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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROUND ROCK ISD·NCES 483808004252
Kathy Caraway Elementary School
11104 OAK VIEW DR, AUSTIN, TX 78759 · (512) 464-5500 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
58 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 21 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 80 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
73.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 73 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 30.0% | 15.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 49.0% | 24.0% | 17.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 73.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 72.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 69.0% |
| 2021-22 | 62.0% | 73.0% |
| 2020-21 | 57.0% | 82.0% |
% 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
70.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Kathy Caraway Elementary School
Kathy Caraway Elementary School's state test result (70.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kathy Caraway Elementary School this school | 462 | 12.6% | 70.8% |
| Steiner Ranch Elementary School AUSTIN | 417 | 11.8% | 63.8% |
| Baldwin Elementary School AUSTIN | 582 | 13.7% | 74.2% |
| Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School MCKINNEY | 425 | 14.1% | 63.7% |
| Dorothy P Adkins Elementary School LANTANA | 452 | 12.4% | 59.8% |
| Westside Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 504 | 9.9% | 58.0% |
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 Kathy Caraway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.8% | #290 of 4,401 | #16 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #335 of 4,466 ▲ 5 | #28 of 176 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #358 of 4,466 ▲ 243 | #38 of 176 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.0pp | #986 of 3,998 | #41 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #2,893 of 4,938 | #109 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #408 of 4,622 | #43 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.4% | #858 of 4,628 | #30 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.6% | #4,599 of 4,789 | #148 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -44.0% | #114 of 2,838 | #7 of 120 |
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
462
-99 (-18%) vs 2020
-10% since 1990-91, when it was 512
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 462 | 37.9 | 12.2:1 | 13% (58) |
| 2023-24 | 452 | 34.8 | 13.0:1 | 14% (65) |
| 2022-23 | 486 | 35.7 | 13.6:1 | 14% (68) |
| 2020-21 | 561 | 46 | 12.2:1 | 11% (62) |
| 2017-18 | 825 | 53.7 | 15.4:1 | 11% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 739 | 47 | 15.7:1 | 14% (103) |
| 2010-11 | 647 | 42 | 15.4:1 | 15% (98) |
| 2000-01 | 502 | 36 | 13.9:1 | 3% (15) |
| 1990-91 | 512 | 31 | 16.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kathy Caraway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 44% (825 to 462); teachers down 29% (53.7 to 37.9).
About Kathy Caraway Elementary School
Kathy Caraway Elementary School is a public elementary school run by ROUND ROCK ISD in AUSTIN, Texas. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 462 students.
ROUND ROCK ISD has 46,954 students spread across 58 schools.
The student body at Kathy Caraway Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 48%. Next come 29% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 3% Black. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Kathy Caraway Elementary School scores 66%.
Kathy Caraway Elementary School lists 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 12.2 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 13% of the student body. Among public schools in Travis County, the average eligibility rate is 54%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Kathy Caraway Elementary School would score about 68.3%. It scores 70.8%, 2.5 points above that figure.
In Travis County, home to about 1,330,015 people, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Kathy Caraway Elementary School shares Travis County with 332 other public schools.
Among nearby public schools, Laurel Mountain Elementary School is closest at about 0.8 miles. Kathy Caraway Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Kathy Caraway Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
An 18% decrease took enrollment from 561 in 2020-21 to 462 in 2024-25.
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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 ROUND ROCK ISD
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Cedar Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,306 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
- Laurel Mountain Elementary School0.8 mi · 822
- Canyon Vista Middle School1.1 mi · 1,295
- Davis Elementary School1.7 mi · 643
- Pond Springs Elementary School1.8 mi · 532
- Jollyville Elementary School2.0 mi · 638
- Deerpark Middle School2.3 mi · 916
Frequently asked questions
About Kathy Caraway Elementary SchoolHow large is Kathy Caraway Elementary School?
Kathy Caraway Elementary School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kathy Caraway Elementary School serve?
Kathy Caraway Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Kathy Caraway Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Kathy Caraway Elementary School is approximately 12.2:1 (38 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Kathy Caraway Elementary School?
Kathy Caraway Elementary School reports a student body of 48% White, 29% Hispanic, 3% Black, 11% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Kathy Caraway Elementary School in?
Kathy Caraway Elementary School is part of ROUND ROCK ISD.
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