BATY EL

As a reasonably sized primary school in AUSTIN, Texas, BATY EL serves 558 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of DEL VALLE ISD.

Across the 15 schools in DEL VALLE ISD (11,715 students total), BATY EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, BATY EL shows that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 7% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 96% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Travis County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BATY EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 19.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that median household earnings sit near $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which BATY EL is one.

IDEA MONTOPOLIS COLLEGE PREPARATORY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BATY EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 30.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 14%: 652 students in 2018 compared to 558 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment shrank from 13% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 in 2025.

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