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Enrollment
503
Elementary
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEANDER ISD·NCES 482703009440
Laura Welch Bush Elementary School
12600 COUNTRY TRAILS, AUSTIN, TX 78732 · (512) 570-6100 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL503 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 87% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
12.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
21 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 48 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
85.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
84.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 58.0% | 27.0% | 11.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 57.0% | 27.0% | 9.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 85.0% | 84.0% |
| 2024-25 | 90.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 87.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 100.0% | 94.0% |
| 2021-22 | 89.0% | 74.0% |
| 2020-21 | 60.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
82.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% 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 Laura Welch Bush Elementary School
Laura Welch Bush Elementary School's state test result (82.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura Welch Bush Elementary School this school | 503 | 4.2% | 82.0% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School AUSTIN | 509 | 5.5% | 72.8% |
| Old Settlers Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 468 | 7.3% | 81.7% |
| Prestwick Elementary School THE COLONY | 451 | 6.7% | 59.8% |
| Heritage Elementary School GRAPEVINE | 538 | 10.8% | 71.6% |
| Deer Creek Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 638 | 8.5% | 74.9% |
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 Laura Welch Bush Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #63 of 4,401 | #3 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #77 of 4,466 ▲ 20 | #6 of 176 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #119 of 4,466 ▼ 74 | #14 of 176 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.5pp | #232 of 3,998 | #9 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 503 | #2,507 of 4,938 | #92 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #684 of 4,622 | #59 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #952 of 4,628 | #33 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.2% | #4,759 of 4,789 | #166 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -29.7% | #519 of 2,838 | #23 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
503
-50 (-9%) vs 2020
-41% since 2010-11, when it was 851
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 503 | 39.4 | 12.8:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2023-24 | 503 | 41.4 | 12.2:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 39.5 | 13.3:1 | 5% (28) |
| 2020-21 | 553 | 39 | 14.2:1 | 2% (11) |
| 2017-18 | 716 | 46.1 | 15.5:1 | 1% (8) |
| 2015-16 | 835 | 50 | 16.7:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2010-11 | 851 | 52 | 16.4:1 | 2% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laura Welch Bush Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (716 to 503); teachers down 15% (46.1 to 39.4).
About Laura Welch Bush Elementary School
Laura Welch Bush Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas. In all, 503 students attend the school in pre-K through 5.
Laura Welch Bush Elementary School belongs to LEANDER ISD, a district of 51 schools and 42,680 students.
The largest group at Laura Welch Bush Elementary School is White students, at 51%. Other students are 21% Asian, 18% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. Travis County residents are about 55% White, a similar share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Laura Welch Bush Elementary School is 12.8:1, based on 39.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. Laura Welch Bush Elementary School counts 4% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Travis County, the average is 54%.
On the allk12 Grade, Laura Welch Bush Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 87% of Texas public elementary schools.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Laura Welch Bush Elementary School would score about 71.9%. It scores 82.0%, 10.2 points above that figure.
In Travis County, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Travis County has 333 public schools with about 191,706 students, including Laura Welch Bush Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Canyon Ridge Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Laura Welch Bush Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Laura Welch Bush Elementary School ranks 1st on average proficiency.
Laura Welch Bush Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 503, compared with 553 in 2020-21. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio dropped to 12.8:1, from 14.2:1.
The allk12 page for Laura Welch Bush Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 LEANDER ISD
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 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 Laura Welch Bush Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Laura Welch Bush Elementary. Laura Welch Bush Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Laura Welch Bush Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 555 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon Ridge Middle School0.2 mi · 964
- Steiner Ranch Elementary School1.3 mi · 417
- River Ridge Elementary School1.6 mi · 370
- Lake Travis Elementary School2.7 mi · 737
- Hudson Bend Middle School2.7 mi · 806
- River Place Elementary School3.7 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About Laura Welch Bush Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Laura Welch Bush Elementary School?
Laura Welch Bush Elementary School enrolls approximately 503 students in grades PK-05.
Is Laura Welch Bush Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Laura Welch Bush Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Laura Welch Bush Elementary School have?
Laura Welch Bush Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Laura Welch Bush Elementary School?
At Laura Welch Bush Elementary School, the student body is approximately 51% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Black, 21% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Laura Welch Bush Elementary School in?
Laura Welch Bush Elementary School is part of LEANDER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.