LAURA WELCH BUSH EL

Set in AUSTIN, Texas, LAURA WELCH BUSH EL is a mid-tier elementary school, overseen by LEANDER ISD. It instructs 503 students across grades pre-K through 5.

Within LEANDER ISD, which oversees 51 schools and 42,680 students, LAURA WELCH BUSH EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LAURA WELCH BUSH EL reports that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 21% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LAURA WELCH BUSH EL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LAURA WELCH BUSH EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LAURA WELCH BUSH EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.0%; this one delivers 81.4%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. LAURA WELCH BUSH EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

CANYON RIDGE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LAURA WELCH BUSH EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 64.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAURA WELCH BUSH EL has declined 30%, going from 716 students in 2018 to 503 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 66% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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