J H Hines Elementary School

Size

Of the 15 elementary schools in Waco ISD, J H Hines Elementary School is the 12th largest, with 2.8% of the district's students. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.9 miles away and have a median of 420 students, so J H Hines Elementary School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 2 with 61 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 49, against an average of 54 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 49 in kindergarten and 51 in grade 5. It also enrolls 51 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Black students are the largest group, at 69.1% of enrollment, a higher share than across Waco ISD (26.8%). Hispanic students are next, at 22.2%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

98.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 88.1% across Waco ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

J H Hines Elementary School has 19.49 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 379 students would have about 25.6 teachers, so J H Hines Elementary School has 6.1 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other elementary school is Audre and Bernard Rapoport Academy, 1 miles away in Rapoport Academy Public School. There are 17 elementary schools within 5 miles and 31 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.