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KYLE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 KYLE EL
KYLE EL operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in KYLE, Texas, one of the schools within HAYS CISD. Current enrollment sits at 633 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so KYLE EL sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.
KYLE EL is one of 27 schools operated by HAYS CISD, a district that caters to 24,330 students overall.
Looking at the student body, KYLE EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Hays County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, KYLE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.7%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hays County) logs that median household income runs about $89,097, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. KYLE EL is one of 63 public schools in Hays County (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students).
Nearest neighbor: LAURA B WALLACE MIDDLE, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around KYLE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KYLE EL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 11%: 712 students in 2018 compared to 633 in 2025.
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Hays County at a glance
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