OVETA CULP HOBBY EL

OVETA CULP HOBBY EL is an elementary-level community of mid-sized scale in FORT CAVAZOS, Texas, overseen by KILLEEN ISD, educateing 730 students in grades pre-K through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 41% larger than the state mean of about 519.

Within KILLEEN ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 42,883 students, OVETA CULP HOBBY EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, OVETA CULP HOBBY EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 32% White, 20% Black, 12% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 59% of students at OVETA CULP HOBBY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, OVETA CULP HOBBY EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.5%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Coryell County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,301, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Coryell County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,561 students), of which OVETA CULP HOBBY EL is one.

AUDIE MURPHY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around OVETA CULP HOBBY EL. On composite proficiency, OVETA CULP HOBBY EL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OVETA CULP HOBBY EL has remained close to its prior level, going from 729 students in 2018 to 730 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 42% to 32% over that span.

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