIN | 433 | 91.9% | 13.4% |
| Smith Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 408 | 95.6% | 28.2% |
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 Kendrick Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In McLennan County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #4,246 of 4,401 | #34 of 41 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #4,355 of 4,466 ▼ 108 | #34 of 41 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,386 of 4,466 ▼ 57 | #36 of 41 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #543 of 3,998 | #10 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 446 | #3,063 of 4,938 | #23 of 49 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,866 of 4,622 | #18 of 45 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #3,546 of 4,628 | #44 of 45 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.2% | #605 of 4,789 | #11 of 48 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.8% | #1,540 of 2,838 | #10 of 28 |
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
446
-63 (-12%) vs 2020
-11% since 1990-91, when it was 502
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 446 | 31 | 14.4:1 | 94% (420) |
| 2023-24 | 469 | 34 | 13.8:1 | 95% (444) |
| 2022-23 | 482 | 34.6 | 13.9:1 | 96% (461) |
| 2020-21 | 509 | 32 | 15.9:1 | 96% (488) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 33 | 16.1:1 | 94% (498) |
| 2015-16 | 529 | 28 | 18.9:1 | 97% (515) |
| 2010-11 | 487 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 95% (461) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 87% (379) |
| 1990-91 | 502 | 30 | 16.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kendrick Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (530 to 446); teachers down 6% (33 to 31).
About Kendrick Elementary School
Kendrick Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in WACO, Texas, under WACO ISD. The school has 446 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
The district for Kendrick Elementary School is WACO ISD, with 24 schools and 13,476 students.
Hispanic students are 85% of those enrolled at Kendrick Elementary School. The next largest groups are 9% Black and 4% White. In McLennan County overall, about 27% of residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 26% means there is a 26% chance two randomly chosen students at Kendrick Elementary School are from different groups.
There are 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.4:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Of all students at Kendrick Elementary School, 94% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in McLennan County, the average eligibility rate is 62%.
Kendrick Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (21.1%) and its predicted rate (33.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
The school is in McLennan County, where median household income comes to about $66,643, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. McLennan County counts 124 public schools with about 45,703 students.
G L Wiley Opportunity Center, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 26.5%; Kendrick Elementary School's is 21.1%, ranking 5th of 8.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment decreased 12% over 4 years, reaching 446 in 2024-25. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 15.9:1 in 2020-21 to 14.4:1 in 2024-25.
This page collects posts and questions about Kendrick Elementary School, such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.
McLennan County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
266,067
Census ACS
Median income
$66,643
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
124
45,703 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WACO ISD
- Waco High SchoolHigh · 1,885 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,752 students
- Tennyson Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- Bell's Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
- Cesar Chavez Middle SchoolMiddle · 786 students
- Lake Air Montessori SchoolElementary · 734 students
Other schools in WACO
- Midway High SchoolHigh · 2,687 students
- Waco High SchoolHigh · 1,885 students
- University High SchoolHigh · 1,752 students
- Tennyson Middle SchoolMiddle · 963 students
- La Vega High SchoolHigh · 881 students
- Bell's Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 786 students
Nearby schools
- G L Wiley Opportunity Center0.9 mi · 98
- Paul and Jane Meyer Public High School1.0 mi · 233
- Quinn Campus Public Middle School1.0 mi · 269
- West Avenue Elementary School1.0 mi · 249
- J H Hines Elementary School1.1 mi · 379
- Brook Avenue Elementary School1.1 mi · 356
Frequently asked questions
About Kendrick Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kendrick Elementary School?
Kendrick Elementary School enrolls approximately 446 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Kendrick Elementary School serve?
Kendrick Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Kendrick Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Kendrick Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Kendrick Elementary School?
At Kendrick Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 85% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Kendrick Elementary School public or private?
Kendrick Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by WACO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.