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Enrollment
669
Middle
DISTRICT 543 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480143112775
Austin Achieve Middle School
5908 MANOR RD, AUSTIN, TX 78723 · (512) 522-4190 · Travis County
GRADES 05–08MIDDLE11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 8% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
602 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 5 | 147 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 178 | 27% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 26% |
| Grade 8 | 172 | 26% |
Student demographics
17%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Austin Achieve Middle School→Austin Achieve High School
Based on grade levels within AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 18.0% | 23.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 19.0% | 27.0% | 47.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 37.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 15.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
24.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Austin Achieve Middle School
Austin Achieve Middle School's state test result (24.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Achieve Middle School this school | 669 | 90.0% | 24.4% |
| Landrum Middle School HOUSTON | 698 | 91.0% | 28.1% |
| San Jacinto Intermediate School PASADENA | 613 | 88.3% | 40.4% |
| John P Ojeda Middle School AUSTIN | 759 | 90.6% | 24.2% |
| Austin Middle School IRVING | 716 | 90.6% | 32.5% |
| Longfellow Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 597 | 91.3% | 24.5% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Austin Achieve Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.4% | #1,530 of 1,635 | #29 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,497 of 1,670 ▼ 18 | #35 of 48 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,589 of 1,670 ▼ 125 | #35 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #943 of 1,570 | #27 of 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #812 of 1,749 | #28 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 21.3:1 | #1,528 of 1,542 | #46 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 17.0% | #1,326 of 1,543 | #45 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.0% | #254 of 1,648 | #11 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #417 of 942 | #20 of 36 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
669
-32 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
21.3:1
was 20.6:1
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 | 669 | 31.4 | 21.3:1 | 90% (602) |
| 2023-24 | 647 | 42.7 | 15.2:1 | 89% (577) |
| 2022-23 | 625 | 40.8 | 15.3:1 | 95% (596) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 34 | 20.6:1 | 94% (658) |
| 2017-18 | 809 | 64.1 | 12.6:1 | 94% (760) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 37 | 14.8:1 | 93% (512) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Austin Achieve Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (809 to 669); teachers down 51% (64.1 to 31.4).
About Austin Achieve Middle School
Austin Achieve Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in AUSTIN, Texas. It offers grades 5 through 8 and has 669 students enrolled.
Within AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, Austin Achieve Middle School is one of 5 schools. The district enrolls 2,713 students.
Hispanic students are 91% of those enrolled at Austin Achieve Middle School. Next come 6% Black. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Travis County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 17%.
The school has 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 21.3 students per teacher. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 6.9 fewer students per teacher than here. Of all students at Austin Achieve Middle School, 90% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Public schools in Travis County average 54%.
Austin Achieve Middle School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 8% of Texas public middle schools.
A school with Austin Achieve Middle School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 35.3%. Austin Achieve Middle School scores 24.4%, 10.9 points below that line.
American Community Survey estimates for Travis County show that median household income comes to about $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 333, with about 191,706 students.
Austin Achieve Middle School's nearest public school is Sadler Means Ywla (about 0.4 miles). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Austin Achieve Middle School ranks 4th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES describes the area around Austin Achieve Middle School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. Austin Achieve Middle School is one of the charter schools in Texas.
The school shrank from 701 students in 2020-21 to 669 in 2024-25.
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Austin Achieve Middle School. You can also rate the school on this page.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- Austin Achieve Northeast Elementary SchoolElementary · 839 students
- Austin Achieve High SchoolHigh · 581 students
- Austin Achieve PflugervilleElementary · 551 students
- Austin Achieve FergusonElementary · 73 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- Sadler Means Ywla0.4 mi · 278
- Pecan Springs Elementary School0.4 mi · 279
- Blanton Elementary School0.6 mi · 748
- Andrews Elementary School0.7 mi · 309
- Winn Montessori1.0 mi · 370
- General Marshall Middle School1.1 mi · 431
Frequently asked questions
About Austin Achieve Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Austin Achieve Middle School?
Austin Achieve Middle School enrolls approximately 669 students in grades 05-08.
What grades does Austin Achieve Middle School serve?
Austin Achieve Middle School serves grades 05-08.
How many students per teacher at Austin Achieve Middle School?
Approximately 21.3:1 students per teacher at Austin Achieve Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Austin Achieve Middle School?
Student demographics at Austin Achieve Middle School are roughly 2% White, 91% Hispanic, 6% Black, 0% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Austin Achieve Middle School in?
Austin Achieve Middle School is part of AUSTIN ACHIEVE PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.