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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at KIKER EL this year?
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Enrollment
750
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894002776
Kiker Elementary School
5913 LA CROSSE AVE, AUSTIN, TX 78739 · (512) 414-2584 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL750 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
32 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 | 59 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 95 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 112 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 136 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (95) is 26% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
82.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 65.0% | 17.0% | 12.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 50.0% | 25.0% | 17.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 82.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 69.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 88.0% | 81.0% |
| 2021-22 | 84.0% | 79.0% |
| 2020-21 | 74.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
68.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Kiker Elementary School
Kiker Elementary School's state test result (68.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kiker Elementary School this school | 750 | 4.3% | 68.3% |
| Mills Elementary School AUSTIN | 703 | 7.5% | 79.3% |
| Rummel Creek Elementary School HOUSTON | 793 | 6.6% | 83.0% |
| Lance Thompson Elementary School ARGYLE | 701 | 8.6% | 66.2% |
| Valley Oaks Elementary School HOUSTON | 894 | 9.2% | 80.4% |
| Hilltop Elementary School ARGYLE | 788 | 8.4% | 59.9% |
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 Kiker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.3% | #363 of 4,401 | #23 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #251 of 4,466 ▲ 177 | #17 of 176 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #188 of 4,466 ▲ 105 | #22 of 176 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -6.0pp | #588 of 3,998 | #24 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 750 | #633 of 4,938 | #14 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,869 of 4,622 | #104 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #1,374 of 4,628 | #48 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.3% | #4,755 of 4,789 | #165 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -32.5% | #391 of 2,838 | #21 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
750
-50 (-6%) vs 2020
-2% since 2000-01, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 750 | 52.2 | 14.4:1 | 4% (32) |
| 2023-24 | 796 | 50.5 | 15.8:1 | 7% (57) |
| 2022-23 | 789 | 41 | 19.2:1 | 7% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 800 | 54 | 14.8:1 | 10% (78) |
| 2017-18 | 1,111 | 66.8 | 16.6:1 | 3% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 998 | 61 | 16.4:1 | 4% (44) |
| 2010-11 | 933 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 5% (44) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 47 | 16.3:1 | 1% (10) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kiker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 32% (1,111 to 750); teachers down 22% (66.8 to 52.2).
About Kiker Elementary School
Kiker Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in AUSTIN, Texas. It enrolled 750 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
Kiker Elementary School is among 123 schools run by AUSTIN ISD, which serves 72,272 students.
White students are the majority at Kiker Elementary School, with 58% of enrollment. Other groups make up 20% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, about 55% of residents are White. The school's diversity index is 60%, meaning two students picked at random have a 60% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Kiker Elementary School employs 52.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.4:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Kiker Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 4%. For comparison, public schools in Travis County average 54%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Kiker Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 68.3%; the prediction is 71.9%.
Census estimates describe Travis County this way: the median household income is $99,611, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. In all, Travis County has 333 public schools and roughly 191,706 students.
The shortest distance from Kiker Elementary School to another public school is about 1.2 miles, to Valor South Austin. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The school's 68.3% average proficiency ranks 7th among 9 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment at Kiker Elementary School dropped 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 800 to 750 students.
Discussions about Kiker Elementary School may include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 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
- Valor South Austin1.2 mi · 1,364
- Mills Elementary School1.4 mi · 703
- Bowie High School1.4 mi · 2,876
- Clayton Elementary School1.5 mi · 637
- Gorzycki Middle School1.7 mi · 1,305
- Bailey Middle School1.9 mi · 785
Frequently asked questions
About Kiker Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Kiker Elementary School?
Kiker Elementary School enrolls approximately 750 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Kiker Elementary School serve?
Kiker Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Kiker Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Kiker Elementary School.
How diverse is Kiker Elementary School?
Kiker Elementary School reports a student body of 58% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Kiker Elementary School?
Kiker Elementary School is overseen by AUSTIN ISD in Travis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.