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Enrollment
582
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894011064
Baldwin Elementary School
12200 MERIDIAN PARK BLVD, AUSTIN, TX 78739 · (512) 841-8900 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL582 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
80 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 57 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 101 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 50.0% | 31.0% | 13.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 43.0% | 32.0% | 14.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 65.0% |
| 2021-22 | 76.0% | 68.0% |
| 2020-21 | 56.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Baldwin Elementary School
Baldwin Elementary School's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baldwin Elementary School this school | 582 | 13.7% | 74.2% |
| Susanna Dickinson Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 616 | 12.8% | 78.7% |
| Fern Bluff Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 596 | 11.4% | 73.1% |
| STEM Academy at Donald Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 526 | 10.6% | 65.2% |
| Santa Rita Elementary School LIBERTY HILL | 745 | 13.2% | 58.3% |
| Hunters Creek Elementary School HOUSTON | 575 | 18.8% | 72.3% |
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 Baldwin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #209 of 4,401 | #11 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #252 of 4,466 ▲ 1 | #18 of 176 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #215 of 4,466 ▼ 67 | #27 of 176 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,045 of 3,998 | #85 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 582 | #1,749 of 4,938 | #58 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #963 of 4,622 | #69 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.4% | #1,114 of 4,628 | #41 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.7% | #4,568 of 4,789 | #146 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.1% | #595 of 2,838 | #28 of 120 |
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
582
-93 (-14%) vs 2020
+14% since 2010-11, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 582 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 14% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 45 | 13.5:1 | 12% (74) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 44 | 14.8:1 | 14% (89) |
| 2020-21 | 675 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 15% (103) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 51.4 | 15.8:1 | 13% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 787 | 49 | 16.1:1 | 13% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 512 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 14% (74) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Baldwin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 28% (810 to 582); teachers down 14% (51.4 to 44).
About Baldwin Elementary School
Baldwin Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Texas, located in AUSTIN. The school counted 582 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
AUSTIN ISD enrolls 72,272 students, and its 123 schools include Baldwin Elementary School.
More than half of enrollment at Baldwin Elementary School is White: 53%. Enrollment also includes 24% Hispanic, 14% Asian, and 7% multiracial. In Travis County overall, the White share is about 55%. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
For every teacher at Baldwin Elementary School, there are about 13.2 students; the school has 44 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 14%. The average for public schools in Travis County is 54%.
Baldwin Elementary School is 6.4 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (74.2% versus 67.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
The county, Travis County, is where the school is located. The median household earns about $99,611 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Counting Baldwin Elementary School, Travis County has 333 public schools.
Clayton Elementary School is about 1.2 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. On average proficiency, Baldwin Elementary School is 4th of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Locale data from NCES put Baldwin Elementary School inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more (City: Large).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 675 (2020-21) to 582 (2024-25). In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
This page is set up for the Baldwin Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Other Baldwin Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 6 states are named Baldwin Elementary. Baldwin Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 8.
- Baldwin ElementaryNorcross, GA · 914 students
- Baldwin ElementaryManassas, VA · 631 students
- Baldwin Elementary SchoolROCHESTER, MI · 534 students
- Baldwin Elementary SchoolBaldwin, GA · 422 students
- BALDWIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLPARAGOULD, AR · 221 students
Nearby schools
- Clayton Elementary School1.2 mi · 637
- Bear Creek Elementary School1.3 mi · 509
- Valor South Austin2.2 mi · 1,364
- Kiker Elementary School2.6 mi · 750
- Gorzycki Middle School2.8 mi · 1,305
- Mills Elementary School3.2 mi · 703
Frequently asked questions
About Baldwin Elementary SchoolHow large is Baldwin Elementary School?
Baldwin Elementary School enrolls approximately 582 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Baldwin Elementary School serve?
Baldwin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Baldwin Elementary School have?
Baldwin Elementary School employs 44 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
How diverse is Baldwin Elementary School?
Baldwin Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 24% Hispanic, 2% Black, 14% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Baldwin Elementary School public or private?
Baldwin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AUSTIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.