COLONY OAKS EL

Located at 601 SAM HOUSTON DR, in BASTROP, Texas, COLONY OAKS EL is a substantial elementary-level community that works with 824 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under BASTROP ISD. That puts it 59% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

COLONY OAKS EL is one of 16 schools operated by BASTROP ISD, a district that works with 13,370 students overall.

On demographics, COLONY OAKS EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% White, 7% Black, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, COLONY OAKS EL shows 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at COLONY OAKS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Bastrop County's rate of about 67%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, COLONY OAKS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.4%, the actual is 38.1%, a residual of -13.3 points.

Around the school, Bastrop County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,226, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Bastrop County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,931 students), COLONY OAKS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY-BASTROP, roughly 2.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts COLONY OAKS EL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 40.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.