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If you could change one rule at WILLOW SPRINGS EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
670
Elementary
DISTRICT 694 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILLEEN ISD·NCES 482566006283
Willow Springs Elementary School
2501 W STAN SCHLUETER LOOP, KILLEEN, TX 76549 · (254) 336-2020 · Bell County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL670 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+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.
- C+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
16.1:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
521 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 | 78 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
66%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
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 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 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 34.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 43.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
38.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Willow Springs Elementary School
Willow Springs Elementary School's state test result (38.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willow Springs Elementary School this school | 670 | 77.8% | 38.9% |
| Bess Race Elementary School CROWLEY | 647 | 79.9% | 30.3% |
| S H Crowley Elementary School FORT WORTH | 606 | 78.4% | 40.1% |
| Ira Cross Jr Elementary School KILLEEN | 642 | 81.3% | 47.0% |
| Hamilton Park Pacesetter Magnet DALLAS | 659 | 70.0% | 38.0% |
| Oakmont Elementary School FORT WORTH | 562 | 81.3% | 40.9% |
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 Willow Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 38.9% | #2,736 of 4,401 | #31 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,990 of 4,466 ▲ 174 | #35 of 55 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #2,284 of 4,466 ▲ 749 | #28 of 55 ▲ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,218 of 3,998 | #24 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 670 | #1,123 of 4,938 | #22 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.1:1 | #3,395 of 4,622 | #43 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #869 of 4,628 | #34 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.8% | #2,105 of 4,789 | #11 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.5% | #583 of 2,838 | #7 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
670
-231 (-26%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 637
Student : Teacher
16.1:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 670 | 41.5 | 16.1:1 | 78% (521) |
| 2023-24 | 658 | 48.2 | 13.7:1 | 82% (538) |
| 2022-23 | 706 | 48.3 | 14.6:1 | 70% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 901 | 56 | 16.1:1 | 72% (648) |
| 2017-18 | 937 | 62.7 | 14.9:1 | 81% (761) |
| 2015-16 | 962 | 62 | 15.5:1 | 91% (873) |
| 2010-11 | 1,016 | 64 | 15.9:1 | 62% (632) |
| 2000-01 | 804 | 55 | 14.6:1 | 51% (408) |
| 1990-91 | 637 | 39 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willow Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (937 to 670); teachers down 34% (62.7 to 41.5).
About Willow Springs Elementary School
Willow Springs Elementary School is one of the public schools in KILLEEN, Texas. It is a medium-sized elementary school. A federal count lists 670 students at the school, in pre-K through 5. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
Within KILLEEN ISD, Willow Springs Elementary School is one of 55 schools. The district enrolls 42,883 students.
At 50%, Black students outnumber all other groups at Willow Springs Elementary School combined. Other students are 25% Hispanic, 12% multiracial, 8% White, and 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Bell County residents are about 23% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Willow Springs Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Teachers at the school number 41.5 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 16.1:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. The school's lunch program data list 78% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Across public schools in Bell County, the average is 57%.
The allk12 Grade for Willow Springs Elementary School is C+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 38% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Willow Springs Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.9% and a predicted 40.5%.
Bell County has these Census figures: median household income is about $68,865, about 27% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Willow Springs Elementary School is among the 130 public schools in Bell County.
Nearest public school: Palo Alto Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Willow Springs Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 37.2% on proficiency, and Willow Springs Elementary School is above that at 38.9%.
The NCES locale for Willow Springs Elementary School is City: Mid-size, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
The student count in 2024-25 was 670, 26% below the 901 of 2020-21.
The Willow Springs 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 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
Other Willow Springs Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Willow Springs Elementary. Willow Springs Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Willow Springs ElementaryWillow Spring, NC · 826 students
- Willow Springs ElementaryFairfax, VA · 818 students
- WILLOW SPRINGS ELEM.WILLOW SPRINGS, MO · 446 students
- Willow Springs Elementary SchoolWillow Springs, IL · 414 students
Nearby schools
- Palo Alto Middle School0.7 mi · 781
- Roy J Smith Middle School0.8 mi · 1,135
- Maxdale Elementary School1.2 mi · 511
- Haynes Elementary School1.2 mi · 811
- Iduma Elementary School1.4 mi · 801
- Reeces Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 832
Frequently asked questions
About Willow Springs Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Willow Springs Elementary School?
Willow Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 670 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Willow Springs Elementary School serve?
Willow Springs Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Willow Springs Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Willow Springs Elementary School is approximately 16.1:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Willow Springs Elementary School?
At Willow Springs Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 25% Hispanic, 50% Black, 2% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Is Willow Springs Elementary School public or private?
Willow Springs 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.