Photo: Mr.Election · Public domainHackberry’s public schools score below 69% of Texas districts on tests and graduation
On the state math tests, 32% of Hackberry’s students scored proficient, below the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the public school district serving Hackberry, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.
From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.
Hackberry’s schools, in brief
Against towns with similar incomes
Among the 345 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Hackberry’s, its schools beat 17%, lower than their 31% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 47% of tested students were proficient in reading and 32% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
89% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
The district spends $11,953 per student, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓
Six elementary schools, then two middle and one high school
Which school depends on the address at every step. See the path ↓
Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.
What’s behind Hackberry’s grade
C: better than 31% of Texas school districts, #484 of 642 Texas towns. Both inputs trail the Texas average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Hackberry, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Hackberry · depends on your address
Jerry R Walker Middle
Grades 6–8 · 885 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
Lowell H Strike Middle
Grades 6–8 · 881 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
7th grade in Hackberry · depends on your address
Jerry R Walker Middle
Grades 6–8 · 885 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
Lowell H Strike Middle
Grades 6–8 · 881 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
8th grade in Hackberry · depends on your address
Jerry R Walker Middle
Grades 6–8 · 885 students · 15:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
Lowell H Strike Middle
Grades 6–8 · 881 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
9th grade in Hackberry
Little Elm H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,519 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
10th grade in Hackberry
Little Elm H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,519 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
11th grade in Hackberry
Little Elm H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,519 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
12th grade in Hackberry
Little Elm H S
Grades 9–12 · 2,519 students · 16:1 students per teacher · in Little Elm
Hackberry’s public schools are run by Little Elm Independent School District, which also serves Lakewood Village, Little Elm, Oak Point and The Colony. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
The district
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Below the state in reading
Hackberry vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Hackberry’s borders.
Every school in Hackberry
9 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).
Questions about Hackberry’s schools
Are Hackberry’s schools good?
On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Hackberry children attend score below 69% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade, #484 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 17%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Hackberry in?
Little Elm Independent School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 8,036 students in 10 schools (2024–25).
Where do Hackberry kids go to high school?
Little Elm H S in Little Elm, with 2,519 students; its own test results earn a B.
What is Hackberry’s graduation rate?
89% of the class of 2023 in Little Elm Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.
How much does Hackberry spend per student?
$11,953 in Little Elm Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Parents talk
What Hackberry families are saying about school.
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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.