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Enrollment
649
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000320
Highland Park Elementary School
4900 FAIRVIEW DR, AUSTIN, TX 78731 · (512) 414-2090 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL649 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
43 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 121 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 125 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 97 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (97).
Student demographics
47%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
87.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +70.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
76.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +43.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 70 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 43 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 64.0% | 23.0% | 9.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 42.0% | 34.0% | 16.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 87.0% | 76.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
74.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Highland Park Elementary School
Highland Park Elementary School's state test result (74.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Park Elementary School this school | 649 | 6.6% | 74.7% |
| Casis Elementary School AUSTIN | 652 | 8.7% | 72.5% |
| Samuel Beck Elementary School TROPHY CLUB | 642 | 5.8% | 78.4% |
| Sycamore Springs Elementary School AUSTIN | 674 | 3.1% | 65.0% |
| Serene Hills Elementary School AUSTIN | 744 | 6.9% | 69.1% |
| Walsh Elementary School FORT WORTH | 550 | 4.2% | 76.0% |
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 Highland Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.7% | #201 of 4,401 | #9 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #226 of 4,466 ▲ 26 | #15 of 176 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #69 of 4,466 ▲ 148 | #7 of 176 ▲ 15 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 649 | #1,257 of 4,938 | #40 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,910 of 4,622 | #106 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.6% | #2,671 of 4,628 | #98 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.6% | #4,725 of 4,789 | #159 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.2% | #1,230 of 1,307 | #36 of 36 |
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
649
-11 (-2%) vs 2020
+25% since 1990-91, when it was 518
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 649 | 45 | 14.4:1 | 7% (43) |
| 2023-24 | 651 | 42.4 | 15.3:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2022-23 | 638 | 39.5 | 16.1:1 | 6% (39) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 41 | 16.1:1 | 11% (72) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 39.6 | 16.2:1 | 6% (36) |
| 2015-16 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 5% (30) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2000-01 | 533 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 3% (17) |
| 1990-91 | 518 | 28 | 18.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (641 to 649); teachers up 14% (39.6 to 45).
About Highland Park Elementary School
Highland Park Elementary School is an elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, and it is part of AUSTIN ISD. The school enrolls 649 students in pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
The AUSTIN ISD system has 123 schools and 72,272 students.
About 71% of the student body at Highland Park Elementary School is White. Other students are 16% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. By comparison, Travis County residents are about 55% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 47, compared with 70 nationally.
The school had 45 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 7%. That rate is below the 54% average among public schools in Travis County.
Highland Park Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 91% of Texas public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Highland Park Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 74.7% actual against 70.9% predicted.
In the surrounding county, Travis County, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Travis County has 333 public schools with about 191,706 students, including Highland Park Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Highland Park Elementary School is closest to Gullett Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Highland Park Elementary School's average proficiency of 74.7% compares with 68.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Highland Park Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Enrollment at Highland Park Elementary School was 660 in 2020-21 and 649 in 2024-25, a change of less than 3%. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.4:1.
The discussion board for Highland Park Elementary School is open to topics like athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
Other Highland Park Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Highland Park Elementary. Highland Park Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 23.
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolPFLUGERVILLE, TX · 706 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolNEDERLAND, TX · 547 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolTEXARKANA, TX · 427 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 354 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolAMARILLO, TX · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Gullett Elementary School1.1 mi · 544
- Lamar Middle School1.3 mi · 1,109
- Murchison Middle School1.6 mi · 1,209
- Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired1.6 mi · 129
- Doss Elementary School1.8 mi · 930
- Brentwood Elementary School1.8 mi · 671
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Park Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Highland Park Elementary School?
Highland Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 649 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Highland Park Elementary School serve?
Highland Park Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Highland Park Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Highland Park Elementary School is approximately 14.4:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Highland Park Elementary School?
At Highland Park Elementary School, the student body is approximately 71% White, 16% Hispanic, 1% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Highland Park Elementary School in?
Highland Park Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.