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Enrollment
817
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROUND ROCK ISD·NCES 483808011104
Patsy Sommer Elementary School
16200 AVERY RANCH BLVD, AUSTIN, TX 78717 · (512) 704-0600 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL817 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
31 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 58 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 125 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 148 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 49% smaller than its 5th grade class (148).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
93.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
90.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 90 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 75.0% | 18.0% | 4.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 69.0% | 21.0% | 6.0% | 4.0% |
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 | 93.0% | 90.0% |
| 2024-25 | 94.0% | 90.0% |
| 2023-24 | 93.0% | 90.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 89.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.0% | 79.0% |
| 2020-21 | 72.0% | 74.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+16.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 17 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Patsy Sommer Elementary School
Patsy Sommer Elementary School's state test result (89.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Patsy Sommer Elementary School this school | 817 | 3.8% | 89.0% |
| Tarvin Elementary School LEANDER | 838 | 5.3% | 63.8% |
| Nichols Elementary School FRISCO | 635 | 4.1% | 82.8% |
| Lilyana Elementary School PROSPER | 982 | 5.3% | 68.0% |
| Brenda Calhoun Early Childhood School MCKINNEY | 744 | 9.3% | N/A |
| Jim and Betty Hughes Elementary School MCKINNEY | 839 | 8.2% | 58.3% |
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 Patsy Sommer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #11 of 4,401 | #2 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #16 of 4,466 no change | #3 of 87 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 93.0% | #15 of 4,466 ▼ 1 | #2 of 87 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,166 of 3,998 | #50 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 817 | #392 of 4,938 | #14 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #2,380 of 4,622 | #75 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.4% | #1,470 of 4,628 | #57 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.8% | #4,768 of 4,789 | #84 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.2% | #327 of 2,838 | #2 of 43 |
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
817
-350 (-30%) vs 2020
-17% since 2010-11, when it was 985
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 817 | 54.8 | 14.9:1 | 4% (31) |
| 2023-24 | 874 | 58 | 15.1:1 | 4% (36) |
| 2022-23 | 982 | 62.4 | 15.7:1 | 2% (23) |
| 2020-21 | 1,167 | 69 | 16.9:1 | 2% (27) |
| 2017-18 | 1,241 | 71 | 17.5:1 | 1% (11) |
| 2015-16 | 1,073 | 63 | 17.0:1 | 2% (24) |
| 2010-11 | 985 | 56 | 17.6:1 | 5% (49) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Patsy Sommer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 34% (1,241 to 817); teachers down 23% (71 to 54.8).
About Patsy Sommer Elementary School
Families in AUSTIN, Texas, are served by Patsy Sommer Elementary School, a large elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 817 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
ROUND ROCK ISD, which runs Patsy Sommer Elementary School, has 58 schools and 46,954 students.
More than half of enrollment at Patsy Sommer Elementary School is Asian: 58%. Enrollment also includes 22% White, 12% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 48 points above the 10% share among Williamson County residents. The diversity index for Patsy Sommer Elementary School is 59%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Patsy Sommer Elementary School lists 54.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.9 students per teacher. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 4% of the student body. That is 25 points below the 29% average for public schools in Williamson County.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 72.1% for Patsy Sommer Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 89.0%. The 16.9-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Census data for Williamson County show the median household earns about $111,340 a year, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Williamson County number 208, with about 126,147 students.
Among nearby public schools, Pearson Ranch Middle School is closest at about 0.6 miles. Patsy Sommer Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Patsy Sommer Elementary School ranks 1st on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is City: Large: inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was 817 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 1,167. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.9:1 to 14.9:1 over the same years.
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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 ROUND ROCK ISD
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Cedar Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,306 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
Nearby schools
- Pearson Ranch Middle School0.6 mi · 981
- Elsa England Elementary School0.8 mi · 987
- Brushy Creek Elementary School1.0 mi · 463
- Great Oaks Elementary School1.0 mi · 868
- Cedar Valley Middle School1.4 mi · 1,306
- Fern Bluff Elementary School2.1 mi · 596
Frequently asked questions
About Patsy Sommer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Patsy Sommer Elementary School?
Patsy Sommer Elementary School enrolls approximately 817 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Patsy Sommer Elementary School serve?
Patsy Sommer Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Patsy Sommer Elementary School have?
Patsy Sommer Elementary School employs 55 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Patsy Sommer Elementary School?
Student demographics at Patsy Sommer Elementary School are roughly 22% White, 12% Hispanic, 1% Black, 58% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Patsy Sommer Elementary School in?
Patsy Sommer Elementary School is part of ROUND ROCK ISD.
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