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KILLEEN H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KILLEEN H S
KILLEEN H S is one of the sprawling four-year high schools in KILLEEN, Texas, run under KILLEEN ISD, with 2,083 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 162% larger than typical.
KILLEEN H S is one of 55 schools operated by KILLEEN ISD, a district that works with 42,883 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, KILLEEN H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 35% Black, 10% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 119 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bell County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, KILLEEN H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.9%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bell County) records that median household income runs about $68,865, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which KILLEEN H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: GATEWAY H S, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KILLEEN H S comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.
KILLEEN H S operates from an inner-city location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 2,362 students in 2018 compared to 2,083 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 32% to 42%.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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