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GUERRERO THOMPSON
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GUERRERO THOMPSON
GUERRERO THOMPSON is a K-5 school of middle-of-the-pack scale in AUSTIN, Texas, run under AUSTIN ISD, enrolling 548 students in grades pre-K through 5.
AUSTIN ISD runs 123 schools in total, collectively educating 72,272 students. GUERRERO THOMPSON is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, GUERRERO THOMPSON shows that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder breaks down as 4% Black, 2% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 97% of students are eligible 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 above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GUERRERO THOMPSON tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 31.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.3%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household earnings sit near $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. GUERRERO THOMPSON is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
IDEA RUNDBERG COLLEGE PREPARATORY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GUERRERO THOMPSON ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.6%.
GUERRERO THOMPSON operates from an urban location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GUERRERO THOMPSON has declined 13%, going from 633 students in 2018 to 548 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 88% to 93%.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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