TOBIAS EL

TOBIAS EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in KYLE, Texas, part of HAYS CISD. The school enrolls 736 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 42% above typical.

Within HAYS CISD, which oversees 27 schools and 24,330 students, TOBIAS EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, TOBIAS EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school logs 23% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 51% of students at TOBIAS 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, TOBIAS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.6%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of -4.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Hays County shows median household income runs about $89,097, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Hays County runs 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), of which TOBIAS EL is one.

The closest other public school is IDEA KYLE COLLEGE PREPARATORY, roughly 1.5 miles away. 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), TOBIAS EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.6%.

TOBIAS EL operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TOBIAS EL has grew 5%, going from 704 students in 2018 to 736 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 30% to 23% over that span.

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