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NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 28 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S
NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S, a large four-year high school in AUSTIN, Texas, part of AUSTIN ISD, educates 1,633 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 105% larger than typical.
NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of 123 schools operated by AUSTIN ISD, a district that enrolls 72,272 students overall.
Demographically, NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S reports that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 4% Black, 2% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S has 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Travis County's rate of about 54%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.6%.
Across the wider county, Travis County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is GRADUATION PREP ACADEMY NAVARRO, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 24.9%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H S has climbed 3%, going from 1,586 students in 2018 to 1,633 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 86% to 92%.
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