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Enrollment
518
Elementary
DISTRICT 660 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYLIE ISD·NCES 484653005294
R F Hartman Elementary School
510 S BIRMINGHAM ST, WYLIE, TX 75098 · (972) 429-3480 · Collin County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL518 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
12.1:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
220 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 213 | 41% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 9% smaller than its 4th grade class (65).
Student demographics
76%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 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
74.0%
TX avg 53.3% . -10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 43.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are down about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 47.0% | 27.0% | 17.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 44.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% | 11.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 79.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 84.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
68.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 R F Hartman Elementary School
R F Hartman Elementary School's state test result (68.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| R F Hartman Elementary School this school | 518 | 42.5% | 68.2% |
| Dodd Elementary School WYLIE | 607 | 41.8% | 76.0% |
| Indian Creek Elementary School CARROLLTON | 490 | 38.2% | 42.1% |
| T F Birmingham Elementary School WYLIE | 522 | 41.4% | 66.8% |
| Sunset Valley Elementary School FORT WORTH | 592 | 42.7% | 48.9% |
| Dartmouth Elementary School RICHARDSON | 425 | 48.7% | 51.0% |
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 R F Hartman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.2% | #368 of 4,401 | #56 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #484 of 4,466 ▲ 308 | #61 of 165 ▲ 22 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #557 of 4,466 ▲ 390 | #64 of 165 ▲ 33 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #646 of 3,998 | #29 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 518 | #2,350 of 4,938 | #103 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #380 of 4,622 | #37 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.3% | #56 of 4,628 | #10 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.5% | #3,859 of 4,789 | #58 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #2,006 of 2,838 | #73 of 94 |
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
518
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
+47% since 1990-91, when it was 353
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 518 | 42.9 | 12.1:1 | 42% (220) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 41.7 | 13.3:1 | 47% (260) |
| 2022-23 | 541 | 38.6 | 14.0:1 | 53% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 556 | 37 | 15.0:1 | 57% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 577 | 33.9 | 17.0:1 | 53% (303) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 52% (262) |
| 2010-11 | 542 | 33 | 16.4:1 | 49% (267) |
| 2000-01 | 457 | 32 | 14.3:1 | 22% (102) |
| 1990-91 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for R F Hartman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (577 to 518); teachers up 26% (33.9 to 42.9).
About R F Hartman Elementary School
R F Hartman Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in WYLIE, Texas, one of the schools in WYLIE ISD. The school's enrollment of 518 students covers pre-K through 4.
In WYLIE ISD, 21 schools enroll a combined 19,401 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at R F Hartman Elementary School. The largest is White students, at 33%. Other students are 21% Black, 20% Hispanic, 20% Asian, and 6% multiracial. That is lower than the 54% White share among all Collin County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 76% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.1:1. This ratio sits 3.0 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 42%. That is higher than the 30% average for public schools in Collin County.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, R F Hartman Elementary School receives an A. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Test results at R F Hartman Elementary School are 12.6 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (68.2% actual, 55.5% predicted).
Within Collin County, the median household income is $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides R F Hartman Elementary School, Collin County has 337 other public schools.
The closest public school to R F Hartman Elementary School is Ab Harrison Intermediate School, about 0.3 miles away. R F Hartman Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 8 nearby schools that report test results, R F Hartman Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
R F Hartman Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 556 in 2020-21 to 518 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.0:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.1:1.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WYLIE ISD
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
Other schools in WYLIE
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
Nearby schools
- Ab Harrison Intermediate School0.3 mi · 1,093
- Grady Burnett Junior High School0.6 mi · 1,064
- Achieve Academy0.6 mi · 133
- T F Birmingham Elementary School0.8 mi · 522
- P M Akin Elementary School1.1 mi · 583
- Wally Watkins Elementary School1.6 mi · 832
Frequently asked questions
About R F Hartman Elementary SchoolHow large is R F Hartman Elementary School?
R F Hartman Elementary School enrolls approximately 518 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does R F Hartman Elementary School serve?
R F Hartman Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at R F Hartman Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at R F Hartman Elementary School is approximately 12.1:1 (43 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at R F Hartman Elementary School?
At R F Hartman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 20% Hispanic, 21% Black, 20% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is R F Hartman Elementary School public or private?
R F Hartman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by WYLIE ISD.
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