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Enrollment
693
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROUND ROCK ISD·NCES 483808009103
Cactus Ranch Elementary School
2901 GOLDENOAK CIR, ROUND ROCK, TX 78681 · (512) 424-8000 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL693 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
20 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 33 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 109 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 145 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 139 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (139).
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
93.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
91.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 91 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 76.0% | 17.0% | 5.0% | 2.0% |
| Mathematics | 73.0% | 18.0% | 7.0% | 2.0% |
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 | 93.0% | 91.0% |
| 2024-25 | 93.0% | 91.0% |
| 2023-24 | 92.0% | 94.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 94.0% |
| 2021-22 | 78.0% | 78.0% |
| 2020-21 | 73.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
91.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 91% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Cactus Ranch Elementary School
Cactus Ranch Elementary School's state test result (91.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cactus Ranch Elementary School this school | 693 | 2.9% | 91.1% |
| Bluebonnet Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 668 | 7.6% | 83.8% |
| Parkside Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 807 | 3.1% | 68.2% |
| Laurel Mountain Elementary School AUSTIN | 822 | 6.1% | 87.5% |
| Bar W Elementary School LEANDER | 615 | 7.3% | 63.5% |
| Tarvin Elementary School LEANDER | 838 | 5.3% | 63.8% |
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 Cactus Ranch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 91.1% | #7 of 4,401 | #1 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 91.0% | #12 of 4,466 ▼ 1 | #1 of 87 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #14 of 4,466 ▲ 8 | #1 of 87 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,443 of 3,998 | #52 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 693 | #967 of 4,938 | #36 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,239 of 4,622 | #73 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.0% | #1,063 of 4,628 | #46 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 2.9% | #4,779 of 4,789 | #87 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.2% | #549 of 2,838 | #3 of 43 |
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
693
-133 (-16%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 971
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 693 | 46.9 | 14.8:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 44.9 | 14.9:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 743 | 46.8 | 15.9:1 | 3% (21) |
| 2020-21 | 826 | 51 | 16.2:1 | 2% (15) |
| 2017-18 | 979 | 58.9 | 16.6:1 | 1% (13) |
| 2015-16 | 1,037 | 61 | 17.0:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2010-11 | 971 | 57 | 17.0:1 | 3% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cactus Ranch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (979 to 693); teachers down 20% (58.9 to 46.9).
About Cactus Ranch Elementary School
As a mid-sized elementary school, Cactus Ranch Elementary School serves students in ROUND ROCK, Texas. It reports enrollment of 693 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 34% larger than the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
Enrollment across the 58 schools in ROUND ROCK ISD totals 46,954 students.
Of every 100 students at Cactus Ranch Elementary School, about 51 are Asian. After that, the student body is 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 2% Black. Among all residents of Williamson County, the Asian share is about 10%. The diversity index for Cactus Ranch Elementary School is 64%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Cactus Ranch Elementary School is 14.8:1, based on 46.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Cactus Ranch Elementary School counts 3% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Williamson County, the average eligibility rate is 29%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Cactus Ranch Elementary School would score about 72.5%. It scores 91.1%, a top-10% result among Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Williamson County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $111,340 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 48% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Williamson County number 208, with about 126,147 students.
James Garland Walsh Middle School, about 0.9 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Cactus Ranch Elementary School places 1st out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Cactus Ranch Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 826 to 693, a 16% decline. Federal data show the ratio falling from 16.2:1 to 14.8:1.
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Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROUND ROCK ISD
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Cedar Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,306 students
Other schools in ROUND ROCK
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Meridian World School LlcCombined · 1,745 students
- Ridgeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,249 students
- James Garland Walsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
Nearby schools
- James Garland Walsh Middle School0.9 mi · 1,208
- Old Town Elementary School1.2 mi · 587
- Chandler Oaks Elementary School1.3 mi · 574
- Fern Bluff Elementary School1.7 mi · 596
- Meridian World School Llc1.8 mi · 1,745
- Brushy Creek Elementary School2.2 mi · 463
Frequently asked questions
About Cactus Ranch Elementary SchoolHow large is Cactus Ranch Elementary School?
Cactus Ranch Elementary School enrolls approximately 693 students in grades PK-05.
Is Cactus Ranch Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Cactus Ranch Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Cactus Ranch Elementary School have?
Cactus Ranch Elementary School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Cactus Ranch Elementary School?
Student demographics at Cactus Ranch Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 2% Black, 51% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Cactus Ranch Elementary School in?
Cactus Ranch Elementary School is part of ROUND ROCK ISD.
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