LASA H S

LASA H S is a well-populated high school in AUSTIN, Texas, part of AUSTIN ISD. The school caters to 1,616 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so LASA H S sits 103% above that benchmark.

AUSTIN ISD comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 72,272 students; LASA H S is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LASA H S logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 25% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, LASA H S lists 86 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 18.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 11% of students at LASA H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LASA H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 69.3%; this one delivers 96.9%, a residual of +27.6 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household income runs about $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. LASA H S is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

ORTEGA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LASA H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.1%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Over the past 7-year window. LASA H S's enrollment has grew 36% since 2018, when it stood at 1,186 (now 1,616). The White share of enrollment declined from 52% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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