Enrollment
405
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000296
Barrington Elementary School
400 COOPER DR, AUSTIN, TX 78753 · (512) 414-2008 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL405 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
384 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 70 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 56 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 5% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
22%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
31.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 20.0% | 21.0% | 48.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 16.0% | 23.0% | 55.0% |
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 | 31.0% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 20.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
21.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Barrington Elementary School
Barrington Elementary School's state test result (21.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrington Elementary School this school | 405 | 94.8% | 21.4% |
| Oaklawn Elementary School FORT WORTH | 395 | 95.4% | 21.2% |
| Smith Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 408 | 95.6% | 28.2% |
| Caldwell Elementary School GARLAND | 422 | 94.8% | 35.8% |
| Sagamore Hill Elementary School FORT WORTH | 408 | 93.4% | 26.7% |
| Seguin Elementary School HOUSTON | 395 | 97.2% | 45.0% |
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 Barrington Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.4% | #4,231 of 4,401 | #143 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #4,305 of 4,466 ▼ 169 | #156 of 176 ▼ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #4,239 of 4,466 ▲ 67 | #153 of 176 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.0pp | #332 of 3,998 | #16 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 405 | #3,439 of 4,938 | #124 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,929 of 4,622 | #108 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.6% | #3,707 of 4,628 | #155 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 94.8% | #538 of 4,789 | #19 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.0% | #701 of 2,838 | #32 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
405
-39 (-9%) vs 2020
-51% since 1990-91, when it was 819
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 405 | 28 | 14.4:1 | 95% (384) |
| 2023-24 | 355 | 25.4 | 14.0:1 | 97% (346) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 29 | 11.9:1 | 95% (329) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 33 | 13.4:1 | 96% (426) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 36.2 | 15.1:1 | 98% (536) |
| 2015-16 | 627 | 44 | 14.3:1 | 95% (594) |
| 2010-11 | 995 | 66 | 15.1:1 | 98% (975) |
| 2000-01 | 688 | 43 | 16.0:1 | 76% (522) |
| 1990-91 | 819 | 38 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barrington Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (547 to 405); teachers down 22% (36.2 to 28).
About Barrington Elementary School
Barrington Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools in AUSTIN ISD. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 405 students. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 22% lower.
AUSTIN ISD has 72,272 students in 123 schools, and Barrington Elementary School is one of those schools.
Most students at Barrington Elementary School are Hispanic: 88% of enrollment. Smaller groups are 8% Black. For comparison, the population of Travis County is roughly 33% Hispanic. Barrington Elementary School has a diversity index of 22%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its 28 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The school's lunch program data list 95% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Travis County averages 54%, lower than here.
Barrington Elementary School is 11.8 points below its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests (21.4% versus 33.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Census Bureau estimates for Travis County show that median household income is about $99,611, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Barrington Elementary School is one of 333 public schools in Travis County, which together enroll about 191,706 students.
The next-closest public school is Guerrero Thompson, about 0.3 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Barrington Elementary School ranks 7th of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 21.4% against a local average of 33.4%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 444 in 2020-21 and 405 in 2024-25, a decrease of 39 students.
Discussions about Barrington Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
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Other Barrington Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Barrington Elementary. Barrington Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- BARRINGTON ELEM.FLORISSANT, MO · 515 students
- Barrington Elementary SchoolBarrington, NH · 405 students
Nearby schools
- Guerrero Thompson0.3 mi · 548
- IDEA Rundberg Academy0.5 mi · 694
- IDEA Rundberg College Preparatory0.5 mi · 790
- Harmony Science Academy - Austin0.7 mi · 754
- Navarro Early College High School0.7 mi · 1,633
- Graduation Prep Academy Navarro0.7 mi · 57
Frequently asked questions
About Barrington Elementary SchoolHow large is Barrington Elementary School?
Barrington Elementary School enrolls approximately 405 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Barrington Elementary School serve?
Barrington Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Barrington Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Barrington Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Barrington Elementary School?
Student demographics at Barrington Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 88% Hispanic, 8% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Barrington Elementary School in?
Barrington Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD.
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