CAMPBELL EL

CAMPBELL EL is a very small elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools within AUSTIN ISD. The school works with 180 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 65% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within AUSTIN ISD, which oversees 123 schools and 72,272 students, CAMPBELL EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CAMPBELL EL lists that the most-represented group is Black (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 27% Hispanic, 19% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 8% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, CAMPBELL EL has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAMPBELL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.2%.

In the surrounding community, Travis County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), CAMPBELL EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is AUSTIN ISD PREK PARTNERSHIP (PKP), roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, CAMPBELL EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.8%.

The campus sits in a high-density setting.

Five-year trend. CAMPBELL EL's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 187 (now 180). Hispanic enrollment moved from 35% to 27% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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