HILL EL

As a high-enrollment elementary-level community in AUSTIN, Texas, HILL EL works with 811 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by AUSTIN ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HILL EL sits 56% larger than that benchmark.

HILL EL is one of 123 schools operated by AUSTIN ISD, a district that caters to 72,272 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HILL EL logs that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the resource side, On paper, HILL EL has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 16% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Travis County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HILL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.0%, the actual is 70.4%, a residual of +3.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household income runs about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which HILL EL is one.

ANDERSON H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HILL EL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.2%.

The campus sits in an urban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 15%: 954 students in 2018 compared to 811 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 67% to 59% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

On this page, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.