AUSTIN EL

As a mid-tier elementary school in DAYTON, Texas, AUSTIN EL hosts 771 students from grades K through 5, operated by DAYTON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 49% bigger than typical.

DAYTON ISD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 5,675 students; AUSTIN EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, AUSTIN EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 75% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, AUSTIN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Liberty County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,703 per year, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. AUSTIN EL is one of 41 public schools in Liberty County (combined enrollment of about 27,599 students).

Nearest neighbor: WILSON J H, around 0.1 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, AUSTIN EL comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 37.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 895 students in 2018 compared to 771 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 48% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 17.8:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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