CUNNINGHAM EL

CUNNINGHAM EL is one of the intimate elementary schools in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by AUSTIN ISD, with 346 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 33% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

AUSTIN ISD comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 72,272 students; CUNNINGHAM EL is among them.

Demographically, CUNNINGHAM EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%; the rest is composed of 33% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, CUNNINGHAM EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 53% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CUNNINGHAM EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 42.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), CUNNINGHAM EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WAYSIDE EDEN PARK ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CUNNINGHAM EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CUNNINGHAM EL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 41.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CUNNINGHAM EL has shrank 12%, going from 394 students in 2018 to 346 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked up from 26% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.