HARRIS EL

Set in AUSTIN, Texas, HARRIS EL is a low-enrollment elementary-level community, operated by AUSTIN ISD. It serves 285 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HARRIS EL sits 45% smaller than that benchmark.

Within AUSTIN ISD, which oversees 123 schools and 72,272 students, HARRIS EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, HARRIS EL records that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic; the rest consists of 10% Black, 2% White, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, HARRIS EL reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HARRIS EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.9%; HARRIS EL posts 18.7%, -15.2 points below that line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, 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), HARRIS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ORTEGA EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HARRIS EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 26.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARRIS EL has fell 55%, going from 630 students in 2018 to 285 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 80% to 84% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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