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Enrollment
745
Elementary
DISTRICT 726 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LIBERTY HILL ISD·NCES 482742014017
Santa Rita Elementary School
532 SANTA RITA BLVD, LIBERTY HILL, TX 78642 · (512) 379-3360 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL745 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 55% 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.
- 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.
- 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
13.8:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
98 students
DISTRICT 17% · 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 | 92 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 124 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (106) is 15% smaller than its 5th grade class (124).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 64% · 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
74.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp 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 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 36.0% | 17.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 74.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 59.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
58.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Santa Rita Elementary School
Santa Rita Elementary School's state test result (58.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Santa Rita Elementary School this school | 745 | 13.2% | 58.3% |
| William J Winkley Elementary School LEANDER | 763 | 12.1% | 55.2% |
| Lance Thompson Elementary School ARGYLE | 701 | 8.6% | 66.2% |
| Campbell Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 791 | 16.3% | 60.9% |
| Bobby Ray & Afton Martin Elementary School CELINA | 709 | 16.2% | 48.4% |
| Wayne A Cox Elementary School ROANOKE | 701 | 14.1% | 68.1% |
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 Santa Rita Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.3% | #860 of 4,401 | #26 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,080 of 4,466 ▲ 148 | #24 of 87 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #534 of 4,466 ▲ 160 | #18 of 87 ▲ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,879 of 3,998 | #44 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 745 | #654 of 4,938 | #24 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,353 of 4,622 | #46 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #1,113 of 4,628 | #51 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.2% | #4,586 of 4,789 | #71 of 87 |
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
745
+316 (+74%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 745 | 54 | 13.8:1 | 13% (98) |
| 2023-24 | 1,027 | 69.5 | 14.8:1 | 13% (132) |
| 2022-23 | 1,038 | 65.7 | 15.8:1 | 19% (202) |
| 2020-21 | 429 | 31 | 13.8:1 | 14% (61) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Santa Rita Elementary School.
About Santa Rita Elementary School
Santa Rita Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in LIBERTY HILL, Texas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 745 students. That puts enrollment 44% bigger than the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
LIBERTY HILL ISD has 11 schools; together they serve 9,836 students.
The share of White students at Santa Rita Elementary School is 55%, a majority. After that, the student body is 20% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 63, compared with 70 nationally.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Santa Rita Elementary School is 13.8:1, based on 54 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Income data for the school show 13% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 29% average for public schools in Williamson County is 16 points.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Santa Rita Elementary School outscored 55%, which works out to a B on the allk12 Grade.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 68.1% at Santa Rita Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 58.3%.
Census data for Williamson County show median household income comes to about $111,340, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Counting Santa Rita Elementary School, Williamson County has 208 public schools.
Santa Rita Middle School is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Santa Rita Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Santa Rita Elementary School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
In 2020-21 the school reported 429 students, and in 2024-25 it reported 745. Grade changes, mergers, or boundary shifts can explain gaps this large.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 LIBERTY HILL ISD
- Liberty Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Santa Rita Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,230 students
- Liberty Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,050 students
- Rancho Sienna Elementary SchoolElementary · 770 students
- Bill Burden Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Louine Noble Elementary SchoolElementary · 740 students
Other schools in LIBERTY HILL
- Liberty Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,156 students
- Santa Rita Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,230 students
- Liberty Hill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,050 students
- Bill Burden Elementary SchoolElementary · 764 students
- Louine Noble Elementary SchoolElementary · 740 students
- Liberty Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 736 students
Other Santa Rita Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 2 states are named Santa Rita Elementary. Santa Rita Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Santa Rita Elementary SchoolMIDLAND, TX · 835 students
- Santa Rita Elementary SchoolSAN ANGELO, TX · 357 students
- Santa Rita ElementarySalinas, CA · 545 students
- Santa Rita ElementaryLos Altos, CA · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Santa Rita Middle School0.9 mi · 1,230
- Tierra Rosa Elementary School0.9 mi · 715
- Larkspur Elementary School1.3 mi · 834
- Bar W Elementary School1.8 mi · 615
- San Gabriel Elementary School2.0 mi · 322
- Rancho Sienna Elementary School2.0 mi · 770
Frequently asked questions
About Santa Rita Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Santa Rita Elementary School?
Santa Rita Elementary School enrolls approximately 745 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Santa Rita Elementary School serve?
Santa Rita Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Santa Rita Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Santa Rita Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (54 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Santa Rita Elementary School?
Student demographics at Santa Rita Elementary School are roughly 55% White, 20% Hispanic, 4% Black, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Santa Rita Elementary School public or private?
Santa Rita Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LIBERTY HILL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.