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Enrollment
736
Elementary
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYS CISD·NCES 480001009290
Tobias Elementary School
1005 E FM 150, KYLE, TX 78640 · (512) 268-8437 · Hays County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL736 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
51%
375 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 | 57 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 102 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 119 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
50%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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Tobias Elementary School
Tobias Elementary School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tobias Elementary School this school | 736 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| Rosehill Elementary School TOMBALL | 751 | 51.9% | 53.5% |
| Blanco Vista Elementary School SAN MARCOS | 787 | 52.6% | 49.8% |
| Ralph Pfluger Elementary School BUDA | 779 | 47.5% | 52.1% |
| Fields Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 776 | 54.0% | 54.5% |
| Barnes Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 700 | 52.6% | 56.0% |
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 Tobias Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,084 of 4,401 | #20 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,110 of 4,466 ▲ 895 | #18 of 31 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,407 of 4,466 ▼ 27 | #16 of 31 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,098 of 3,998 | #9 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 736 | #710 of 4,938 | #10 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,133 of 4,622 | #16 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.4% | #2,381 of 4,628 | #12 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 51.0% | #3,544 of 4,789 | #17 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.5% | #1,012 of 1,307 | #8 of 9 |
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
736
+109 (+17%) vs 2020
+42% since 2010-11, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 736 | 50.2 | 14.7:1 | 51% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 51.5 | 14.1:1 | 55% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 47.3 | 14.4:1 | 52% (357) |
| 2020-21 | 627 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 43% (268) |
| 2017-18 | 704 | 48.4 | 14.6:1 | 46% (323) |
| 2015-16 | 747 | 46 | 16.2:1 | 47% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 518 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 52% (267) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Tobias Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (704 to 736); teachers up 4% (48.4 to 50.2).
About Tobias Elementary School
Tobias Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in KYLE, Texas. The latest federal count shows 736 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 42% higher.
Tobias Elementary School is one school in a 27-school district, HAYS CISD, which enrolls 24,330 students.
A majority of students at Tobias Elementary School, 66%, are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 23% White, 5% Black, and 4% multiracial. Hays County's residents are about 39% Hispanic, 27 points below the school's share. Tobias Elementary School has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Tobias Elementary School employs 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.7:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Tobias Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 51%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 44.0%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 51.9%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Hays County, median household income is about $89,097, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. A total of 63 public schools operate in Hays County, serving about 46,946 students.
Nearest public school: IDEA Kyle Academy, about 1.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Tobias Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 45.8% on proficiency, and Tobias Elementary School is below that at 44.0%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The number of students grew from 627 to 736 over 4 years. The school's ratio rose from 13.3:1 to 14.7:1 between 2020-21 and 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
- Susie Fuentes Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
Other Tobias Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Tobias Elementary. Tobias Elementary School is the largest of the 2.
- Tobias Elementary SchoolAloha, OR · 378 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Kyle Academy1.5 mi · 637
- IDEA Kyle College Preparatory1.5 mi · 681
- Kyle Elementary School1.6 mi · 633
- Lehman High School1.6 mi · 2,128
- Susie Fuentes Elementary School1.9 mi · 726
- Laura B Wallace Middle School2.1 mi · 831
Frequently asked questions
About Tobias Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Tobias Elementary School?
Tobias Elementary School enrolls approximately 736 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Tobias Elementary School serve?
Tobias Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Tobias Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Tobias Elementary School.
How diverse is Tobias Elementary School?
Tobias Elementary School reports a student body of 23% White, 66% Hispanic, 5% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Tobias Elementary School in?
Tobias Elementary School is part of HAYS CISD.
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