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Enrollment
842
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROUND ROCK ISD·NCES 483808011107
Linda Herrington Elementary School
2850 PALOMA LAKE BLVD, ROUND ROCK, TX 78665 · (512) 704-1900 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL842 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
76 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 53 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 136 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 128 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 141 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 116 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (136) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (116).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 53.0% | 28.0% | 12.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 51.0% | 25.0% | 14.0% | 10.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 81.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 76.0% |
| 2023-24 | 78.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 81.0% | 68.0% |
| 2020-21 | 46.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
75.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Linda Herrington Elementary School
Linda Herrington Elementary School's state test result (75.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linda Herrington Elementary School this school | 842 | 9.0% | 75.3% |
| Great Oaks Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 868 | 11.4% | 79.4% |
| River Oaks Elementary School HOUSTON | 777 | 9.5% | 78.1% |
| Tierra Rosa Elementary School LIBERTY HILL | 715 | 12.0% | 56.6% |
| O'Dell Elementary School CELINA | 770 | 12.6% | 55.3% |
| Ronald Reagan Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 800 | 14.1% | 62.0% |
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 Linda Herrington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.3% | #182 of 4,401 | #6 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #245 of 4,466 ▲ 1 | #6 of 87 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #241 of 4,466 ▲ 76 | #7 of 87 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,494 of 3,998 | #38 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 842 | #318 of 4,938 | #9 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,877 of 4,622 | #65 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.8% | #259 of 4,628 | #6 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.0% | #4,675 of 4,789 | #78 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.2% | #1,241 of 2,838 | #13 of 43 |
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
842
-268 (-24%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 842 | 58.6 | 14.4:1 | 9% (76) |
| 2023-24 | 811 | 57.2 | 14.2:1 | 9% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 797 | 57.4 | 13.9:1 | 9% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 1,110 | 77 | 14.4:1 | 14% (158) |
| 2017-18 | 1,042 | 67.4 | 15.4:1 | 21% (216) |
| 2015-16 | 891 | 63 | 14.1:1 | 27% (240) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linda Herrington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 19% (1,042 to 842); teachers down 13% (67.4 to 58.6).
About Linda Herrington Elementary School
This page covers Linda Herrington Elementary School, a large elementary school in ROUND ROCK, Texas. A total of 842 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 62% higher.
The district, ROUND ROCK ISD, operates 58 schools serving 46,954 students.
Linda Herrington Elementary School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 33%. Other students are 32% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Black. By comparison, Williamson County residents are about 60% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Linda Herrington Elementary School is 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 14.4:1. This ratio sits 0.7 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 9%. The gap from the 29% average for public schools in Williamson County is 20 points.
allk12 grades Linda Herrington Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Linda Herrington Elementary School would be expected to post about 69.8%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.3%.
Among Williamson County residents, the median household income is $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Linda Herrington Elementary School is one of 208 public schools in the county.
The closest public school, Redbud Elementary School, is about 1.1 miles from Linda Herrington Elementary School. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Linda Herrington Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is down 24% from 2020-21, when Linda Herrington Elementary School had 1,110 students, to 2024-25, when it had 842.
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Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROUND ROCK ISD
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Cedar Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,306 students
Other schools in ROUND ROCK
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Meridian World School LlcCombined · 1,745 students
- Ridgeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,249 students
- James Garland Walsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
Nearby schools
- Redbud Elementary School1.1 mi · 552
- Veterans Hill Elementary School1.9 mi · 708
- Rrisd Early College High School2.0 mi · 364
- Benjamin Doc Kerley Elementary School2.0 mi · 806
- Hopewell Middle School2.1 mi · 1,202
- Double File Trail Elementary School2.1 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Linda Herrington Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Linda Herrington Elementary School?
Linda Herrington Elementary School enrolls approximately 842 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Linda Herrington Elementary School serve?
Linda Herrington Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Linda Herrington Elementary School have?
Linda Herrington Elementary School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Linda Herrington Elementary School?
Student demographics at Linda Herrington Elementary School are roughly 33% White, 23% Hispanic, 5% Black, 32% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Linda Herrington Elementary School?
Linda Herrington Elementary School is overseen by ROUND ROCK ISD in Williamson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.