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What's the most underrated thing about LEE EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
428
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000328
Lee Elementary School
3308 HAMPTON RD, AUSTIN, TX 78705 · (512) 414-2098 · Travis County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
71 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 49 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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% . +80.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +49.0pp since 2022
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 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 80 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 49 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 56.0% | 24.0% | 9.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 39.0% | 30.0% | 17.0% | 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% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 64.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 0.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
66.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Lee Elementary School
Lee Elementary School's state test result (66.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lee Elementary School this school | 428 | 16.6% | 66.1% |
| Highland Village Elementary School HIGHLAND VILLAGE | 385 | 18.2% | 66.4% |
| Grace Hartman Elementary School ROCKWALL | 477 | 16.1% | 65.3% |
| John and Nelda Partin Elementary School VAN ALSTYNE | 483 | 15.9% | 58.4% |
| Westwood Elementary School FRIENDSWOOD | 497 | 17.5% | N/A |
| Wylie West Intermediate School ABILENE | 465 | 20.4% | 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 Lee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.1% | #457 of 4,401 | #29 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #451 of 4,466 ▲ 188 | #36 of 176 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #253 of 4,466 ▲ 70 | #31 of 176 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #3,243 of 4,938 | #115 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,111 of 4,622 | #76 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #2,083 of 4,628 | #77 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.6% | #4,513 of 4,789 | #140 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.4% | #2,580 of 2,838 | #109 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
428
+8 (+2%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 356
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 428 | 31.8 | 13.5:1 | 17% (71) |
| 2023-24 | 442 | 32.3 | 13.7:1 | 21% (91) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 31.4 | 14.6:1 | 22% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 420 | 32 | 13.1:1 | 20% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 443 | 27.8 | 15.9:1 | 15% (65) |
| 2015-16 | 375 | 27 | 13.9:1 | 14% (51) |
| 2010-11 | 427 | 29 | 14.7:1 | 14% (61) |
| 2000-01 | 373 | 28 | 13.3:1 | 12% (43) |
| 1990-91 | 356 | 21 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (443 to 428); teachers up 14% (27.8 to 31.8).
About Lee Elementary School
A low-enrollment elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, Lee Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD. A total of 428 students attend the school, which covers kindergarten through 6.
AUSTIN ISD is the district for Lee Elementary School. It has 123 schools and 72,272 students.
Roughly 64% of students at Lee Elementary School are White. Other reported shares: 22% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black, and 3% Asian. Travis County's residents are about 55% White, 9 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Lee Elementary School operates with 31.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 13.5:1. That is lower than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. About 17% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Travis County is 37 points.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Lee Elementary School is within a point of the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 66.1% actual, 66.6% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
In Travis County (population about 1,330,015), the median household income is $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. There are 333 public schools in Travis County, enrolling about 191,706 students in all.
Of nearby public schools, Maplewood Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.8 miles. Lee Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Among 4 nearby schools that report test results, Lee Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
In 2020-21, Lee Elementary School enrolled 420; in 2024-25, 428.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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 AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 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 Lee Elementary schools
12 other US public schools in 9 states are named Lee Elementary. Lee Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 13.
- Lee Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 780 students
- Lee Elementary SchoolIRVING, TX · 717 students
- Lee Elementary SchoolEDINBURG, TX · 414 students
- Lee Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 581 students
- Lee ElementaryEast Wenatchee, WA · 522 students
Nearby schools
- Maplewood Elementary School0.8 mi · 403
- Helping Hand0.8 mi · 19
- Austin ISD Prek Partnership (pkp)1.0 mi · 162
- Campbell Elementary School1.1 mi · 180
- Garza Independence High School1.2 mi · 199
- University of Texas at Austin High School1.3 mi · 1,056
Frequently asked questions
About Lee Elementary SchoolHow large is Lee Elementary School?
Lee Elementary School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Lee Elementary School serve?
Lee Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Lee Elementary School?
Approximately 13.5:1 students per teacher at Lee Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Lee Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lee Elementary School are roughly 64% White, 22% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Lee Elementary School?
Lee Elementary School is overseen by AUSTIN ISD in Travis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.