KATHY CARAWAY EL

KATHY CARAWAY EL operates as a medium-sized primary school in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by ROUND ROCK ISD. Current enrollment sits at 462 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

ROUND ROCK ISD comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 46,954 students; KATHY CARAWAY EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KATHY CARAWAY EL shows that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 11% Asian, 9% multiracial, 3% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, KATHY CARAWAY EL records 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KATHY CARAWAY EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, KATHY CARAWAY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.4%; this one delivers 71.6%.

Zooming out to the county, 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. KATHY CARAWAY EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAUREL MOUNTAIN EL, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KATHY CARAWAY EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 63.5%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KATHY CARAWAY EL has edged down 44%, going from 825 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share ticked down from 38% to 11%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.2:1 today.

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