OLD TOWN EL

Set in ROUND ROCK, Texas, OLD TOWN EL is a reasonably sized elementary school, overseen by ROUND ROCK ISD. It educates 587 students across grades pre-K through 5.

ROUND ROCK ISD comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 46,954 students; OLD TOWN EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, OLD TOWN EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 35% White, 7% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting OLD TOWN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 37% of students at OLD TOWN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Williamson County's rate of about 29%.

After controlling for student poverty, OLD TOWN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 58.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.8%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Williamson County) records that median household income runs about $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), OLD TOWN EL is one campus in the mix.

MERIDIAN WORLD SCHOOL LLC is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), OLD TOWN EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 65.0%.

OLD TOWN EL operates from an inner-city location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at OLD TOWN EL has shrank 22%, going from 749 students in 2018 to 587 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 50% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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