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Enrollment
1,633
High
DISTRICT 938 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000327
Navarro Early College High School
1201 PAYTON GIN RD, AUSTIN, TX 78758 · (512) 414-2514 · Travis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,633 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Texas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
114 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
1,534 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 456 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 458 | 28% |
| Grade 11 | 399 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 320 | 20% |
Student demographics
16%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
27.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
21.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 50.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 15.0% | 44.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 27.0% | 21.0% |
| 2024-25 | 24.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
29.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Navarro Early College High School
Navarro Early College High School's state test result (29.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Navarro Early College High School this school | 1,633 | 93.9% | 29.1% |
| North Side High School FORT WORTH | 1,676 | 93.3% | 29.4% |
| Lanier High School SAN ANTONIO | 1,620 | 96.5% | 30.4% |
| Moises E Molina High School DALLAS | 2,006 | 93.2% | 41.8% |
| Milby High School HOUSTON | 2,126 | 93.9% | 40.8% |
| Thomas Jefferson High School DALLAS | 1,516 | 97.6% | 42.8% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Navarro Early College High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.1% | #1,340 of 1,385 | #32 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 21.0% | #1,289 of 1,425 ▲ 46 | #31 of 40 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #1,401 of 1,425 ▼ 9 | #37 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #972 of 1,184 | #35 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,633 | #424 of 2,107 | #17 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #609 of 1,344 | #14 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.6% | #1,144 of 1,346 | #37 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 93.9% | #94 of 1,522 | #3 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.0% | #574 of 672 | #22 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,633
+63 (+4%) vs 2020
+12% since 1990-91, when it was 1,461
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 1,633 | 114 | 14.3:1 | 94% (1,534) |
| 2023-24 | 1,714 | 109.1 | 15.7:1 | 90% (1,536) |
| 2022-23 | 1,649 | 98.6 | 16.7:1 | 88% (1,443) |
| 2020-21 | 1,570 | 103 | 15.2:1 | 83% (1,297) |
| 2017-18 | 1,586 | 114.8 | 13.8:1 | 83% (1,322) |
| 2015-16 | 1,615 | 113 | 14.3:1 | 87% (1,407) |
| 2010-11 | 1,534 | 114 | 13.5:1 | 87% (1,334) |
| 2000-01 | 1,801 | 98 | 18.4:1 | 47% (849) |
| 1990-91 | 1,461 | 81 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Navarro Early College High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 3% (1,586 to 1,633); teachers down 1% (114.8 to 114).
About Navarro Early College High School
Navarro Early College High School is a high-enrollment high school for students in AUSTIN, Texas. It enrolls 1,633 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 105% larger than the 796-student average for high schools in Texas.
A total of 123 schools make up AUSTIN ISD, with 72,272 students enrolled.
Hispanic students account for 92% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 4% Black and 2% White. Travis County's residents are about 33% Hispanic, 59 points below the school's share. A diversity index of 16% means there is a 16% chance two randomly chosen students at Navarro Early College High School are from different groups.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.3:1. The school has 114 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.3:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for high schools in Texas. Federal data show 94% of students (1,534) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The 54% average for public schools in Travis County is 40 points lower.
Navarro Early College High School holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 4% of Texas public high schools.
Navarro Early College High School is 4.5 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (29.1% versus 33.6%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Travis County show that median household income comes to about $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 333, with about 191,706 students.
Graduation Prep Academy Navarro, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Navarro Early College High School ranks 3rd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 63 students, from 1,570 to 1,633.
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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 schools in AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
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- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Lasa High SchoolHigh · 1,616 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
Nearby schools
- Graduation Prep Academy Navarro0.0 mi · 57
- Wooldridge Elementary School0.3 mi · 462
- Settlement Home0.4 mi · 32
- Barrington Elementary School0.7 mi · 405
- Guerrero Thompson1.0 mi · 548
- Brown Elementary School1.1 mi · 497
Frequently asked questions
About Navarro Early College High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Navarro Early College High School?
Navarro Early College High School enrolls approximately 1,633 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Navarro Early College High School serve?
Navarro Early College High School serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at Navarro Early College High School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Navarro Early College High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Navarro Early College High School?
At Navarro Early College High School, the student body is approximately 2% White, 92% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Navarro Early College High School?
Navarro Early College High School is overseen by AUSTIN ISD in Travis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.