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What's one thing DECKER EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 520 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MANOR ISD·NCES 482889008394
Decker Elementary School
8500 DECKER LN, AUSTIN, TX 78724 · (512) 278-4150 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
336 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 58 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 42 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 59 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (42) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
31.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
20.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 13.0% | 18.0% | 62.0% |
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 | 31.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 14.0% |
| 2023-24 | 16.0% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 16.0% | 15.0% |
| 2021-22 | 18.0% | 12.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-21.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 14% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Decker Elementary School
Decker Elementary School's state test result (13.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Decker Elementary School this school | 366 | 91.8% | 13.5% |
| Fondren Elementary School HOUSTON | 341 | 93.5% | 42.5% |
| Golden Rule Desoto DESOTO | 402 | 91.3% | 36.4% |
| Fannin Elementary School BRYAN | 364 | 92.0% | 38.1% |
| Bishop Elementary School EVERMAN | 341 | 92.7% | 38.5% |
| Morningside Elementary School FORT WORTH | 401 | 94.3% | 25.6% |
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 Decker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #4,378 of 4,401 | #161 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #4,370 of 4,466 ▲ 46 | #162 of 176 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #4,258 of 4,466 ▲ 122 | #155 of 176 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,485 of 3,998 | #56 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #3,763 of 4,938 | #142 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.3:1 | #178 of 4,622 | #26 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 39.6% | #3,078 of 4,628 | #118 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #869 of 4,789 | #31 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.0% | #1,019 of 2,838 | #49 of 120 |
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
366
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-38% since 2000-01, when it was 595
Student : Teacher
11.3:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 366 | 32.3 | 11.3:1 | 92% (336) |
| 2023-24 | 534 | 36.7 | 14.5:1 | 91% (485) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 31.4 | 16.2:1 | 93% (471) |
| 2020-21 | 385 | 30 | 12.8:1 | 93% (358) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 34.6 | 13.6:1 | 96% (452) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | N/A | N/A | 63% (320) |
| 2010-11 | 707 | 39 | 18.1:1 | 93% (656) |
| 2000-01 | 595 | 40 | 14.9:1 | 76% (452) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Decker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (469 to 366); teachers down 7% (34.6 to 32.3).
About Decker Elementary School
Decker Elementary School is a public elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas. It teaches 366 students in pre-K through 5. That is 29% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Decker Elementary School is a school in MANOR ISD. The district has 17 schools and 10,321 students.
About 76% of the student body at Decker Elementary School is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 17% Black, 2% White, and 2% Asian. County-wide, 33% of Travis County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 40%.
On staff are 32.3 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 11.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. About 92% of students at Decker Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Travis County report 54%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Decker Elementary School outscored 3%, which works out to an F on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. Decker Elementary School posts 13.5% against a 34.5% prediction, a bottom-10% result in Texas.
In Travis County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $99,611, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. There are 333 public schools in the county, enrolling about 191,706, Decker Elementary School among them.
The closest school to Decker Elementary School is Decker Middle School, located about 0.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Decker Elementary School is 7th of 8 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 5%. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.8 to 11.3 over 4 years.
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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 MANOR ISD
- Manor High SchoolHigh · 2,422 students
- Manor New Technology Middle SchoolMiddle · 744 students
- Lagos Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
- Manor New Technology HighHigh · 640 students
- Shadowglen Elementary SchoolElementary · 639 students
- Decker Middle SchoolMiddle · 606 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
Other Decker Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Decker Elementary. Decker Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Decker ElementaryPomona, CA · 437 students
Nearby schools
- Decker Middle School0.3 mi · 606
- Overton Elementary School1.4 mi · 440
- Garcia Ymla1.5 mi · 255
- Jordan Elementary School1.9 mi · 492
- LBJ Early College High School2.4 mi · 734
- Oak Meadows Elementary School2.4 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Decker Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Decker Elementary School?
Decker Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-05.
Is Decker Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Decker Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Decker Elementary School?
Approximately 11.3:1 students per teacher at Decker Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Decker Elementary School?
Student demographics at Decker Elementary School are roughly 2% White, 76% Hispanic, 17% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Decker Elementary School in?
Decker Elementary School is part of MANOR ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.