FOREST TRAIL EL

FOREST TRAIL EL, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in AUSTIN, Texas, run under EANES ISD, educates 500 students, covering grades K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in EANES ISD (7,604 students total), FOREST TRAIL EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FOREST TRAIL EL reports that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Travis County put the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, 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), FOREST TRAIL EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is VALLEY VIEW EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

FOREST TRAIL EL operates from an outer-ring location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 13%: 577 students in 2018 compared to 500 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

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