MAPLEWOOD EL

MAPLEWOOD EL is a cozy elementary-level community in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by AUSTIN ISD. The school works with 403 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 22% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within AUSTIN ISD, which oversees 123 schools and 72,272 students, MAPLEWOOD EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MAPLEWOOD EL reports that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black, 4% Asian.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MAPLEWOOD EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 25% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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.

After controlling for student poverty, MAPLEWOOD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.0%, the actual is 59.9%, a residual of -3.1 points.

Zooming out to the 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 census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. MAPLEWOOD EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

The closest other public school is CAMPBELL EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MAPLEWOOD EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MAPLEWOOD EL at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 46.3%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Five-year trend. MAPLEWOOD EL's enrollment has decreased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 403). The Black share of enrollment declined from 17% to 6% over that span.

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