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Enrollment
737
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE TRAVIS ISD·NCES 482647005762
Lake Travis Elementary School
15303 KOLLMEYER, AUSTIN, TX 78734 · (512) 533-6300 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL737 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 35% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
364 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 | 77 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 116 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 18% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
54%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
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
| 2021-22 | 24.0% | 18.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Travis Elementary School
Lake Travis Elementary School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lake Travis Elementary School this school | 737 | 49.4% | 40.5% |
| Magnolia Parkway Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 680 | 51.5% | 57.5% |
| Peach Creek Elementary School SPLENDORA | 692 | 52.7% | 26.9% |
| Navarro Elementary School SEGUIN | 719 | 46.6% | N/A |
| Klein Road Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 773 | 44.4% | 44.0% |
| Flour Bluff Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 742 | 55.3% | 49.3% |
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 Travis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #2,533 of 4,401 | #80 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,773 of 4,466 ▲ 690 | #67 of 176 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,060 of 4,466 ▲ 322 | #79 of 176 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.0pp | #293 of 3,998 | #15 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 737 | #707 of 4,938 | #20 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,207 of 4,622 | #117 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.9% | #2,052 of 4,628 | #75 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.4% | #3,609 of 4,789 | #106 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #1,365 of 2,838 | #66 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
737
-45 (-6%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 932
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 737 | 50 | 14.7:1 | 49% (364) |
| 2023-24 | 712 | 46.8 | 15.2:1 | 45% (323) |
| 2022-23 | 763 | 46.6 | 16.4:1 | 38% (291) |
| 2020-21 | 782 | 54 | 14.5:1 | 37% (293) |
| 2017-18 | 895 | 57 | 15.7:1 | 46% (411) |
| 2015-16 | 888 | 61 | 14.6:1 | 45% (403) |
| 2010-11 | 826 | 62 | 13.3:1 | 42% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 674 | 57 | 11.8:1 | 25% (166) |
| 1990-91 | 932 | 61 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lake Travis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (895 to 737); teachers down 12% (57 to 50).
About Lake Travis Elementary School
Lake Travis Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, under LAKE TRAVIS ISD. The school's 737 students are in pre-K through 5. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students each.
LAKE TRAVIS ISD is made up of 11 schools with 11,008 students in all.
Lake Travis Elementary School is 55% Hispanic by enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 40% White and 3% multiracial. In Travis County overall, about 33% of residents are Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 54% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 50 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.7:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. The school's lunch program data list 49% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
allk12 grades Lake Travis Elementary School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 40.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 52.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Travis County show that the median household income is $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lake Travis Elementary School is one of 333 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Lake Travis Elementary School to another public school is about 1.5 miles, to Hudson Bend Middle School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Lake Travis Elementary School places 7th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Lake Travis Elementary School declined 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 782 to 737 students.
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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
Nearby schools
- Hudson Bend Middle School1.5 mi · 806
- Lakeway Elementary School2.2 mi · 524
- River Ridge Elementary School2.4 mi · 370
- Canyon Ridge Middle School2.5 mi · 964
- Laura Welch Bush Elementary School2.7 mi · 503
- Lake Travis High School3.2 mi · 3,569
Frequently asked questions
About Lake Travis Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lake Travis Elementary School?
Lake Travis Elementary School enrolls approximately 737 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lake Travis Elementary School serve?
Lake Travis Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Lake Travis Elementary School?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at Lake Travis Elementary School.
How diverse is Lake Travis Elementary School?
Lake Travis Elementary School reports a student body of 40% White, 55% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Lake Travis Elementary School?
Lake Travis Elementary School is overseen by LAKE TRAVIS ISD in Travis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.