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What's something BLAZIER EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
1,275
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894011062
Blazier Elementary School
8601 VERTEX BLVD, AUSTIN, TX 78744 · (512) 841-8800 · Travis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,275 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
777 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 165 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 176 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 188 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 208 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 197 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 206 | 16% |
| Grade 6 | 133 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (165) is 24% larger than its 6th grade class (133).
Student demographics
45%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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
51.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 51.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
47.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Blazier Elementary School
Blazier Elementary School's state test result (47.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blazier Elementary School this school | 1,275 | 60.9% | 47.2% |
| Sgt Jose F Carrasco Elementary School EL PASO | 1,067 | 57.4% | 50.7% |
| Silos Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 1,011 | 59.6% | 40.4% |
| Cactus Trails EL PASO | 1,006 | 59.7% | 63.9% |
| Luckey Ranch Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 945 | 63.5% | 42.1% |
| Don Haskins PK-8 EL PASO | 1,405 | 65.1% | 38.4% |
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 Blazier Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.2% | #1,709 of 4,401 | #63 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,634 of 4,466 ▲ 258 | #63 of 176 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #1,888 of 4,466 ▲ 316 | #73 of 176 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #589 of 3,998 | #25 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,275 | #14 of 4,938 | #1 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,165 of 4,622 | #78 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.6% | #2,812 of 4,628 | #107 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.9% | #3,068 of 4,789 | #93 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +48.3% | #113 of 1,307 | #8 of 36 |
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
1,275
+221 (+21%) vs 2020
+64% since 2010-11, when it was 778
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.4:1
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 | 1,275 | 94.2 | 13.5:1 | 61% (777) |
| 2023-24 | 1,232 | 83.9 | 14.7:1 | 64% (787) |
| 2022-23 | 1,169 | 70 | 16.7:1 | 60% (700) |
| 2020-21 | 1,054 | 73 | 14.4:1 | 64% (674) |
| 2017-18 | 860 | 52 | 16.5:1 | 67% (577) |
| 2015-16 | 842 | 55 | 15.3:1 | 74% (627) |
| 2010-11 | 778 | 50 | 15.6:1 | 78% (604) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blazier Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 48% (860 to 1,275); teachers up 81% (52 to 94.2).
About Blazier Elementary School
Blazier Elementary School is the name of a high-enrollment elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas. The school runs pre-K through 6 and enrolls 1,275 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 146% higher.
Federal data list 123 schools in AUSTIN ISD, with 72,272 students enrolled.
The share of Hispanic students at Blazier Elementary School is 73%, a majority. It is also 11% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Travis County is roughly 33% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 45%.
For every teacher at Blazier Elementary School, there are about 13.5 students; the school has 94.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. There are 777 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 61% of enrollment.
A school with Blazier Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 47.7%. Blazier Elementary School scores 47.2%, within a point of that line.
The school's county is Travis County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Travis County number 333, with about 191,706 students.
Langford Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from Blazier Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Blazier Elementary School is 1st among 9 schools close by.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment figures show a rise of 221 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
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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
Nearby schools
- Langford Elementary School0.8 mi · 391
- Palm Elementary School0.8 mi · 329
- Perez Elementary School1.0 mi · 460
- IDEA Bluff Springs College Preparatory1.1 mi · 689
- IDEA Bluff Springs Academy1.1 mi · 521
- Hillcrest Elementary School1.5 mi · 376
Frequently asked questions
About Blazier Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Blazier Elementary School?
Blazier Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,275 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Blazier Elementary School serve?
Blazier Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Blazier Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Blazier Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Blazier Elementary School?
Student demographics at Blazier Elementary School are roughly 11% White, 73% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Blazier Elementary School in?
Blazier Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD.
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