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BECKER EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BECKER EL
BECKER EL operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by AUSTIN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 502 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.
BECKER EL is one of 123 schools operated by AUSTIN ISD, a district that serves 72,272 students overall.
On the student-mix side, BECKER EL lists that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 42% White, 6% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 15% of students at BECKER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
With demographic context factored in, BECKER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 67.3%; this one delivers 54.5%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate 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. BECKER EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
DAEP- EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 15%: 437 students in 2018 compared to 502 in 2025. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.
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