Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 262 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY·NCES 480023209075
Cedars International Academy
8416 N IH-35, AUSTIN, TX 78753 · (512) 419-1551 · Travis County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
358 students
DISTRICT 79% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 44 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 4 | 41 | 10% |
| Grade 5 | 34 | 8% |
| Grade 6 | 47 | 12% |
| Grade 7 | 30 | 7% |
| Grade 8 | 27 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 119% larger than its 8th grade class (27).
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Cedars International Academy→Cedars Academy Next Generation H S at Highland
Based on grade levels within CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
35.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Cedars International Academy
Cedars International Academy's state test result (35.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cedars International Academy this school | 408 | 87.7% | 35.0% |
| Hector P Garcia Elementary School TEMPLE | 396 | 86.9% | 33.6% |
| Regency Place Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 419 | 87.1% | 36.7% |
| O'Connor Elementary School VICTORIA | 440 | 86.6% | 22.6% |
| Meadows Elementary School PLANO | 414 | 87.2% | 35.3% |
| Graham Elementary School AUSTIN | 412 | 84.7% | 30.9% |
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 Cedars International Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,154 of 4,401 | #94 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,045 of 4,466 ▲ 279 | #102 of 176 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,417 of 4,466 ▲ 377 | #114 of 176 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.5pp | #2,455 of 3,998 | #107 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #3,415 of 4,938 | #122 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,758 of 4,622 | #126 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.7% | #3,507 of 4,628 | #141 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #1,314 of 4,789 | #53 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.0% | #942 of 1,307 | #29 of 36 |
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
408
+28 (+7%) vs 2020
+85% since 2010-11, when it was 221
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 408 | 26.6 | 15.3:1 | 88% (358) |
| 2023-24 | 349 | 27.3 | 12.8:1 | 87% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 382 | 31.5 | 12.1:1 | 81% (309) |
| 2020-21 | 380 | 26 | 14.6:1 | 82% (310) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 25.5 | 15.1:1 | 94% (362) |
| 2015-16 | 390 | 26 | 15.0:1 | 90% (352) |
| 2010-11 | 221 | 19 | 11.6:1 | 87% (193) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Cedars International Academy.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (385 to 408); teachers up 4% (25.5 to 26.6).
About Cedars International Academy
Cedars International Academy is a low-enrollment elementary school with an address in AUSTIN, Texas. The school enrolls 408 students in pre-K through 8. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Cedars International Academy operates as its own local education agency.
A large majority of enrollment at Cedars International Academy is Hispanic, at 85%. The school is also 6% Black, 6% White, and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 33%. The diversity index for Cedars International Academy is 28%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 15.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Of all students at Cedars International Academy, 88% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Travis County is 54%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Cedars International Academy, the prediction is 36.2% and the result is 35.0%.
The school's county is Travis County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Travis County number 333, with about 191,706 students.
Hart Elementary School is the nearest public school to Cedars International Academy, about 0.6 miles away. Cedars International Academy is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 26.6%, lower than Cedars International Academy's 35.0%.
The NCES locale for Cedars International Academy is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. It is a charter school, open to the public and funded by taxpayers.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 7%.
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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 CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY
- Cedars Academy Next Generation H S at HighlandHigh · 116 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
Nearby schools
- Hart Elementary School0.6 mi · 577
- Diboll0.6 mi · 75
- Brown Elementary School0.9 mi · 497
- Harmony Science Academy - Austin0.9 mi · 754
- Barrington Elementary School0.9 mi · 405
- IDEA Rundberg College Preparatory1.0 mi · 790
Frequently asked questions
About Cedars International AcademyHow large is Cedars International Academy?
Cedars International Academy enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Cedars International Academy serve?
Cedars International Academy serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Cedars International Academy?
Approximately 15.3:1 students per teacher at Cedars International Academy.
What is the student diversity at Cedars International Academy?
Student demographics at Cedars International Academy are roughly 6% White, 85% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Two or more.
Is Cedars International Academy public or private?
Cedars International Academy is a public K-12 school operated as a charter, overseen by CEDARS INTERNATIONAL ACADEMY.
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