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Enrollment
683
Elementary
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEANDER ISD·NCES 482703009656
Patricia Knowles Elementary School
2101 COUGAR COUNTRY DR, CEDAR PARK, TX 78613 · (512) 570-6200 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL683 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 16% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats 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
10.5:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
313 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 101 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 100 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 94 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (100) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (94).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 16.0% | 23.0% | 50.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 45.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 19.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Patricia Knowles Elementary School
Patricia Knowles Elementary School's state test result (34.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patricia Knowles Elementary School this school | 683 | 45.8% | 34.3% |
| Menchaca Elementary School MANCHACA | 699 | 44.5% | 33.3% |
| El Magnet at Reagan Elementary School ODESSA | 685 | 43.2% | 89.4% |
| Ralph Pfluger Elementary School BUDA | 779 | 47.5% | 52.1% |
| Mireles Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 621 | 43.2% | 54.9% |
| Kyle Elementary School KYLE | 633 | 46.8% | 47.8% |
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 Patricia Knowles Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.3% | #3,240 of 4,401 | #69 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,114 of 4,466 ▼ 431 | #85 of 87 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,158 of 4,466 ▼ 316 | #75 of 87 ▼ 9 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #1,400 of 3,998 | #37 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 683 | #1,028 of 4,938 | #39 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.5:1 | #73 of 4,622 | #4 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.2% | #2,403 of 4,628 | #80 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.8% | #3,749 of 4,789 | #25 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.6% | #919 of 1,307 | #25 of 30 |
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
683
+80 (+13%) vs 2020
+8% since 2010-11, when it was 630
Student : Teacher
10.5:1
was 9.6:1
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 | 683 | 64.9 | 10.5:1 | 46% (313) |
| 2023-24 | 694 | 61.8 | 11.2:1 | 54% (378) |
| 2022-23 | 654 | 57.6 | 11.4:1 | 53% (348) |
| 2020-21 | 603 | 63 | 9.6:1 | 53% (322) |
| 2017-18 | 641 | 52.3 | 12.3:1 | 56% (356) |
| 2015-16 | 710 | 56 | 12.7:1 | 54% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 630 | 55 | 11.4:1 | 50% (315) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patricia Knowles Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (641 to 683); teachers up 24% (52.3 to 64.9).
About Patricia Knowles Elementary School
Patricia Knowles Elementary School is one of the public schools in CEDAR PARK, Texas. It is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrollment is 683 students in 2024-25, and the school serves pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 32% higher.
LEANDER ISD counts 42,680 students in its 51 schools, and Patricia Knowles Elementary School is one of them.
Hispanic students are the majority at Patricia Knowles Elementary School, with 66% of enrollment. Other groups make up 25% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Asian. Williamson County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 50% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its teaching staff equals 64.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 10.5:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 10.5:1 here. Around 46% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is higher than the 29% average for public schools in Williamson County.
allk12 grades Patricia Knowles Elementary School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Patricia Knowles Elementary School trails its predicted average proficiency rate on state tests by 19.9 points (34.3% versus 54.1%), a bottom-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Williamson County show that the median household income is $111,340, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Besides Patricia Knowles Elementary School, Williamson County has 207 other public schools.
The closest public school to Patricia Knowles Elementary School is Running Brushy Middle School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Patricia Knowles Elementary School is behind the 50.7% nearby average, ranking 8th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Patricia Knowles Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment is up 13% from 2020-21, when Patricia Knowles Elementary School had 603 students, to 2024-25, when it had 683.
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Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEANDER ISD
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
Other schools in CEDAR PARK
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Cedar Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,365 students
- Artie L Henry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,347 students
- Running Brushy Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,120 students
- Basis Cedar Park Primary SchoolElementary · 859 students
Nearby schools
- Running Brushy Middle School0.3 mi · 1,120
- William J Winkley Elementary School0.5 mi · 763
- C C Mason Elementary School0.9 mi · 691
- Leander High School0.9 mi · 2,131
- Whitestone Elementary School1.2 mi · 855
- Lois F Giddens Elementary School1.3 mi · 483
Frequently asked questions
About Patricia Knowles Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Patricia Knowles Elementary School?
Patricia Knowles Elementary School enrolls approximately 683 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Patricia Knowles Elementary School serve?
Patricia Knowles Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Patricia Knowles Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Patricia Knowles Elementary School is approximately 10.5:1 (65 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Patricia Knowles Elementary School?
Patricia Knowles Elementary School reports a student body of 25% White, 66% Hispanic, 2% Black, 4% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Patricia Knowles Elementary School in?
Patricia Knowles Elementary School is part of LEANDER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.