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Enrollment
667
Elementary
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYS CISD·NCES 480001010807
Science Hall Elementary School
1510 BEBEE RD, KYLE, TX 78640 · (512) 268-8502 · Hays County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL667 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
62%
416 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 85 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 38.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 47% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Science Hall Elementary School
Science Hall Elementary School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Science Hall Elementary School this school | 667 | 62.4% | 32.3% |
| Forester Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 723 | 63.5% | 44.8% |
| IDEA Kyle Academy KYLE | 637 | 62.5% | 42.5% |
| John H Shary Elementary School MISSION | 652 | 64.6% | 45.7% |
| Hemphill Elementary School KYLE | 651 | 60.2% | 35.5% |
| Tuloso-Midway Primary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 779 | 61.0% | N/A |
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 Science Hall Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #3,442 of 4,401 | #27 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,283 of 4,466 ▼ 72 | #25 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,078 of 4,466 ▲ 290 | #26 of 31 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.5pp | #1,623 of 3,998 | #15 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 667 | #1,143 of 4,938 | #15 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #996 of 4,622 | #8 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 30.9% | #3,387 of 4,628 | #29 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.4% | #2,995 of 4,789 | #12 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.5% | #1,911 of 2,838 | #10 of 17 |
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
667
+150 (+29%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 601
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 12.0:1
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 | 667 | 50.2 | 13.3:1 | 62% (416) |
| 2023-24 | 665 | 45.9 | 14.5:1 | 72% (481) |
| 2022-23 | 591 | 43.1 | 13.7:1 | 76% (447) |
| 2020-21 | 517 | 43 | 12.0:1 | 73% (379) |
| 2017-18 | 754 | 52.7 | 14.3:1 | 73% (549) |
| 2015-16 | 703 | 48 | 14.7:1 | 75% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 601 | 46 | 13.1:1 | 69% (415) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Science Hall Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (754 to 667); teachers down 5% (52.7 to 50.2).
About Science Hall Elementary School
Science Hall Elementary School is an elementary school in KYLE, Texas, according to federal school records. The school serves 667 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 29% bigger than that.
HAYS CISD enrolls 24,330 students, and its 27 schools include Science Hall Elementary School.
Science Hall Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 82% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. In Hays County overall, about 39% of residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Science Hall Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 31%.
The school reported 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 13.3:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 62%. Compared with the 46% average for public schools in Hays County, the school's rate is higher.
Science Hall Elementary School is 14.8 points below expectations on state tests, given its student poverty level, placing it in the bottom 10% in Texas.
County data help place the school in context: in Hays County, median household income is about $89,097, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 43% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 6%. The public schools of Hays County number 63 and enroll about 46,946.
Nearest public school: Armando Chapa Middle School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 47.1%; Science Hall Elementary School's is 32.3%, ranking 9th of 9.
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.
Science Hall Elementary School had 517 students in 2020-21 and 667 in 2024-25, a 29% rise. The ratio was 12.0:1 in 2020-21 and 13.3:1 in 2024-25.
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Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAYS CISD
- Moe and Gene Johnson High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Jack C Hays High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lehman High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Camino Real Elementary SchoolElementary · 962 students
- Uhland Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in KYLE
- Lehman High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Valor KyleCombined · 907 students
- D J Red Simon Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- Laura B Negley Elementary SchoolElementary · 845 students
- Laura B Wallace Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Tobias Elementary SchoolElementary · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Armando Chapa Middle School0.5 mi · 724
- Lehman High School1.5 mi · 2,128
- Susie Fuentes Elementary School1.6 mi · 726
- Ralph Pfluger Elementary School1.9 mi · 779
- IDEA Kyle Academy2.0 mi · 637
- IDEA Kyle College Preparatory2.0 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About Science Hall Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Science Hall Elementary School?
Science Hall Elementary School enrolls approximately 667 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Science Hall Elementary School serve?
Science Hall Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Science Hall Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Science Hall Elementary School is approximately 13.3:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Science Hall Elementary School?
Student demographics at Science Hall Elementary School are roughly 9% White, 82% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Science Hall Elementary School in?
Science Hall Elementary School is part of HAYS CISD.
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