Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000332
MATHEWS EL
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
75.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +2.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 2 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
366
-71 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 14.4:1
% White
44%
was 43%
% Hispanic
36%
was 33%
% Black
4%
was 8%
% Asian
8%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About 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.
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 H SHigh · 2,876 students
- AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,421 students
- AUSTIN H SHigh · 2,323 students
- ANDERSON H SHigh · 2,223 students
- MCCALLUM H SHigh · 1,897 students
- NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,633 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- LAKE TRAVIS H SHigh · 3,569 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,876 students
- WESTWOOD H SHigh · 2,858 students
- WESTLAKE H SHigh · 2,854 students
- MCNEIL H SHigh · 2,660 students
- VANDEGRIFT H SHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- AUSTIN H S0.5 mi · 2,323
- O HENRY MIDDLE0.9 mi · 686
- UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN H S1.1 mi · 1,056
- TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF1.8 mi · 500
- CASIS EL1.8 mi · 652
- BECKER EL1.9 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About MATHEWS ELHow large is MATHEWS EL?
MATHEWS EL enrolls approximately 366 students in grades PK-06.
What age range does MATHEWS EL serve?
MATHEWS EL serves students from grade PK through grade 06.
How many students per teacher at MATHEWS EL?
Approximately 15.1:1 students per teacher at MATHEWS EL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at MATHEWS EL?
At MATHEWS EL, the student body is approximately 44% White, 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is MATHEWS EL public or private?
MATHEWS EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by AUSTIN ISD.
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