DOSS EL

DOSS EL is a K-5 school of sizable scale in AUSTIN, Texas, run under AUSTIN ISD, educateing 930 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 79% larger than typical.

DOSS EL is one of 123 schools operated by AUSTIN ISD, a district that educates 72,272 students overall.

In terms of who attends, DOSS EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 57% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 23% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, DOSS EL lists 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DOSS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 65.5%, the actual is 74.8%, a residual of +9.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Travis County reports that 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%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which DOSS EL is one.

MURCHISON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DOSS EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DOSS EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 61.0%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. DOSS EL's enrollment has increased 11% since 2018, when it stood at 835 (now 930). White enrollment moved from 69% to 57% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 in 2025.

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