RICHARDS SCH FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS

RICHARDS SCH FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS is a high school of medium-sized scale in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by AUSTIN ISD, instructing 920 students in grades 6 through 12.

Within AUSTIN ISD, which oversees 123 schools and 72,272 students, RICHARDS SCH FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS is one campus in the system.

On demographics, RICHARDS SCH FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 41% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Asian, 4% Black. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Travis County) shows that median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), RICHARDS SCH FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS is one campus in the mix.

JOSLIN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Trend over the last 7 years. RICHARDS SCH FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS's enrollment has ticked up 11% since 2018, when it stood at 827 (now 920). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 65% to 46%. Class-load math has rose: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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