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What's something EASTSIDE EARLY COLLEGE H S does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
663
High
DISTRICT 938 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894012013
Eastside Early College High School
900 THOMPSON ST, AUSTIN, TX 78702 · (512) 414-5810 · Travis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Texas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
591 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 157 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 188 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 155 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 163 | 25% |
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
22.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp 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 22 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% | 43.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 13.0% | 46.0% | 32.0% |
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% | 22.0% |
| 2024-25 | 19.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 8.0% |
| 2022-23 | 15.0% | 12.0% |
| 2021-22 | 12.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 25% 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 Eastside Early College High School
Eastside Early College High School's state test result (25.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Eastside Early College High School this school | 663 | 89.1% | 25.2% |
| Iltexas Houston Windmill Lakes Orem High School HOUSTON | 837 | 87.1% | 47.9% |
| IDEA Eastside College Preparatory SAN ANTONIO | 469 | 88.7% | 35.8% |
| YES Prep - Hobby HOUSTON | 685 | 86.4% | 39.4% |
| Uplift Mighty Prep High School FORT WORTH | 402 | 88.3% | 33.4% |
| IDEA Achieve College Preparatory HALTOM CITY | 466 | 86.9% | 51.2% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Eastside Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.2% | #1,364 of 1,385 | #35 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 22.0% | #1,271 of 1,425 ▲ 116 | #30 of 40 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,368 of 1,425 ▲ 46 | #34 of 40 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #684 of 1,184 | #19 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #767 of 2,107 | #31 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #614 of 1,344 | #15 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.8% | #928 of 1,346 | #24 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.1% | #214 of 1,522 | #10 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +35.0% | #115 of 672 | #8 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high 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
663
+183 (+38%) vs 2020
+57% since 2010-11, when it was 423
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 663 | 46.1 | 14.4:1 | 89% (591) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 47.7 | 14.4:1 | 85% (589) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 35 | 19.9:1 | 81% (566) |
| 2020-21 | 480 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 78% (375) |
| 2017-18 | 491 | 50.5 | 9.7:1 | 89% (436) |
| 2015-16 | 551 | 49 | 11.2:1 | 87% (479) |
| 2010-11 | 423 | 38 | 11.1:1 | 87% (368) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Eastside Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 35% (491 to 663); teachers down 9% (50.5 to 46.1).
About Eastside Early College High School
At 900 THOMPSON ST in AUSTIN, Texas, Eastside Early College High School operates as a small high school. Enrollment totals 663 students across grades 9 through 12.
Eastside Early College High School is part of a district of 123 schools: AUSTIN ISD, with 72,272 students.
Of every 100 students at Eastside Early College High School, about 77 are Hispanic. The school is also 18% Black. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 33%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Eastside Early College High School scores 38%.
On staff are 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. High schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 0.7 more students per teacher than here. Eastside Early College High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 89%. That is higher than the 54% average for public schools in Travis County.
Eastside Early College High School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Texas public high schools.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Eastside Early College High School would be expected to post about 35.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 25.2%.
In the surrounding county, Travis County, median household income comes to about $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 333 public schools and about 191,706 students.
A public school about 0.2 miles away, Texans Can Academy - Austin, is the closest to Eastside Early College High School. Eastside Early College High School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 34.9% proficiency; Eastside Early College High School posts 25.2%.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school's enrollment increased 38% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.3:1 to 14.4:1.
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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 AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 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
- Texans Can Academy - Austin0.2 mi · 168
- Oak Springs Elementary School0.3 mi · 215
- Govalle Elementary School0.7 mi · 384
- Kealing Middle School0.8 mi · 1,196
- University of Texas El Charter School0.8 mi · 304
- Blackshear Elementary School0.8 mi · 214
Frequently asked questions
About Eastside Early College High SchoolHow large is Eastside Early College High School?
Eastside Early College High School enrolls approximately 663 students in grades 09-12.
Is Eastside Early College High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Eastside Early College High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Eastside Early College High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Eastside Early College High School is approximately 14.4:1 (46 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Eastside Early College High School?
Eastside Early College High School reports a student body of 2% White, 77% Hispanic, 18% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Eastside Early College High School in?
Eastside Early College High School is part of AUSTIN ISD.
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