Enrollment
242
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000342
Ortega Elementary School
1135 GARLAND AVE, AUSTIN, TX 78721 · (512) 414-4417 · Travis County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL242 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 22% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 elementary schools
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
215 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 40 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 36 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 23 | 10% |
| Grade 4 | 27 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 21 | 9% |
| Grade 6 | 18 | 7% |
This year's kindergarten class (36) is 100% larger than its 6th grade class (18).
Student demographics
43%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
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 18.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 42.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
30.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Ortega Elementary School
Ortega Elementary School's state test result (30.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ortega Elementary School this school | 242 | 88.8% | 30.1% |
| Spring Meadows College Preparatory PK-1 SAN ANTONIO | 246 | 90.2% | N/A |
| Zavala Elementary School AUSTIN | 229 | 89.5% | 31.4% |
| Ignite Community School - Garland GARLAND | 227 | 91.6% | 34.5% |
| Montgomery Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 248 | 86.3% | 37.1% |
| Hodges Elementary School LUBBOCK | 292 | 93.2% | 41.4% |
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 Ortega Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.1% | #3,659 of 4,401 | #113 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,588 of 4,466 ▲ 1,138 | #87 of 176 ▲ 36 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,714 of 4,466 ▲ 1,522 | #92 of 176 ▲ 57 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,909 of 3,998 | #73 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 242 | #4,488 of 4,938 | #169 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 8.5:1 | #3 of 4,622 | #1 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.9% | #2,909 of 4,628 | #112 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.8% | #1,196 of 4,789 | #47 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.3% | #1,824 of 2,838 | #87 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
242
-1 (0%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 306
Student : Teacher
8.5:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 242 | 28.4 | 8.5:1 | 89% (215) |
| 2023-24 | 256 | 21.7 | 11.8:1 | 89% (229) |
| 2022-23 | 274 | 17.8 | 15.4:1 | 90% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 243 | 20 | 12.2:1 | 86% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 276 | 21.8 | 12.7:1 | 88% (244) |
| 2015-16 | 316 | 25 | 12.6:1 | 90% (283) |
| 2010-11 | 296 | 26 | 11.4:1 | 97% (287) |
| 2000-01 | 367 | 31 | 11.8:1 | 84% (307) |
| 1990-91 | 306 | 31 | 9.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ortega Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 12% (276 to 242); teachers up 30% (21.8 to 28.4).
About Ortega Elementary School
Ortega Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in AUSTIN, Texas. Its grade span covers pre-K through 6, with 242 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.
The 123 schools of AUSTIN ISD, including Ortega Elementary School, enroll 72,272 students.
The student body at Ortega Elementary School is 73% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Black and 8% White. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 33%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 43%.
Ortega Elementary School reported 28.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 8.5:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. There are 215 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 89% of enrollment. That is 35 points above the 54% average for public schools in Travis County.
Ortega Elementary School holds a C- allk12 Grade, placing it above 22% of Texas public elementary schools.
Ortega Elementary School is 5.7 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (30.1% versus 35.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Travis County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $99,611, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Travis County's 333 public schools enroll about 191,706 students and include Ortega Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Ortega Elementary School is closest to Harris Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 35.4% on proficiency, and Ortega Elementary School is below that at 30.1%.
NCES assigns Ortega Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Ortega Elementary School enrolled 243; in 2024-25, 242. The number of students per teacher dropped from 12.2 to 8.5 over 4 years.
The allk12 page for Ortega Elementary School lets the school community talk about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 Ortega Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Ortega Elementary. Ortega Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Ortega ElementaryPacifica, CA · 404 students
- ORTEGA ELEMENTARY SCHOOLJACKSONVILLE, FL · 342 students
Nearby schools
- Harris Elementary School0.7 mi · 285
- IDEA Health Professions College Preparatory0.7 mi · 376
- IDEA Health Professions Academy0.7 mi · 294
- Norman-Sims Elementary School0.9 mi · 274
- Lasa High School0.9 mi · 1,616
- Govalle Elementary School1.0 mi · 384
Frequently asked questions
About Ortega Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ortega Elementary School?
Ortega Elementary School enrolls approximately 242 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Ortega Elementary School serve?
Ortega Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ortega Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ortega Elementary School is approximately 8.5:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ortega Elementary School?
At Ortega Elementary School, the student body is approximately 8% White, 73% Hispanic, 19% Black, 0% Asian.
Who oversees Ortega Elementary School?
Ortega Elementary 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.