AUSTIN EL

AUSTIN EL, a sizable primary school in GALVESTON, Texas, part of GALVESTON ISD, enrolls 784 students, covering grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so AUSTIN EL sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.

GALVESTON ISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,662 students; AUSTIN EL is among them.

On demographics, AUSTIN EL logs that 52% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 32% Black, 11% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting AUSTIN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 95% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Galveston County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), AUSTIN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 33.1%; this one delivers 45.0%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Galveston County) shows that median household income runs about $86,105, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Galveston County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), AUSTIN EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AUSTIN MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AUSTIN EL. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AUSTIN EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 42.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

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