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What's something LAKEWAY EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
524
Elementary
DISTRICT 686 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LAKE TRAVIS ISD·NCES 482647002520
Lakeway Elementary School
1701 LOHMANS CROSSING RD, AUSTIN, TX 78734 · (512) 533-6350 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL524 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 73% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-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
14.6:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
36 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 101 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
45%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
80.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 80 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 47.0% | 33.0% | 12.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 30.0% | 16.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 80.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 82.0% | 75.0% |
| 2020-21 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
% 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
65.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Lakeway Elementary School
Lakeway Elementary School's state test result (65.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lakeway Elementary School this school | 524 | 6.9% | 65.6% |
| Lakeview Elementary School ROANOKE | 487 | 5.5% | 75.5% |
| Joe V Hart Elementary School LUCAS | 530 | 4.0% | 81.2% |
| West Cypress Hills Elementary School SPICEWOOD | 591 | 8.0% | 59.8% |
| Mohawk Elementary School RICHARDSON | 492 | 9.1% | 78.5% |
| Bransford Elementary School COLLEYVILLE | 454 | 10.4% | 65.8% |
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 Lakeway Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.6% | #487 of 4,401 | #30 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #423 of 4,466 ▲ 185 | #34 of 176 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #265 of 4,466 ▲ 230 | #32 of 176 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.5pp | #752 of 3,998 | #29 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 524 | #2,306 of 4,938 | #83 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,053 of 4,622 | #112 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.4% | #2,763 of 4,628 | #105 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.9% | #4,719 of 4,789 | #157 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #956 of 2,838 | #46 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
524
-38 (-7%) vs 2020
-11% since 2000-01, when it was 587
Student : Teacher
14.6:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 524 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 7% (36) |
| 2023-24 | 592 | 35.7 | 16.6:1 | 9% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 564 | 35.4 | 15.9:1 | 7% (40) |
| 2020-21 | 562 | 37 | 15.2:1 | 6% (32) |
| 2017-18 | 679 | 39.5 | 17.2:1 | 5% (34) |
| 2015-16 | 716 | 43 | 16.6:1 | 5% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 652 | 41 | 15.9:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2000-01 | 587 | 42 | 14.0:1 | 0% (0) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lakeway Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (679 to 524); teachers down 9% (39.5 to 36).
About Lakeway Elementary School
Lakeway Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in AUSTIN, Texas. It had 524 students in 2024-25, spanning pre-K through 5.
Lakeway Elementary School is among 11 schools run by LAKE TRAVIS ISD, which serves 11,008 students.
The student body at Lakeway Elementary School is 72% White. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic, 9% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Travis County's residents are about 55% White, 17 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 45, compared with 70 nationally.
There are 36 full-time-equivalent teachers at Lakeway Elementary School, giving a ratio of 14.6:1. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. A total of 36 students, or 7%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in Travis County is 47 points higher.
Lakeway Elementary School holds a B+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 73% of Texas public elementary schools.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Lakeway Elementary School is 5.2 points below its prediction. Actual: 65.6%. Predicted: 70.8%.
The school's county is Travis County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Travis County number 333, with about 191,706 students.
Serene Hills Elementary School is the nearest public school to Lakeway Elementary School, about 1.3 miles away. Lakeway Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Lakeway Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or 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, Lakeway Elementary School had a net loss of 38 students, or 7%.
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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
- Serene Hills Elementary School1.3 mi · 744
- Lake Travis High School1.8 mi · 3,569
- Lake Travis Elementary School2.2 mi · 737
- Bee Cave Elementary School3.1 mi · 785
- Rough Hollow Elementary School3.1 mi · 702
- Bee Cave Middle School3.1 mi · 861
Frequently asked questions
About Lakeway Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Lakeway Elementary School?
Lakeway Elementary School enrolls approximately 524 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Lakeway Elementary School serve?
Lakeway Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Lakeway Elementary School have?
Lakeway Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Lakeway Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lakeway Elementary School are roughly 72% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Lakeway Elementary School in?
Lakeway Elementary School is part of LAKE TRAVIS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.