Enrollment
329
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894006211
Palm Elementary School
7601 DIXIE DR, AUSTIN, TX 78744 · (512) 414-2545 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL329 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 51% 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.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
11.5:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
280 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 | 65 | 20% |
| Kindergarten | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 44 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 40 | 12% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 43 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (40) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (43).
Student demographics
22%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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 36.0% | 12.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 18.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 23.0% |
% 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
41.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Palm Elementary School
Palm Elementary School's state test result (41.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Palm Elementary School this school | 329 | 85.1% | 41.2% |
| Dellview Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 326 | 87.1% | 33.6% |
| Hampton-Moreno-Dugat Early Childhood Center BEEVILLE | 345 | 85.8% | N/A |
| Mathis Intermediate School MATHIS | 315 | 84.4% | 42.3% |
| Jubilee Kingsville KINGSVILLE | 302 | 85.8% | 26.9% |
| Whittier Elementary School HOUSTON | 326 | 85.6% | 39.0% |
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 Palm Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.2% | #2,438 of 4,401 | #75 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,369 of 4,466 ▲ 294 | #77 of 176 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,323 of 4,466 ▲ 994 | #69 of 176 ▲ 15 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,397 of 3,998 | #104 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 329 | #4,011 of 4,938 | #151 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.5:1 | #225 of 4,622 | #29 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.3% | #3,684 of 4,628 | #153 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.1% | #1,553 of 4,789 | #60 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.7% | #668 of 2,838 | #31 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
329
-54 (-14%) vs 2020
-42% since 1990-91, when it was 563
Student : Teacher
11.5:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 329 | 28.5 | 11.5:1 | 85% (280) |
| 2023-24 | 329 | 26.5 | 12.4:1 | 91% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 341 | 19.4 | 17.6:1 | 84% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 383 | 31 | 12.3:1 | 86% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 449 | 31.4 | 14.3:1 | 86% (386) |
| 2015-16 | 481 | 32 | 15.0:1 | 83% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 43 | 14.1:1 | 84% (508) |
| 2000-01 | 654 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 72% (469) |
| 1990-91 | 563 | 32 | 17.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Palm Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (449 to 329); teachers down 9% (31.4 to 28.5).
About Palm Elementary School
Palm Elementary School, a small elementary school, is located in AUSTIN, Texas. It reports enrollment of 329 students in pre-K through 5. That puts enrollment 37% below the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas.
The district, AUSTIN ISD, has 72,272 students enrolled across 123 schools.
Palm Elementary School is 88% Hispanic by enrollment. Other reported shares: 6% White and 4% Black. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Travis County residents. The diversity index for Palm Elementary School is 22%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 28.5 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 11.5 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 3.6 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Palm Elementary School, 85% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 54% average among public schools in Travis County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Palm Elementary School outscored 51%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
Palm Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 41.2% is 3.9 points above the 37.4% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
In Travis County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $99,611, about 57% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 333 public schools in the county, enrolling about 191,706, Palm Elementary School among them.
Langford Elementary School sits less than a tenth of a mile from Palm Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The school's 41.2% average proficiency ranks 2nd among 9 nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Palm Elementary School's location as City: Large.
The school's enrollment decreased 14% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Palm Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
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- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
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Other Palm Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Palm Elementary. Palm Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Palm ElementaryOrosi, CA · 573 students
- Palm ElementaryHacienda Heights, CA · 375 students
- Palm Elementary SchoolLorain, OH · 295 students
Nearby schools
- Langford Elementary School0.0 mi · 391
- Blazier Elementary School0.8 mi · 1,275
- Hillcrest Elementary School0.9 mi · 376
- Perez Elementary School0.9 mi · 460
- Mendez Middle School1.6 mi · 199
- Widen Elementary School1.7 mi · 433
Frequently asked questions
About Palm Elementary SchoolHow large is Palm Elementary School?
Palm Elementary School enrolls approximately 329 students in grades PK-05.
Is Palm Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Palm Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Palm Elementary School have?
Palm Elementary School employs 29 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Palm Elementary School?
At Palm Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 88% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Palm Elementary School in?
Palm Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.