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Enrollment
672
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566007785
Trimmier Elementary School
4400 SUCCESS DR, KILLEEN, TX 76542 · (254) 336-2270 · Bell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL672 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 26% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
490 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 76 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 99 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (89) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (99).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 73% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 25.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 20.0% | 31.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Trimmier Elementary School
Trimmier Elementary School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trimmier Elementary School this school | 672 | 72.9% | 35.3% |
| IDEA Judson Academy SAN ANTONIO | 701 | 73.6% | 57.0% |
| Royal Elementary School BROOKSHIRE | 760 | 75.9% | 30.2% |
| Thurgood Marshall Leadership Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 582 | 73.5% | 35.6% |
| Sinclair Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 739 | 68.3% | 26.8% |
| William Paschall Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 723 | 67.6% | 26.1% |
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 Trimmier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #3,138 of 4,401 | #42 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,562 of 4,466 ▼ 488 | #45 of 55 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,365 of 4,466 ▲ 141 | #46 of 55 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,531 of 3,998 | #17 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 672 | #1,105 of 4,938 | #21 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #973 of 4,622 | #7 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.0% | #2,502 of 4,628 | #53 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.9% | #2,398 of 4,789 | #19 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.9% | #1,350 of 2,838 | #18 of 33 |
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
672
-159 (-19%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 800
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 672 | 50.8 | 13.2:1 | 73% (490) |
| 2023-24 | 690 | 48.9 | 14.1:1 | 81% (562) |
| 2022-23 | 740 | 52.6 | 14.1:1 | 74% (544) |
| 2020-21 | 831 | 57 | 14.6:1 | 71% (591) |
| 2017-18 | 819 | 52.1 | 15.7:1 | 74% (609) |
| 2015-16 | 869 | 55 | 15.8:1 | 69% (596) |
| 2010-11 | 853 | 57 | 15.0:1 | 66% (567) |
| 2000-01 | 800 | 46 | 17.4:1 | 49% (390) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trimmier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (819 to 672); teachers down 3% (52.1 to 50.8).
About Trimmier Elementary School
Trimmier Elementary School is one of the public schools in KILLEEN, Texas. It is a mid-sized elementary school. It reported 672 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 29% higher.
KILLEEN ISD runs Trimmier Elementary School along with 54 other schools, enrolling 42,883 students in total.
The largest group at Trimmier Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 69%. Other groups make up 17% Black, 6% White, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 26% of Bell County residents are Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 49%.
Its ratio of 13.2:1 is based on 50.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. In all, 73% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Bell County average 57%.
Trimmier Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 26% of Texas public elementary schools.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Trimmier Elementary School is 42.5%, and its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 35.3%.
American Community Survey estimates for Bell County show that the median household earns about $68,865 a year, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Bell County, 130 public schools serve about 71,041 students.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, C E Ellison High School, is about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Trimmier Elementary School is 7th among 8 schools close by.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over 4 years, enrollment decreased by 159 students, from 831 to 672. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
On allk12, people connected to Trimmier Elementary School can post about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILLEEN ISD
- Harker Heights High SchoolHigh · 2,192 students
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
Other schools in KILLEEN
- Robert M Shoemaker High SchoolHigh · 2,165 students
- Killeen High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Chaparral High SchoolHigh · 2,031 students
- C E Ellison High SchoolHigh · 1,761 students
- Roy J Smith Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,135 students
- Killeen Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,091 students
Nearby schools
- C E Ellison High School0.8 mi · 1,761
- Saegert Elementary School0.9 mi · 940
- Reeces Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 832
- Manor Middle School1.7 mi · 592
- Pathways Academic Campus1.9 mi · 282
- Cedar Valley Elementary School1.9 mi · 570
Frequently asked questions
About Trimmier Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Trimmier Elementary School?
Trimmier Elementary School enrolls approximately 672 students in grades PK-05.
Is Trimmier Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Trimmier Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Trimmier Elementary School have?
Trimmier Elementary School employs 51 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Trimmier Elementary School?
Trimmier Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 69% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Trimmier Elementary School public or private?
Trimmier Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KILLEEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.