AUSTIN EL

AUSTIN EL is a sprawling primary school in CONROE, Texas, one of the schools within CONROE ISD. The school hosts 896 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 73% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 66 schools in CONROE ISD (72,914 students total), AUSTIN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, AUSTIN EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%. Other groups include 20% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, AUSTIN EL logs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Montgomery County's rate of about 48%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, AUSTIN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 38.8%, a residual of +1.9 points.

In the surrounding community, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $97,701, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), of which AUSTIN EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CREIGHTON EL, around 4.2 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, AUSTIN EL comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.1%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. AUSTIN EL's enrollment has edged down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,014 (now 896). White enrollment moved from 40% to 20% across the same window.

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