TIMBER RIDGE EL

As an average-sized elementary-level community in KILLEEN, Texas, TIMBER RIDGE EL hosts 717 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by KILLEEN ISD. That puts it 38% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, TIMBER RIDGE EL shows that the largest single group is Black at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 17% White, 14% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, TIMBER RIDGE EL has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 60% of students at TIMBER RIDGE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TIMBER RIDGE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.5%; this one delivers 37.9%.

Across the wider county, census data for Bell County shows median household earnings sit near $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which TIMBER RIDGE EL is one.

LIBERTY HILL MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TIMBER RIDGE EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. TIMBER RIDGE EL's enrollment has declined 36% since 2018, when it stood at 1,114 (now 717). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 27% to 31%.

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