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Enrollment
619
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566002876
Nolanville Elementary School
901 OLD NOLANVILLE RD, NOLANVILLE, TX 76559 · (254) 336-2180 · Bell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL619 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 58% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
16.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
332 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 55 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 71 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 109 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 28% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
74%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 53.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 43.0% |
| 2020-21 | 42.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
47.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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 Nolanville Elementary School
Nolanville Elementary School's state test result (47.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nolanville Elementary School this school | 619 | 53.6% | 47.3% |
| Cross Oaks Elementary School CROSS ROADS | 588 | 53.6% | 31.8% |
| Dozier Elementary School FORT WORTH | 714 | 53.1% | 40.1% |
| Smith Elementary School PRINCETON | 623 | 58.7% | 48.0% |
| Hailey Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 592 | 56.9% | 65.9% |
| Haude Elementary School KLEIN | 532 | 51.3% | 57.8% |
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 Nolanville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.3% | #1,705 of 4,401 | #16 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,679 of 4,466 ▲ 778 | #13 of 55 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,744 of 4,466 ▲ 398 | #17 of 55 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.5pp | #610 of 3,998 | #9 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 619 | #1,462 of 4,938 | #24 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,345 of 4,622 | #42 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.5% | #154 of 4,628 | #5 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #3,423 of 4,789 | #42 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.2% | #2,450 of 2,838 | #31 of 33 |
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
619
+45 (+8%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 624
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 619 | 38.5 | 16.1:1 | 54% (332) |
| 2023-24 | 640 | 45.1 | 14.2:1 | 54% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 655 | 42.4 | 15.4:1 | 51% (334) |
| 2020-21 | 574 | 42 | 13.7:1 | 53% (302) |
| 2017-18 | 653 | 49.2 | 13.3:1 | 48% (312) |
| 2015-16 | 766 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 50% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 692 | 46 | 15.0:1 | 42% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 708 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 32% (226) |
| 1990-91 | 624 | 35 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nolanville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (653 to 619); teachers down 22% (49.2 to 38.5).
About Nolanville Elementary School
Nolanville Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in NOLANVILLE, Texas. The student body numbers 619 students, from pre-K through 5.
Nolanville Elementary School falls under KILLEEN ISD, which has 55 schools enrolling 42,883 students.
Hispanic students are the largest group at Nolanville Elementary School, with 32% of enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 28% White, 25% Black, 11% multiracial, and 4% Asian. By the diversity index, Nolanville Elementary School comes in at 74%.
The school employs the equivalent of 38.5 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 16.1:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, lower than at this school. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Nolanville Elementary School is 54%.
The allk12 Grade for Nolanville Elementary School is B. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 58% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Nolanville Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 47.3%, compared with a predicted 50.8%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Within Bell County, median household income is about $68,865, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 27%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Bell County number 130 and enroll about 71,041.
The closest other public school is Nolan Middle School, about 1.0 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 47.3% is below the 47.6% average for nearby schools.
Under the NCES locale system, Nolanville Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
Federal counts put enrollment at 574 in 2020-21 and 619 in 2024-25, an 8% gain. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (16.1:1) than in 2020-21 (13.7:1).
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Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in NOLANVILLE
- Richard E Cavazos Elementary SchoolElementary · 567 students
Nearby schools
- Nolan Middle School1.0 mi · 1,068
- Richard E Cavazos Elementary School1.6 mi · 567
- Harker Heights High School2.1 mi · 2,192
- Eastern Hills Middle School2.2 mi · 585
- Skipcha Elementary School2.8 mi · 937
- Harker Heights Elementary School3.0 mi · 706
Frequently asked questions
About Nolanville Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Nolanville Elementary School?
Nolanville Elementary School enrolls approximately 619 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Nolanville Elementary School serve?
Nolanville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Nolanville Elementary School?
Approximately 16.1:1 students per teacher at Nolanville Elementary School.
How diverse is Nolanville Elementary School?
Nolanville Elementary School reports a student body of 28% White, 32% Hispanic, 25% Black, 4% Asian, 11% Two or more.
Who oversees Nolanville Elementary School?
Nolanville Elementary School is overseen by KILLEEN ISD in Bell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.