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Enrollment
587
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000329
Linder Elementary School
2801 METCALFE RD, AUSTIN, TX 78741 · (512) 414-2398 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL587 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
544 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 42 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 78 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (78).
Student demographics
29%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
25.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
18.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 18 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 16.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 11.0% | 18.0% | 64.0% |
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 | 25.0% | 18.0% |
| 2024-25 | 23.0% | 17.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
21.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Linder Elementary School
Linder Elementary School's state test result (21.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Linder Elementary School this school | 587 | 92.7% | 21.8% |
| Hart Elementary School AUSTIN | 577 | 92.4% | 25.6% |
| Eiland Elementary School KLEIN | 564 | 92.4% | 54.5% |
| James Bowie Fine Arts Academy GRAND PRAIRIE | 618 | 92.1% | 37.0% |
| Md Williams Elementary School GARLAND | 562 | 90.2% | 33.8% |
| B H Freeman at Golden Meadows Elementary School GARLAND | 643 | 91.8% | 40.5% |
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 Linder Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.8% | #4,216 of 4,401 | #142 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #4,401 of 4,466 ▼ 30 | #166 of 176 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,392 of 4,466 ▼ 14 | #170 of 176 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -11.5pp | #265 of 3,998 | #13 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 587 | #1,708 of 4,938 | #56 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #411 of 4,622 | #44 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #3,473 of 4,628 | #139 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.7% | #774 of 4,789 | #24 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +91.8% | #34 of 1,307 | #2 of 36 |
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
587
+184 (+46%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 758
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 10.3:1
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 | 587 | 48.1 | 12.2:1 | 93% (544) |
| 2023-24 | 549 | 44.7 | 12.3:1 | 94% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 557 | 37.2 | 15.0:1 | 94% (521) |
| 2020-21 | 403 | 39 | 10.3:1 | 92% (370) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 20.7 | 14.8:1 | 94% (287) |
| 2015-16 | 364 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 90% (326) |
| 2010-11 | 886 | 55 | 16.1:1 | 97% (860) |
| 2000-01 | 676 | 42 | 16.1:1 | 77% (522) |
| 1990-91 | 758 | 44 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Linder Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 92% (306 to 587); teachers up 133% (20.7 to 48.1).
About Linder Elementary School
Linder Elementary School operates as a medium-sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas. The school had 587 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25.
Besides Linder Elementary School, AUSTIN ISD runs 122 other schools. The district enrolls 72,272 students.
Hispanic students make up 84% of enrollment at Linder Elementary School. Smaller groups are 7% Black, 4% White, and 3% Asian. For comparison, the population of Travis County is roughly 33% Hispanic. Linder Elementary School's diversity index is 29%, against a US figure of 70%.
Linder Elementary School employs 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.2:1. This ratio sits 2.9 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 93% in 2024-25. The gap from the 54% average for public schools in Travis County is 39 points.
On BeatsExpectations, Linder Elementary School is 12.4 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Travis County show that the median household income is $99,611, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Linder Elementary School is one of 333 public schools in the county.
The shortest distance from Linder Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to Travis Early College High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 36.9% proficiency; Linder Elementary School posts 21.8%.
Linder Elementary School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Federal counts for Linder Elementary School: 403 students in 2020-21, 587 in 2024-25. A gap this wide can follow a change in the grades offered. The number of students per teacher rose from 10.3 to 12.2 over 4 years.
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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 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
Nearby schools
- Travis Early College High School0.7 mi · 1,011
- Graduation Preparatory Academy0.7 mi · 69
- The Excel Center for Adults - South Austin0.8 mi · 114
- Harmony School of Innovation - Austin1.1 mi · 374
- Harmony School of Excellence - Austin1.1 mi · 497
- Travis Hts Elementary School1.3 mi · 469
Frequently asked questions
About Linder Elementary SchoolHow large is Linder Elementary School?
Linder Elementary School enrolls approximately 587 students in grades PK-05.
Is Linder Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Linder Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Linder Elementary School have?
Linder Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Linder Elementary School?
At Linder Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 84% Hispanic, 7% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Linder Elementary School public or private?
Linder Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AUSTIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.