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Enrollment
664
Elementary
DISTRICT 603 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEL VALLE ISD·NCES 481662012601
Joseph Gilbert Elementary School
5412 GILBERT RD, AUSTIN, TX 78724 · (512) 386-3800 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL664 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
600 students
DISTRICT 89% · 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 | 88 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 85 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (85) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 25.0% | 20.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 41.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
31.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Joseph Gilbert Elementary School
Joseph Gilbert Elementary School's state test result (31.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Gilbert Elementary School this school | 664 | 90.4% | 31.3% |
| B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School GARLAND | 643 | 91.8% | 40.5% |
| Hobbs Williams Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 632 | 89.6% | 25.4% |
| Royalwood Elementary School HOUSTON | 607 | 90.1% | 39.3% |
| Housman Elementary School HOUSTON | 634 | 91.2% | 36.8% |
| Popham Elementary School DEL VALLE | 698 | 90.8% | 26.1% |
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 Joseph Gilbert Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.3% | #3,552 of 4,401 | #107 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,397 of 4,466 ▲ 1,153 | #78 of 176 ▲ 41 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,333 of 4,466 ▲ 73 | #112 of 176 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,371 of 3,998 | #52 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 664 | #1,159 of 4,938 | #36 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,919 of 4,622 | #107 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.0% | #3,148 of 4,628 | #120 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.4% | #1,034 of 4,789 | #40 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.2% | #979 of 1,307 | #30 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
664
+68 (+11%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 664 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 90% (600) |
| 2023-24 | 682 | 50.5 | 13.5:1 | 89% (608) |
| 2022-23 | 669 | 44.5 | 15.0:1 | 91% (609) |
| 2020-21 | 596 | 48 | 12.4:1 | 93% (553) |
| 2017-18 | 631 | 48.2 | 13.1:1 | 90% (565) |
| 2015-16 | 680 | 47 | 14.5:1 | 92% (624) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joseph Gilbert Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (631 to 664); teachers down 5% (48.2 to 46).
About Joseph Gilbert Elementary School
Joseph Gilbert Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in AUSTIN, Texas. There are 664 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. The school is 28% above the average for elementary schools in Texas.
DEL VALLE ISD has 11,715 students in 15 schools, and Joseph Gilbert Elementary School is one of those schools.
About 78% of the student body at Joseph Gilbert Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups include 10% Black, 8% White, and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Travis County residents are about 33% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 38, compared with 70 nationally.
On staff are 46 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. About 90% of students at Joseph Gilbert Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Travis County average 54%.
Test results at Joseph Gilbert Elementary School are 3.9 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (31.3% actual, 35.1% predicted).
In Travis County, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Travis County has 333 public schools with about 191,706 students, including Joseph Gilbert Elementary School.
Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary School is about 0.8 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Joseph Gilbert Elementary School places 2nd out of 8 schools in its immediate area.
Joseph Gilbert Elementary School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
The school's enrollment rose 11% from 2020-21 to 2024-25. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.4:1) than in 2020-21 (12.4:1).
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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 DEL VALLE ISD
- Del Valle High SchoolHigh · 3,641 students
- Del Valle Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Dailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- John P Ojeda Middle SchoolMiddle · 759 students
- Del Valle Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 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
- Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary School0.8 mi · 711
- Dailey Middle School1.0 mi · 767
- Austin Discovery School2.6 mi · 202
- KIPP Austin Academy of Arts & Letters2.8 mi · 388
- KIPP Alegria Primary School2.8 mi · 532
- Oak Meadows Elementary School3.0 mi · 477
Frequently asked questions
About Joseph Gilbert Elementary SchoolHow large is Joseph Gilbert Elementary School?
Joseph Gilbert Elementary School enrolls approximately 664 students in grades PK-05.
Is Joseph Gilbert Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Joseph Gilbert Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Joseph Gilbert Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Joseph Gilbert Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Joseph Gilbert Elementary School?
At Joseph Gilbert Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 78% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Joseph Gilbert Elementary School public or private?
Joseph Gilbert Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DEL VALLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.