Elementary · Texas

Western Hills El

Free meals for all

Western Hills El, a public elementary school in Temple, Texas: grades pre-k–5, 417 students, 17.6 students per teacher (2024–25 school year). Part of Temple ISD.

Size and class size

Compared with elementary schools of the same state and the whole country. Students per teacher counts every full-time-equivalent teacher, not the size of each class.

Students: 417
Teachers (FTE): 23.6
Students per teacher: 17.6
Grades: Pre-K–5; Elementary

More students per teacher than 89% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 14.8 · 4,723 schools compared

More students per teacher than 77% of elementary schools in the US

Median 14.6 · 50,575 schools compared

Smaller than 70% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 515 · 4,738 schools compared

Larger than 50% of elementary schools in the US

Median 415 · 51,933 schools compared

State test results

Share of students scoring proficient or above on Texas's tests, grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year.

Reading and writing

Texas: 54%

40%proficient

−2.2 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 77% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 52% · 4,441 elementary schools compared

193 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Math

Texas: 42%

41%proficient

+5.9 points from 2023–24 school year

A lower share proficient than 54% of elementary schools in Texas

Median 43% · 4,441 elementary schools compared

194 students tested, grades 3, 4, 5 · STAAR - English; proficient means Levels 3-4

Each state sets its own test and its own bar for “proficient”, so results compare only within a state. Results also follow family income closely: a school's share reflects its students' circumstances as much as its teaching.

Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository version 3.1. More information about these assessments over time, including participation and test changes, is available from the Education Data Center.

What it offers

Grades: Elementary · Grades Pre-K–5
Type: District school · Regular
Meals: Free breakfast and lunch for every student
Area: Small city
Run by: Temple ISD

Which school a home is assigned to is decided by the district's attendance zones; check with Temple ISD.

Location

Address: 600 Arapaho Dr, Temple, TX 76504
Phone: (254)215-5600
City or town: Temple
County: Bell County

Website Quality of life in Temple Schools in Temple

Nearby elementary schools

The closest public elementary schools by straight-line distance. Attendance zones are set by each district.

School	Grades	Students	Students / teacher	Reading	Math
Scott ElFree meals for all	K–5	442	16.0	41%	40%	1.0 mi
Kennedy-Powell ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	384	16.4	57%	47%	1.3 mi
Thornton ElFree meals for all	Pre-K–5	763	17.5	41%	37%	1.9 mi
Jefferson ElFree meals for all	K–5	504	17.0	34%	32%	2.8 mi
Tarver El	K–5	494	13.4	53%	36%	3.2 mi
Joe M Pirtle El	K–5	575	14.0	54%	39%	3.3 mi

Reading and Math: share of tested students proficient or above on the state's own tests (grades 3–8, 2024–25 school year). Compare only within a state.

Sources

Public schools and school districts (National Center for Education Statistics · U.S. Census Bureau), 2024–25 school year. NCES Common Core of Data and EDGE public school geocodes; U.S. Census Bureau, Annual Survey of School System Finances and cartographic boundary files (places).
State Assessment Data Repository (Education Data Center), 2024–25 school year. Data sourced from the Education Data Center (www.eddatacenter.org), a partner project of the National Center for Civic Innovation, Inc. State Assessment Data Repository v3.1.

Analisa does not rate schools. Figures are what a school has (students, teachers, programs), placed among schools of the same level; state test results are compared only within a state.

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