PATSY SOMMER EL

As a sprawling elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, PATSY SOMMER EL enrolls 817 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of ROUND ROCK ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so PATSY SOMMER EL sits 57% above that benchmark.

Within ROUND ROCK ISD, which oversees 58 schools and 46,954 students, PATSY SOMMER EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PATSY SOMMER EL shows that Asian students make up the majority at 58%. Beyond that, the school reports 22% White, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 10% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 4% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Williamson County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, PATSY SOMMER EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 72.2%; this one delivers 88.5%, a residual of +16.2 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Williamson County) logs that median household income runs about $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), PATSY SOMMER EL is one campus in the mix.

PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PATSY SOMMER EL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 75.9%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Over the past 7-year window. PATSY SOMMER EL's enrollment has shrank 34% since 2018, when it stood at 1,241 (now 817). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 29% to 22%. Class-load math has tightened: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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