BAGDAD EL

As an average-sized elementary campus in LEANDER, Texas, BAGDAD EL serves 701 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by LEANDER ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 35% above the state mean of about 519.

LEANDER ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 42,680 students. BAGDAD EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, BAGDAD EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 62% of enrollment; the rest reads as 21% White, 9% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Williamson County (around 29%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, BAGDAD EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 54.0%; this one comes in at 30.3%, -23.7 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Williamson County put median household income runs about $111,340, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Williamson County runs 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), of which BAGDAD EL is one.

The closest other public school is JIM PLAIN EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BAGDAD EL comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

BAGDAD EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 18%: 592 students in 2018 compared to 701 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 34% to 21% across the same window.

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