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NEIDIG EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 NEIDIG EL
As a mid-sized elementary school in ELGIN, Texas, NEIDIG EL caters to 528 students from grades K through 4, run under ELGIN ISD.
ELGIN ISD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 5,959 students; NEIDIG EL is among them.
On the student-mix side, NEIDIG EL lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Black, 11% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
On the income-and-resources front, NEIDIG EL shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NEIDIG EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, NEIDIG EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 39.8%; this one delivers 35.2%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NEIDIG EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
Nearest neighbor: PHOENIX H S, around 0.5 miles off. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEIDIG EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.6%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEIDIG EL has contracted 20%, going from 660 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 61% to 72% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.6:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Travis County at a glance
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