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Enrollment
418
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894006509
Galindo Elementary School
3800 S 2ND ST, AUSTIN, TX 78704 · (512) 414-1756 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL418 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
378 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 67 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 48 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 44 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 69 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (48) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (69).
Student demographics
24%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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
45.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 45 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 29.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Galindo Elementary School
Galindo Elementary School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Galindo Elementary School this school | 418 | 90.4% | 33.6% |
| Glenwood Elementary School AMARILLO | 455 | 90.5% | 46.5% |
| Gibson Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 421 | 91.7% | 29.4% |
| Blanton Elementary School ARLINGTON | 456 | 90.8% | 23.6% |
| Hillcrest Elementary School AUSTIN | 376 | 88.8% | 29.9% |
| Sanborn Elementary School AMARILLO | 404 | 93.3% | 33.1% |
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 Galindo Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #3,295 of 4,401 | #99 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #2,240 of 4,466 ▼ 38 | #76 of 176 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,978 of 4,466 ▲ 414 | #99 of 176 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,774 of 3,998 | #68 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 418 | #3,335 of 4,938 | #119 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.2:1 | #35 of 4,622 | #8 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.5% | #3,615 of 4,628 | #149 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #1,026 of 4,789 | #39 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #571 of 2,838 | #27 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
418
-74 (-15%) vs 2020
-45% since 1990-91, when it was 754
Student : Teacher
10.2:1
was 10.5:1
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 | 418 | 41.1 | 10.2:1 | 90% (378) |
| 2023-24 | 449 | 40.8 | 11.0:1 | 88% (395) |
| 2022-23 | 451 | 31.8 | 14.2:1 | 89% (402) |
| 2020-21 | 492 | 47 | 10.5:1 | 91% (450) |
| 2017-18 | 586 | 43.2 | 13.6:1 | 90% (528) |
| 2015-16 | 585 | 41 | 14.3:1 | 94% (551) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | 55 | 12.8:1 | 93% (653) |
| 2000-01 | 758 | 54 | 14.0:1 | 73% (556) |
| 1990-91 | 754 | 47 | 16.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Galindo Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (586 to 418); teachers down 5% (43.2 to 41.1).
About Galindo Elementary School
Galindo Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas. The school reports 418 students in pre-K through 5.
Galindo Elementary School is part of a district of 123 schools: AUSTIN ISD, with 72,272 students.
Hispanic students make up 87% of enrollment at Galindo Elementary School. The remaining students are 6% White, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Census figures show Travis County is about 33% Hispanic. Galindo Elementary School's diversity index is 24%, against a US figure of 70%.
Federal staffing data show 41.1 full-time-equivalent teachers at Galindo Elementary School and a ratio of 10.2:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 90% of enrollment. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in Travis County.
Galindo Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.6%, compared with a predicted 35.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Travis County show that the median household income is $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Galindo Elementary School is one of 333 public schools in the county.
St Elmo Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles away. The five-mile area around Galindo Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Galindo Elementary School ranks 2nd of 4 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 33.6% against a local average of 30.7%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Enrollment has fallen by 74 students since 2020-21, to 418.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- St Elmo Elementary School0.5 mi · 305
- Dawson Elementary School0.6 mi · 196
- Premier High School-Austin South Campus0.7 mi · 143
- Richards School for Young Women Leaders1.1 mi · 920
- Joslin Elementary School1.1 mi · 265
- Travis Co J J Alternative Education Program1.1 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Galindo Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Galindo Elementary School?
Galindo Elementary School enrolls approximately 418 students in grades PK-05.
Is Galindo Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Galindo Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Galindo Elementary School?
Approximately 10.2:1 students per teacher at Galindo Elementary School.
How diverse is Galindo Elementary School?
Galindo Elementary School reports a student body of 6% White, 87% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Galindo Elementary School?
Galindo Elementary School is overseen by AUSTIN ISD in Travis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.