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KEALING MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KEALING MIDDLE
KEALING MIDDLE operates as a substantial middle school in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by AUSTIN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,196 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 86% bigger than typical.
Within AUSTIN ISD, which oversees 123 schools and 72,272 students, KEALING MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, KEALING MIDDLE records that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 9% multiracial, 8% Black. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, KEALING MIDDLE reports 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, KEALING MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.1%, the actual is 71.7%, a residual of +8.6 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), KEALING MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
BLACKSHEAR EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KEALING MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 31.3%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KEALING MIDDLE has changed only slightly, going from 1,223 students in 2018 to 1,196 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.
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