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Enrollment
417
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEMPLE ISD·NCES 484233004831
Western Hills Elementary School
600 ARAPAHO DR, TEMPLE, TX 76504 · (254) 215-5600 · Bell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-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
17.6:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
292 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (73) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
44.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 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 44 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 20.0% | 27.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 26.0% | 22.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 44.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 0.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 0.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
41.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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 Western Hills Elementary School
Western Hills Elementary School's state test result (41.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Western Hills Elementary School this school | 417 | 70.0% | 41.9% |
| Monnie Meyer Wylie Primary School HENDERSON | 399 | 70.7% | N/A |
| James F Delaney Elementary School KENNEDALE | 426 | 69.7% | 35.0% |
| James A Arthur Early Childhood Center KENNEDALE | 430 | 70.5% | N/A |
| Bliss Elementary School EL PASO | 459 | 67.8% | 50.9% |
| Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary School COPPERAS COVE | 473 | 70.8% | 51.5% |
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 Western Hills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.9% | #2,347 of 4,401 | #25 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,220 of 4,466 ▼ 247 | #19 of 55 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #3,286 of 4,466 ▼ 411 | #44 of 55 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +35.0pp | #82 of 3,998 | #4 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #3,347 of 4,938 | #48 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #4,118 of 4,622 | #54 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.6% | #465 of 4,628 | #22 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.0% | #2,560 of 4,789 | #23 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.5% | #1,083 of 1,307 | #8 of 13 |
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
417
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 382
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 417 | 23.6 | 17.6:1 | 70% (292) |
| 2023-24 | 448 | 30.1 | 14.9:1 | 76% (342) |
| 2022-23 | 448 | 28.7 | 15.6:1 | 78% (350) |
| 2020-21 | 411 | 23 | 17.9:1 | 77% (317) |
| 2017-18 | 403 | 26.1 | 15.4:1 | 81% (325) |
| 2015-16 | 415 | 27 | 15.4:1 | 87% (362) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 77% (420) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 33 | 14.9:1 | 57% (278) |
| 1990-91 | 382 | 23 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Western Hills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (403 to 417); teachers down 9% (26.1 to 23.6).
About Western Hills Elementary School
Western Hills Elementary School is a public elementary school run by TEMPLE ISD in TEMPLE, Texas. It serves 417 students in pre-K through 5.
TEMPLE ISD has 17 schools; together they serve 9,073 students.
Hispanic students form the largest group at Western Hills Elementary School, 40% of enrollment. Next come 28% White, 22% Black, and 7% multiracial. That compares with about 26% Hispanic among all Bell County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Western Hills Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
The school employs the equivalent of 23.6 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 17.6:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 70%. That rate is above the 57% average among public schools in Bell County.
Western Hills Elementary School is graded B- by allk12, scoring above 54% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Western Hills Elementary School is 1.9 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.9% actual, 43.8% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Western Hills Elementary School is located in Bell County, where median household income is about $68,865, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Western Hills Elementary School is one of 130 public schools in Bell County, which together enroll about 71,041 students.
The closest public school, Scott Elementary School, is about 1.0 miles from Western Hills Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Western Hills Elementary School is 5th of 8 nearby schools with test data.
In the federal locale system, Western Hills Elementary School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 411 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 417.
The Western Hills Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 TEMPLE ISD
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 2,320 students
- Thornton Elementary SchoolElementary · 763 students
- Travis Science AcademyMiddle · 686 students
- Bonham Middle SchoolMiddle · 627 students
- Sampson-Howard Elementary SchoolElementary · 611 students
- Lamar Middle SchoolMiddle · 553 students
Other schools in TEMPLE
- Temple High SchoolHigh · 2,320 students
- Lake Belton High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- North Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Lake Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Thornton Elementary SchoolElementary · 763 students
- Travis Science AcademyMiddle · 686 students
Other Western Hills Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 3 states are named Western Hills Elementary. Western Hills Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 5.
- Western Hills Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 499 students
- Western Hills Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 436 students
- Western Hills Elementary SchoolWest Des Moines, IA · 570 students
- WESTERN HILLS ELEMENTARY SCHOOLLITTLE ROCK, AR · 202 students
Nearby schools
- Scott Elementary School1.0 mi · 442
- Kennedy-Powell Elementary School1.3 mi · 384
- Fred W Edwards Academy Aec1.3 mi · 77
- Cater Elementary School1.5 mi · 309
- Temple High School1.6 mi · 2,320
- Travis Science Academy1.7 mi · 686
Frequently asked questions
About Western Hills Elementary SchoolHow large is Western Hills Elementary School?
Western Hills Elementary School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Western Hills Elementary School serve?
Western Hills Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Western Hills Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Western Hills Elementary School is approximately 17.6:1 (24 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Western Hills Elementary School?
At Western Hills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 40% Hispanic, 22% Black, 2% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Western Hills Elementary School public or private?
Western Hills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by TEMPLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.