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What tradition at POND SPRINGS EL should never be changed?
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Enrollment
532
Elementary
DISTRICT 569 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROUND ROCK ISD·NCES 483808006314
Pond Springs Elementary School
7825 ELK HORN MTN TRL, AUSTIN, TX 78729 · (512) 464-4200 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL532 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 75% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
11.2:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
160 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 | 73 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 87 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 62 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (87) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
68%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
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 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 | 41.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 68.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
60.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Pond Springs Elementary School
Pond Springs Elementary School's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pond Springs Elementary School this school | 532 | 30.1% | 58.4% |
| Park Glen Elementary School FORT WORTH | 479 | 30.5% | 69.1% |
| Pauline Naumann Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 473 | 28.8% | 52.3% |
| Lone Star Elementary School KELLER | 569 | 30.2% | 63.4% |
| River Place Elementary School AUSTIN | 589 | 29.9% | 53.5% |
| Eagle Ridge Elementary School KELLER | 499 | 30.7% | 59.5% |
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 Pond Springs Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #847 of 4,401 | #25 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,181 of 4,466 ▼ 6 | #33 of 87 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #853 of 4,466 ▲ 370 | #34 of 87 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +26.5pp | #248 of 3,998 | #7 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 532 | #2,211 of 4,938 | #61 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.2:1 | #160 of 4,622 | #13 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #757 of 4,628 | #34 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 30.1% | #4,214 of 4,789 | #45 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.3% | #1,407 of 2,838 | #18 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
532
-2 (0%) vs 2020
-22% since 1990-91, when it was 681
Student : Teacher
11.2:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 532 | 47.4 | 11.2:1 | 30% (160) |
| 2023-24 | 537 | 44.9 | 12.0:1 | 31% (165) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 41.6 | 12.4:1 | 29% (149) |
| 2020-21 | 534 | 48 | 11.1:1 | 23% (124) |
| 2017-18 | 643 | 55.9 | 11.5:1 | 23% (148) |
| 2015-16 | 640 | 53 | 12.1:1 | 25% (160) |
| 2010-11 | 620 | 50 | 12.4:1 | 25% (152) |
| 2000-01 | 891 | 68 | 13.1:1 | 4% (33) |
| 1990-91 | 681 | 45 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pond Springs Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (643 to 532); teachers down 15% (55.9 to 47.4).
About Pond Springs Elementary School
Pond Springs Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with an address in AUSTIN, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 532 students.
The 58 schools in ROUND ROCK ISD enroll 46,954 students altogether, Pond Springs Elementary School among them.
The most common group at Pond Springs Elementary School is White students, at 49%. Other groups make up 25% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 8% Asian, and 8% Black. Williamson County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school's share is lower. The school's diversity index is 68%, meaning two students picked at random have a 68% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 47.4 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pond Springs Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.2:1. That is 3.9 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 30%. For comparison, public schools in Williamson County average 29%.
Pond Springs Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 75% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Pond Springs Elementary School would score about 60.8%. It scores 58.4%, 2.4 points below that figure.
Williamson County census figures show that the median household income is $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 208 public schools in Williamson County, enrolling about 126,147 students in all.
The closest other public school is Live Oak Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. On proficiency, Pond Springs Elementary School is behind the 63.4% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 534 to 532.
To ask about science fairs, picture day, and bus routes, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
- Live Oak Elementary School0.6 mi · 391
- Deerpark Middle School0.7 mi · 916
- Jollyville Elementary School0.8 mi · 638
- Canyon Vista Middle School1.7 mi · 1,295
- Kathy Caraway Elementary School1.8 mi · 462
- McNeil High School1.9 mi · 2,660
Frequently asked questions
About Pond Springs Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Pond Springs Elementary School?
Pond Springs Elementary School enrolls approximately 532 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pond Springs Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pond Springs Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Pond Springs Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Pond Springs Elementary School is approximately 11.2:1 (47 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pond Springs Elementary School?
At Pond Springs Elementary School, the student body is approximately 49% White, 25% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Pond Springs Elementary School public or private?
Pond Springs Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROUND ROCK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.