WILLOW SPRINGS EL

WILLOW SPRINGS EL is an elementary campus of mid-sized scale in KILLEEN, Texas, operated by KILLEEN ISD, caters to 670 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so WILLOW SPRINGS EL sits 29% bigger than that benchmark.

KILLEEN ISD runs 55 schools in total, collectively educating 42,883 students. WILLOW SPRINGS EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WILLOW SPRINGS EL lists that the most-represented group is Black (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% White, 2% Pacific Islander. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bell County (around 57%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, WILLOW SPRINGS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.9%; this one delivers 39.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bell County) shows that median household income runs about $68,865, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WILLOW SPRINGS EL is one of 130 public schools in Bell County (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students).

Nearest neighbor: PALO ALTO MIDDLE, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WILLOW SPRINGS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLOW SPRINGS EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.7%.

WILLOW SPRINGS EL operates from a metropolitan location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 28%: 937 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 14% to 8% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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