CANYON CREEK EL

CANYON CREEK EL is a primary school of intimate scale in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by ROUND ROCK ISD, teacheing 350 students in grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so CANYON CREEK EL sits 33% leaner than that benchmark.

ROUND ROCK ISD comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 46,954 students; CANYON CREEK EL is among them.

Demographically, CANYON CREEK EL records that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, CANYON CREEK EL reports 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 5% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, CANYON CREEK 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 71.5%; CANYON CREEK EL posts 90.7%, +19.2 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. CANYON CREEK EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

Nearest neighbor: SPICEWOOD EL, around 1.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CANYON CREEK EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CANYON CREEK EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.9%.

CANYON CREEK EL operates from a city-core location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 18%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 350 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment decreased from 41% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

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