CACTUS RANCH EL

CACTUS RANCH EL, a moderately sized K-5 school in ROUND ROCK, Texas, operated by ROUND ROCK ISD, works with 693 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so CACTUS RANCH EL sits 34% larger than that benchmark.

CACTUS RANCH EL is one of 58 schools operated by ROUND ROCK ISD, a district that teaches 46,954 students overall.

In terms of who attends, CACTUS RANCH EL shows that the most-represented group is Asian (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 10% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

On the resource side, CACTUS RANCH EL reports 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 3% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Williamson County (around 29%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CACTUS RANCH EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 72.6%; CACTUS RANCH EL posts 91.9%, +19.3 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Williamson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $111,340 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. CACTUS RANCH EL is one of 208 public schools in Williamson County (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students).

The closest other public school is JAMES GARLAND WALSH MIDDLE, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CACTUS RANCH EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 71.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 29%: 979 students in 2018 compared to 693 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 44% to 29% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

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