Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000332
Mathews Elementary School
906 W LYNN ST, AUSTIN, TX 78703 · (512) 414-4406 · Travis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
35%
127 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 45 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 43 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 10% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 29% larger than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
66%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
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 23.0% | 15.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 73.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
64.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 Mathews Elementary School
Mathews Elementary School's state test result (64.7% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathews Elementary School this school | 366 | 34.7% | 64.7% |
| Ada Mae Faubion Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 353 | 35.1% | 38.4% |
| Goodwater Montessori School GEORGETOWN | 323 | 36.2% | 26.4% |
| Hillside Elementary School AMARILLO | 362 | 30.1% | 60.3% |
| Country Place Elementary School CARROLLTON | 318 | 37.7% | 60.4% |
| Snow Heights Elementary School NORTH RICHLAND HILLS | 380 | 38.9% | 55.0% |
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 Mathews Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 64.7% | #534 of 4,401 | #31 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #682 of 4,466 ▲ 53 | #41 of 176 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #322 of 4,466 ▲ 2 | #35 of 176 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,004 of 3,998 | #42 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #3,757 of 4,938 | #141 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,587 of 4,622 | #123 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #845 of 4,628 | #29 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.7% | #4,107 of 4,789 | #120 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.2% | #1,496 of 2,838 | #71 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
366
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 366 | 24.2 | 15.1:1 | 35% (127) |
| 2023-24 | 347 | 24.6 | 14.1:1 | 35% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 345 | 20.2 | 17.1:1 | 32% (110) |
| 2020-21 | 349 | 28 | 12.5:1 | 28% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 437 | 30.4 | 14.4:1 | 31% (135) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 36% (153) |
| 2010-11 | 410 | 29 | 14.1:1 | 49% (201) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 27 | 11.8:1 | 54% (172) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 26 | 14.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mathews Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (437 to 366); teachers down 20% (30.4 to 24.2).
About Mathews Elementary School
Mathews Elementary School is a small elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, administered by AUSTIN ISD. It teaches 366 students in pre-K through 6. It has 29% fewer students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
The district, AUSTIN ISD, operates 123 schools serving 72,272 students.
No group is above 50% at Mathews Elementary School; the largest is White, at 44%. Other reported shares: 36% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. Travis County's residents are about 55% White, 11 points above the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Mathews Elementary School scores 66%.
The school has 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.1 students per teacher. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school reported 35% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is lower than the 54% average for public schools in Travis County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Mathews Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 64.7% actual against 58.9% predicted.
For Travis County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $99,611 a year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Travis County number 333, with about 191,706 students.
A public school about 0.5 miles away, Austin High School, is the closest to Mathews Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 64.7% is above the 63.0% average for nearby schools.
In the federal locale system, Mathews Elementary School is coded City: Large, for schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose 5%. Its ratio of students to teachers was 12.5:1 in 2020-21, and 15.1:1 in 2024-25.
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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
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Other Mathews Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Mathews Elementary. Mathews Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Mathews Elementary SchoolPLANO, TX · 460 students
- Mathews Elementary SchoolMidland, GA · 702 students
- Mathews ElementaryGreenwood, SC · 529 students
- MATHEWS ELEM.NIXA, MO · 457 students
- Mathews ElementaryMathews, VA · 281 students
Nearby schools
- Austin High School0.5 mi · 2,323
- O Henry Middle School0.9 mi · 686
- University of Texas at Austin High School1.1 mi · 1,056
- Texas School for the Deaf1.8 mi · 500
- Casis Elementary School1.8 mi · 652
- Becker Elementary School1.9 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Mathews Elementary SchoolHow large is Mathews Elementary School?
Mathews Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does Mathews Elementary School serve?
Mathews Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at Mathews Elementary School?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at Mathews Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mathews Elementary School?
At Mathews Elementary School, the student body is approximately 44% White, 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Mathews Elementary School public or private?
Mathews Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AUSTIN ISD.
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