AUSTIN EL

As a mid-tier elementary campus in COPPELL, Texas, AUSTIN EL educates 541 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by COPPELL ISD.

Across the 16 schools in COPPELL ISD (13,233 students total), AUSTIN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, AUSTIN EL shows that 47% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% White, 15% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 7% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, AUSTIN EL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting AUSTIN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 12% of students at AUSTIN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AUSTIN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.0%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), AUSTIN EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NEW TECH H S AT COPPELL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts AUSTIN EL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 65.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at AUSTIN EL has shrank 24%, going from 716 students in 2018 to 541 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.9:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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