MATHEWS EL

Located at 906 W LYNN ST, in AUSTIN, Texas, MATHEWS EL is a small K-5 school that enrolls 366 students (grades pre-K through 6), operated by AUSTIN ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MATHEWS EL sits 29% leaner than that benchmark.

AUSTIN ISD runs 123 schools in total, collectively educating 72,272 students. MATHEWS EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MATHEWS EL records that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 36% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 35% of students at MATHEWS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MATHEWS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 58.7%; this one delivers 63.7%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household earnings sit near $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%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which MATHEWS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: AUSTIN H S, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MATHEWS EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 63.7%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. MATHEWS EL's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 437 (now 366).

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the MATHEWS EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.