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What's something BRENTWOOD EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
671
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000302
Brentwood Elementary School
6703 YATES AV, AUSTIN, TX 78757 · (512) 414-2039 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL671 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
94 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 | 31 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 103 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (109) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (112).
Student demographics
53%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
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +52.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +45.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 52 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 45 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 57.0% | 26.0% | 10.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 31.0% | 18.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 83.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 18.0% |
% 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
70.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 70% 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 Brentwood Elementary School
Brentwood Elementary School's state test result (70.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brentwood Elementary School this school | 671 | 14.0% | 70.3% |
| Zue S Bales Intermediate School FRIENDSWOOD | 640 | 16.9% | 69.5% |
| Travis Elementary School HOUSTON | 762 | 13.5% | 70.1% |
| Elm Grove Elementary School BUDA | 678 | 15.0% | 68.0% |
| Herff Elementary School BOERNE | 615 | 17.2% | 64.0% |
| Bowie Elementary School DALLAS | 644 | 12.7% | 77.0% |
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 Brentwood Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.3% | #300 of 4,401 | #19 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #746 of 4,466 ▼ 11 | #44 of 176 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #152 of 4,466 ▲ 137 | #18 of 176 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +35.5pp | #67 of 3,998 | #3 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 671 | #1,110 of 4,938 | #34 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,984 of 4,622 | #130 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #2,105 of 4,628 | #79 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.0% | #4,562 of 4,789 | #145 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #2,807 of 2,838 | #120 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
671
+129 (+24%) vs 2020
+10% since 1990-91, when it was 610
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 12.6:1
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 | 671 | 43 | 15.6:1 | 14% (94) |
| 2023-24 | 686 | 43.1 | 15.9:1 | 16% (110) |
| 2022-23 | 630 | 34 | 18.5:1 | 16% (98) |
| 2020-21 | 542 | 43 | 12.6:1 | 19% (105) |
| 2017-18 | 675 | 43.9 | 15.4:1 | 19% (131) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 42 | 14.7:1 | 26% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 495 | 37 | 13.4:1 | 46% (230) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 35 | 13.3:1 | 48% (225) |
| 1990-91 | 610 | 37 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Brentwood Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (675 to 671); teachers down 2% (43.9 to 43).
About Brentwood Elementary School
Brentwood Elementary School sits in AUSTIN, Texas, and is classified as an elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 671 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
AUSTIN ISD runs Brentwood Elementary School along with 122 other schools, enrolling 72,272 students in total.
White students are the majority at Brentwood Elementary School, with 63% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 25% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 2% Asian. The school's White share is 8 points above the 55% share among Travis County residents. The school's diversity index is 53%, meaning two students picked at random have a 53% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1 at Brentwood Elementary School, with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 14%. The average for public schools in Travis County is 54%.
allk12 grades Brentwood Elementary School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Texas, Brentwood Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 70.3% actual against a predicted 67.7%.
Among Travis County residents, the median household income is $99,611, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Besides Brentwood Elementary School, Travis County has 332 other public schools.
Lamar Middle School is the public school closest to Brentwood Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Brentwood Elementary School's average proficiency of 70.3% compares with 46.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES describes the area around Brentwood Elementary School as City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 129 more students in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.6:1.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 Brentwood Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 8 states are named Brentwood Elementary. Brentwood Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 13.
- Brentwood ElementaryBrentwood, CA · 811 students
- Brentwood ElementaryVictorville, CA · 790 students
- BRENTWOOD ELEMENTARY SCHOOLSARASOTA, FL · 590 students
- Brentwood ElementaryFayetteville, NC · 494 students
- Brentwood Elementary SchoolSPOKANE, WA · 468 students
Nearby schools
- Lamar Middle School0.5 mi · 1,109
- Rosedale0.9 mi · 179
- McCallum High School0.9 mi · 1,897
- Gullett Elementary School1.0 mi · 544
- Reilly Elementary School1.1 mi · 349
- Brown Elementary School1.4 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Brentwood Elementary SchoolHow large is Brentwood Elementary School?
Brentwood Elementary School enrolls approximately 671 students in grades PK-05.
Is Brentwood Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Brentwood Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Brentwood Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Brentwood Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Brentwood Elementary School?
At Brentwood Elementary School, the student body is approximately 63% White, 25% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Brentwood Elementary School public or private?
Brentwood 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.