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PURPLE SAGE EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 38 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PURPLE SAGE EL
PURPLE SAGE EL is an average-sized primary school in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by ROUND ROCK ISD. The school works with 502 students in grades pre-K through 5.
ROUND ROCK ISD comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 46,954 students; PURPLE SAGE EL is among them.
Demographically, PURPLE SAGE EL reports that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.
On the resource side, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PURPLE SAGE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 24% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, PURPLE SAGE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.6%; this one delivers 63.8%.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Williamson County put median household earnings sit near $111,340, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. PURPLE SAGE EL is one of 208 public schools in Williamson County (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students).
Nearest neighbor: HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - CEDAR PARK, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PURPLE SAGE EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PURPLE SAGE EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 65.9%.
The school occupies a metropolitan site.
Over the past 7-year window. PURPLE SAGE EL's enrollment has ticked up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 446 (now 502). Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 21% across the same window.
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Williamson County at a glance
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