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KOENNECKE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 KOENNECKE EL
Located at 1441 JOE CARRILLO ST, in SEGUIN, Texas, KOENNECKE EL is a mid-tier elementary campus that caters to 560 students (grades K through 5), part of SEGUIN ISD.
Across the 14 schools in SEGUIN ISD (7,290 students total), KOENNECKE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, KOENNECKE EL reports that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 24% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Guadalupe County's rate of about 45%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KOENNECKE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.5%; this one delivers 40.0%.
In the broader community, Guadalupe County reports that median household income runs about $92,375, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Guadalupe County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,977 students), of which KOENNECKE EL is one.
The closest other public school is JIM BARNES MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KOENNECKE EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 29.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 9%: 515 students in 2018 compared to 560 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 28% to 24% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Guadalupe County at a glance
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