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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the RAY EL administration to hear?
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Enrollment
793
Elementary
DISTRICT 736 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HUTTO ISD·NCES 482410011444
Ray Elementary School
225 SWINDOLL LN, HUTTO, TX 78634 · (512) 759-5450 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL793 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
427 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 65 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 131 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 136 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (136).
Student demographics
61%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 47.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
42.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% 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 Ray Elementary School
Ray Elementary School's state test result (42.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ray Elementary School this school | 793 | 53.8% | 42.3% |
| Sst Alamo SAN ANTONIO | 848 | 54.1% | 52.8% |
| Solar Preparatory School for Girls at Bonham DALLAS | 703 | 55.9% | 66.1% |
| Willow Bend Elementary School LUBBOCK | 749 | 57.0% | 32.3% |
| Evelyn Turlington Elementary School HOCKLEY | 715 | 57.1% | 44.5% |
| Rolling Meadows Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 652 | 55.5% | 44.6% |
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 Ray Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.3% | #2,297 of 4,401 | #56 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,516 of 4,466 ▲ 338 | #57 of 87 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,276 of 4,466 ▼ 27 | #60 of 87 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #1,076 of 3,998 | #25 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 793 | #467 of 4,938 | #18 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,897 of 4,622 | #77 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.7% | #1,346 of 4,628 | #55 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.8% | #3,413 of 4,789 | #21 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +17.5% | #488 of 1,307 | #11 of 30 |
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
793
+224 (+39%) vs 2020
+21% since 2010-11, when it was 656
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 793 | 51.2 | 15.5:1 | 54% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 706 | 49.2 | 14.4:1 | 50% (354) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 47% (316) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 43 | 13.2:1 | 47% (265) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 45 | 15.0:1 | 43% (290) |
| 2015-16 | 738 | 50 | 14.8:1 | 43% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 43 | 15.3:1 | 40% (264) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ray Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (675 to 793); teachers up 14% (45 to 51.2).
About Ray Elementary School
Ray Elementary School is a large elementary school with its address in HUTTO, Texas. The school counts 793 students across pre-K through 5. Average enrollment for elementary schools in Texas is about 519, so this school runs 53% larger than that.
HUTTO ISD (15 schools, 10,688 students) runs Ray Elementary School.
A majority of students at Ray Elementary School, 57%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 22% White, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Williamson County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 32 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Ray Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 61%.
Its 51.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.5:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 54%. That rate is above the 29% average among public schools in Williamson County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Ray Elementary School would score about 50.7%. It scores 42.3%, 8.4 points below that figure.
Within Williamson County, median household income is about $111,340, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Williamson County number 208 and enroll about 126,147.
Farley Middle School is located about 0.3 miles from Ray Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 45.0% proficiency; Ray Elementary School posts 42.3%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Ray Elementary School went from 569 students to 793. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 13.2:1 to 15.5:1.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 HUTTO ISD
- Hutto High SchoolHigh · 2,313 students
- Gus AlmquistMiddle · 951 students
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 925 students
- Hutto Elementary SchoolElementary · 820 students
- Hutto Ninth Grade CenterHigh · 808 students
- Benjamin Doc Kerley Elementary SchoolElementary · 806 students
Other schools in HUTTO
- Hutto High SchoolHigh · 2,313 students
- Gus AlmquistMiddle · 951 students
- Cottonwood Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 925 students
- Hutto Elementary SchoolElementary · 820 students
- Hutto Ninth Grade CenterHigh · 808 students
- Benjamin Doc Kerley Elementary SchoolElementary · 806 students
Other Ray Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ray Elementary. Ray Elementary School is the largest of the 5.
- Ray Elementary SchoolWAXAHACHIE, TX · 386 students
- Ray Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 613 students
- RAY ELEMENTARY SCHOOLRay, ND · 324 students
- Ray Elementary SchoolKearny, AZ · 161 students
Nearby schools
- Farley Middle School0.3 mi · 674
- Howard Norman Elementary School1.2 mi · 554
- Nadine Johnson Elementary School1.9 mi · 547
- Hutto High School2.1 mi · 2,313
- Hutto Virtual Academy2.3 mi · 40
- Hutto Elementary School2.5 mi · 820
Frequently asked questions
About Ray Elementary SchoolHow large is Ray Elementary School?
Ray Elementary School enrolls approximately 793 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ray Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ray Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ray Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ray Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (51 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Ray Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ray Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 57% Hispanic, 12% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Ray Elementary School public or private?
Ray Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HUTTO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.