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Enrollment
896
Elementary
DISTRICT 786 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CONROE ISD·NCES 481500001000
Austin Elementary School
14796 HWY 105 E, CONROE, TX 77306 · (936) 709-8400 · Montgomery County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL896 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
759 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 107 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 142 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 157 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 158 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 166 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 166 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (142) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (166).
Student demographics
41%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 33.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 33.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
37.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Elementary School
Austin Elementary School's state test result (37.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Austin Elementary School this school | 896 | 84.7% | 37.7% |
| Oakley Elementary School NEW CANEY | 816 | 88.0% | 28.4% |
| Dogwood Elementary School NEW CANEY | 911 | 84.6% | 30.3% |
| New Caney Elementary School NEW CANEY | 787 | 86.3% | 31.6% |
| Cullen Place Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 923 | 81.1% | 38.0% |
| Brookwood Forest Elementary School PORTER | 791 | 83.7% | 37.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.7% | #2,871 of 4,401 | #63 of 77 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,709 of 4,466 ▼ 29 | #60 of 77 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #4,154 of 4,466 ▼ 147 | #76 of 77 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #783 of 3,998 | #12 of 70 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 896 | #214 of 4,938 | #12 of 79 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,775 of 4,622 | #48 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.3% | #2,992 of 4,628 | #70 of 78 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #1,582 of 4,789 | #6 of 78 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.6% | #1,901 of 2,838 | #19 of 37 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
896
-105 (-10%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 691
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 15.6:1
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 | 896 | 58.3 | 15.4:1 | 85% (759) |
| 2023-24 | 1,031 | 68.2 | 15.1:1 | 83% (852) |
| 2022-23 | 950 | 58.7 | 16.2:1 | 81% (770) |
| 2020-21 | 1,001 | 64 | 15.6:1 | 81% (807) |
| 2017-18 | 1,014 | 63 | 16.1:1 | 78% (788) |
| 2015-16 | 913 | 59 | 15.5:1 | 77% (701) |
| 2010-11 | 966 | 60 | 16.1:1 | 73% (710) |
| 2000-01 | 916 | 56 | 16.4:1 | 59% (541) |
| 1990-91 | 691 | 41 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Austin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (1,014 to 896); teachers down 7% (63 to 58.3).
About Austin Elementary School
Austin Elementary School is a large elementary school for students in CONROE, Texas. Federal data show 896 students enrolled in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Within CONROE ISD, Austin Elementary School is one of 66 schools. The district enrolls 72,914 students.
At Austin Elementary School, 74% of students are Hispanic. Other students are 20% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. That is higher than the 28% Hispanic share among all Montgomery County residents. The diversity index for Austin Elementary School is 41%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Austin Elementary School has 58.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.4:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 85%. Public schools in Montgomery County average 48%.
Austin Elementary School holds a C allk12 Grade, placing it above 34% of Texas public elementary schools.
Austin Elementary School scores 37.7% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 37.5%.
The county, Montgomery County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $97,701, about 39% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 160 public schools in the county, enrolling about 134,595, Austin Elementary School among them.
Creighton Elementary School is about 4.2 miles from Austin Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Austin Elementary School ranks 8th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Rural: Fringe: in rural territory close to an urban area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 896, down from 1,001 in 2020-21.
Austin Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CONROE ISD
- Conroe High SchoolHigh · 5,252 students
- The Woodlands High SchoolHigh · 4,444 students
- Grand Oaks High SchoolHigh · 3,836 students
- College Park High SchoolHigh · 3,313 students
- Caney Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,783 students
- Oak Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
Other schools in CONROE
- Conroe High SchoolHigh · 5,252 students
- Caney Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,783 students
- Oak Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,758 students
- Suchma Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,428 students
- Moorhead Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,379 students
- Donald J Stockton JHMiddle · 1,367 students
Other Austin Elementary schools
15 other US public schools in 4 states are named Austin Elementary. Austin Elementary School is the largest of the 16.
- Austin Elementary SchoolGALVESTON, TX · 784 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolDAYTON, TX · 771 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolABILENE, TX · 729 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolPECOS, TX · 583 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolWEATHERFORD, TX · 547 students
Nearby schools
- Creighton Elementary School4.2 mi · 701
- Donald J Stockton JH4.5 mi · 1,367
- Patterson Elementary School4.5 mi · 1,024
- Bozman Intermediate School4.6 mi · 1,113
- Bartlett Elementary School4.7 mi · 895
- Caney Creek High School5.6 mi · 2,783
Frequently asked questions
About Austin Elementary SchoolHow large is Austin Elementary School?
Austin Elementary School enrolls approximately 896 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Austin Elementary School serve?
Austin Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Austin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Austin Elementary School is approximately 15.4:1 (58 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Austin Elementary School?
At Austin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 20% White, 74% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Austin Elementary School in?
Austin Elementary School is part of CONROE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.