LAKE TRAVIS EL

LAKE TRAVIS EL is a moderately sized elementary-level community in AUSTIN, Texas, part of LAKE TRAVIS ISD. The school educates 737 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 42% larger than the state mean of about 519.

Within LAKE TRAVIS ISD, which oversees 11 schools and 11,008 students, LAKE TRAVIS EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LAKE TRAVIS EL reports that 55% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAKE TRAVIS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.3%, the actual is 40.6%, a residual of -11.7 points.

In the surrounding community, 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 the poverty rate sits near 7%. LAKE TRAVIS EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

The closest other public school is HUDSON BEND MIDDLE, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAKE TRAVIS EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 71.7%.

LAKE TRAVIS EL operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAKE TRAVIS EL has fell 18%, going from 895 students in 2018 to 737 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 55% across the same window.

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