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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at MILLS EL this year?
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Enrollment
703
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894008062
Mills Elementary School
6201 DAVIS LN, AUSTIN, TX 78749 · (512) 841-2400 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL703 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
53 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 | 57 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 105 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 114 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 8% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
59%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
88.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
84.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 69.0% | 19.0% | 8.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 54.0% | 30.0% | 11.0% | 5.0% |
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 | 88.0% | 84.0% |
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 85.0% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 85.0% | 80.0% |
| 2020-21 | 73.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
79.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Mills Elementary School
Mills Elementary School's state test result (79.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mills Elementary School this school | 703 | 7.5% | 79.3% |
| Kiker Elementary School AUSTIN | 750 | 4.3% | 68.3% |
| Lance Thompson Elementary School ARGYLE | 701 | 8.6% | 66.2% |
| Rummel Creek Elementary School HOUSTON | 793 | 6.6% | 83.0% |
| Galatas Elementary School THE WOODLANDS | 792 | 10.1% | 83.8% |
| Hilltop Elementary School ARGYLE | 788 | 8.4% | 59.9% |
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 Mills Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.3% | #100 of 4,401 | #5 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #66 of 4,466 ▲ 69 | #5 of 176 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #48 of 4,466 ▲ 4 | #5 of 176 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,044 of 3,998 | #84 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 703 | #897 of 4,938 | #26 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #451 of 4,622 | #48 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.5% | #1,457 of 4,628 | #50 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.5% | #4,706 of 4,789 | #156 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #1,360 of 2,838 | #64 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
703
-43 (-6%) vs 2020
-6% since 2000-01, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 703 | 57.2 | 12.3:1 | 8% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 744 | 57.1 | 13.0:1 | 7% (53) |
| 2022-23 | 776 | 42.2 | 18.4:1 | 8% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 53 | 14.1:1 | 9% (67) |
| 2017-18 | 854 | 54.4 | 15.7:1 | 6% (50) |
| 2015-16 | 812 | 53 | 15.3:1 | 8% (67) |
| 2010-11 | 934 | 59 | 15.8:1 | 7% (67) |
| 2000-01 | 747 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 7% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mills Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (854 to 703); teachers up 5% (54.4 to 57.2).
About Mills Elementary School
Mills Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in AUSTIN. It enrolled 703 students in pre-K through 5 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 35% higher than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
AUSTIN ISD serves 72,272 students across 123 schools.
At 59%, White students outnumber all other groups at Mills Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 20% Hispanic, 12% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 55% White, within a few points of the school. By the diversity index, Mills Elementary School comes in at 59%.
Teacher staffing is 57.2 full-time equivalents, or about 12.3 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. About 8% of students, or 53, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 54% for public schools in Travis County.
Mills Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 79.3% is 8.8 points above the 70.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In the county around the school, Travis County, median household income is about $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. A total of 333 public schools operate in Travis County, serving about 191,706 students.
Gorzycki Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.9 miles away in a straight line. Mills Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Mills Elementary School comes in 1st of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 746 to 703. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio fell to 12.3:1, from 14.1:1.
Questions about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
Other Mills Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Mills Elementary. Mills Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Mills Elementary SchoolOwasso, OK · 467 students
- MILLS ELEMENTARYHOBBS, NM · 411 students
- Mills Elementary SchoolKlamath Falls, OR · 299 students
Nearby schools
- Gorzycki Middle School0.9 mi · 1,305
- Kiker Elementary School1.4 mi · 750
- Bowie High School2.0 mi · 2,876
- Clayton Elementary School2.0 mi · 637
- Oak Hill Elementary School2.2 mi · 617
- Boone Elementary School2.3 mi · 428
Frequently asked questions
About Mills Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Mills Elementary School?
Mills Elementary School enrolls approximately 703 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Mills Elementary School serve?
Mills Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Mills Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Mills Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Mills Elementary School?
At Mills Elementary School, the student body is approximately 59% White, 20% Hispanic, 2% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Mills Elementary School public or private?
Mills Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AUSTIN ISD.
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