TOM GREEN EL

Set in BUDA, Texas, TOM GREEN EL is a mid-sized elementary school, overseen by HAYS CISD. It serves 612 students across grades pre-K through 5.

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

On the student-mix side, TOM GREEN EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 78% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 39%.

On the resource side, TOM GREEN EL reports 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hays County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, TOM GREEN EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 47.8%; this one comes in at 33.5%, -14.3 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hays County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,097, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. TOM GREEN EL is one of 63 public schools in Hays County (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students).

The closest other public school is OLYMPIA HILLS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TOM GREEN EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

TOM GREEN EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Five-year trend. TOM GREEN EL's enrollment has shrank 19% since 2018, when it stood at 757 (now 612). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 74% to 78%.

On allk12, the feed for TOM GREEN EL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.