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Schools in Hays

Hays’s public schools

Hays Consolidated Independent School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hays. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?12/23schools above Texas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% of students in Texas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
52%
2021–22
Math proficiency
42%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$11.4K
▼ 11% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
15.5
TX 14.9 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
24,076 students on the public path
In brief

Hays’s schools, in brief

School by school

12 of Hays’s 23 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s 7,796 public schools. Elm Grove El places highest (better than 93%); Uhland El lowest (8%). See the path ↓

Which school depends on your street

16 elementary schools serve Hays, graded from D to A, so it’s worth checking the specific school. Then six middle schools and three high schools: Moe and Gene Johnson H S, Jack C Hays H S and Lehman H S. 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.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Hays, with each school’s own grade.

16 schools teach K in Hays’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D to A, so check the specific school.
The path, start to finish
PK–516 elementary schoolsDepends on your addressD to A
6–86 middle schoolsDepends on your addressD to A−
9–123 high schoolsDepends on your addressC to A−

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hays Consolidated Independent School District.

The district

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading52%
State average 51.1% · 12096 students tested
Math42%
State average 40.9% · 11753 students tested

Hays vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Hays’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Hays—Hays Consolidated Independent

Every school in Hays

25 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).

Also serving Haysin other towns
Camino Real El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Niederwald
C−
962 students15:1Rate it →
Uhland El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Uhland
D
919 students15:1Rate it →
Sunfield El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buda
905 students16:1Rate it →
Laura B Negley El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kyle
B+
845 students15:1Rate it →
Blanco Vista El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · San Marcos
B
787 students15:1Rate it →
Ralph Pfluger El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buda
B−
779 students14:1Rate it →
Tobias El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kyle
B+
736 students15:1Rate it →
Susie Fuentes El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kyle
C
726 students14:1Rate it →
Elm Grove El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buda
A
678 students15:1Rate it →
Science Hall El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kyle
B−
667 students13:1Rate it →
Hemphill El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kyle
C
651 students15:1Rate it →
Kyle El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kyle
B
633 students15:1Rate it →
Tom Green El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buda
C+
612 students13:1Rate it →
Buda El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buda
B+
564 students13:1Rate it →
Carpenter Hill El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Buda
A
550 students15:1Rate it →
Jim Cullen El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Kyle
396 students12:1Rate it →
Dr. T C McCormick Jr. Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Buda
C+
1,198 students18:1Rate it →
R C Barton Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Buda
A−
909 students17:1Rate it →
D J Red Simon Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Kyle
D
898 students16:1Rate it →
Laura B Wallace Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Kyle
C+
831 students16:1Rate it →
Eric Dahlstrom Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Buda
A−
804 students16:1Rate it →
Armando Chapa Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Kyle
C
724 students14:1Rate it →
Moe and Gene Johnson H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Buda
A−
2,870 students20:1Rate it →
Jack C Hays H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Buda
B+
2,304 students18:1Rate it →
Lehman H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Kyle
C
2,128 students17:1Rate it →

Questions about Hays’s schools

Are Hays’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Hays. Hays Consolidated Independent School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Hays. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 12 of its 23 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Hays in?

Hays Consolidated Independent School District.

Where do Hays kids go to high school?

One of three high schools, depending on your address: Moe and Gene Johnson H S, Jack C Hays H S and Lehman H S.

Parents talk

What Hays 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). Stars are from neighbors.