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KLINE WHITIS EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KLINE WHITIS EL
KLINE WHITIS EL is one of the moderately sized elementary schools in LAMPASAS, Texas, one of the schools within LAMPASAS ISD, with 449 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
LAMPASAS ISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,640 students; KLINE WHITIS EL is among them.
Demographically, KLINE WHITIS EL records that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest breaks down as 32% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 77%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KLINE WHITIS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.4%, the actual is 53.9%, a residual of +0.6 points.
In the area at large, Lampasas County reports that median household earnings sit near $81,736, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lampasas County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,956 students), of which KLINE WHITIS EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: LAMPASAS MIDDLE, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around KLINE WHITIS EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KLINE WHITIS EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.
Over the past 7-year window. KLINE WHITIS EL's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 429 (now 449). Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.
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Lampasas County at a glance
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