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Enrollment
721
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE TRAVIS ISD·NCES 482647009414
Lake Pointe Elementary School
11801 SONOMA DR, AUSTIN, TX 78738 · (512) 533-6500 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL721 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
3%
25 students
DISTRICT 12% · 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 | 42 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 128 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (128).
Student demographics
47%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
89.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +49.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
88.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 49 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 | 65.0% | 24.0% | 7.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 56.0% | 32.0% | 8.0% | 4.0% |
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 | 89.0% | 88.0% |
| 2024-25 | 87.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 56.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 60.0% |
% 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
78.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% 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 Lake Pointe Elementary School
Lake Pointe Elementary School's state test result (78.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Pointe Elementary School this school | 721 | 3.5% | 78.5% |
| Samuel Beck Elementary School TROPHY CLUB | 642 | 5.8% | 78.4% |
| Rooster Springs Elementary School AUSTIN | 772 | 3.4% | 73.0% |
| Serene Hills Elementary School AUSTIN | 744 | 6.9% | 69.1% |
| Hilltop Elementary School ARGYLE | 788 | 8.4% | 59.9% |
| Cypress Springs Elementary School DRIFTWOOD | 697 | 1.4% | 67.2% |
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 Lake Pointe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.5% | #113 of 4,401 | #6 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #32 of 4,466 ▲ 166 | #2 of 176 ▲ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #41 of 4,466 ▲ 50 | #3 of 176 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +28.0pp | #194 of 3,998 | #11 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 721 | #788 of 4,938 | #22 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #3,548 of 4,622 | #140 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.4% | #2,612 of 4,628 | #97 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.5% | #4,772 of 4,789 | #167 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.4% | #2,661 of 2,838 | #114 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
721
-3 (0%) vs 2020
+18% since 2010-11, when it was 611
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.2:1
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 | 721 | 44 | 16.4:1 | 3% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 757 | 44.9 | 16.9:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2022-23 | 748 | 43.9 | 17.0:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2020-21 | 724 | 42 | 17.2:1 | 4% (28) |
| 2017-18 | 739 | 44.3 | 16.7:1 | 4% (32) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 45 | 15.9:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2010-11 | 611 | 40 | 15.3:1 | 4% (22) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Pointe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (739 to 721); teachers down 1% (44.3 to 44).
About Lake Pointe Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, Lake Pointe Elementary School is part of LAKE TRAVIS ISD. Enrolled students number 721 students, in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
LAKE TRAVIS ISD counts 11 schools and 11,008 students, including Lake Pointe Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, Lake Pointe Elementary School is 70% White. It is also 13% Hispanic, 10% Asian, and 4% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Travis County is roughly 55% White. By the diversity index, Lake Pointe Elementary School comes in at 47%.
Lake Pointe Elementary School's 44 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 16.4:1. That ratio is over the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 3%. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Travis County, the school's rate is lower.
Lake Pointe Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 78.5% is 6.2 points above the 72.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Within Travis County, median household income is about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Travis County number 333 and enroll about 191,706.
The nearest public school is West Ridge Middle School, at about 2.2 miles. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. On state test proficiency, Lake Pointe Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 6 nearby schools.
NCES assigns Lake Pointe Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 724 to 721, a small change.
Questions about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes can be posted here. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 LAKE TRAVIS ISD
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Lake Travis Middle SchoolMiddle · 968 students
- Bee Cave Middle SchoolMiddle · 861 students
- Hudson Bend Middle SchoolMiddle · 806 students
- Bee Cave Elementary SchoolElementary · 785 students
- Serene Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 744 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
Other Lake Pointe Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Lake Pointe Elementary. Lake Pointe Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Lake Pointe Elementary SchoolFORT WORTH, TX · 745 students
Nearby schools
- West Ridge Middle School2.2 mi · 886
- Barton Creek Elementary School2.4 mi · 515
- River Ridge Elementary School2.6 mi · 370
- Bee Cave Elementary School2.8 mi · 785
- Lake Travis High School3.0 mi · 3,569
- Canyon Ridge Middle School4.0 mi · 964
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Pointe Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lake Pointe Elementary School?
Lake Pointe Elementary School enrolls approximately 721 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lake Pointe Elementary School serve?
Lake Pointe Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lake Pointe Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lake Pointe Elementary School is approximately 16.4:1 (44 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lake Pointe Elementary School?
At Lake Pointe Elementary School, the student body is approximately 70% White, 13% Hispanic, 2% Black, 10% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Lake Pointe Elementary School public or private?
Lake Pointe Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LAKE TRAVIS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.