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Enrollment
800
Elementary
DISTRICT 629 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEANDER ISD·NCES 482703012130
Ronald Reagan Elementary School
1700 E PARK ST, CEDAR PARK, TX 78613 · (512) 570-7200 · Williamson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL800 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 54% 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.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
13.6:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
113 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 70 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 97 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 11% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 157 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (157).
Student demographics
69%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
73.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 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 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45.0% | 28.0% | 16.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 34.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 73.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 81.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 66.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Ronald Reagan Elementary School
Ronald Reagan Elementary School's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ronald Reagan Elementary School this school | 800 | 14.1% | 62.0% |
| Griffin Elementary School KATY | 782 | 17.1% | 82.5% |
| Great Oaks Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 868 | 11.4% | 79.4% |
| Tierra Rosa Elementary School LIBERTY HILL | 715 | 12.0% | 56.6% |
| O'Dell Elementary School CELINA | 770 | 12.6% | 55.3% |
| Linda Herrington Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 842 | 9.0% | 75.3% |
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 Ronald Reagan Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #655 of 4,401 | #19 of 86 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,155 of 4,466 ▼ 278 | #31 of 87 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #583 of 4,466 ▼ 272 | #20 of 87 ▼ 13 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.0pp | #219 of 3,998 | #2 of 78 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 800 | #450 of 4,938 | #17 of 90 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,236 of 4,622 | #41 of 88 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.2% | #601 of 4,628 | #25 of 88 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #4,556 of 4,789 | #68 of 87 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -7.3% | #2,275 of 2,838 | #34 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
800
-65 (-8%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 854
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 800 | 58.6 | 13.6:1 | 14% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 796 | 55 | 14.5:1 | 13% (100) |
| 2022-23 | 817 | 53.2 | 15.4:1 | 11% (87) |
| 2020-21 | 865 | 62 | 13.9:1 | 9% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 863 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 9% (78) |
| 2015-16 | 882 | 55 | 16.0:1 | 10% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 854 | 53 | 16.1:1 | 15% (127) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ronald Reagan Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 7% (863 to 800); teachers up 9% (54 to 58.6).
About Ronald Reagan Elementary School
Ronald Reagan Elementary School is a large elementary school in CEDAR PARK, Texas, under LEANDER ISD. There are 800 students enrolled, covering pre-K through 5. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 54% bigger than that mark.
Within LEANDER ISD, Ronald Reagan Elementary School is one of 51 schools. The district enrolls 42,680 students.
The largest group at Ronald Reagan Elementary School is White students, at 43%. After that, the student body is 31% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 3% Black. Census figures show Williamson County is about 60% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Ronald Reagan Elementary School scores 69%.
Based on 58.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, Ronald Reagan Elementary School has a ratio of 13.6:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 1.5 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 14%. The 29% average for public schools in Williamson County is 15 points higher.
Ronald Reagan Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 54% of Texas public elementary schools.
A school with Ronald Reagan Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 67.7%. Ronald Reagan Elementary School scores 62.0%, 5.6 points below that line.
In Williamson County, home to about 672,688 people, median household income comes to about $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 the county, enrolling about 126,147, Ronald Reagan Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Ronald Reagan Elementary School is closest to Vista Ridge High School, about 0.6 miles away. Ronald Reagan Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 60.2% on proficiency, and Ronald Reagan Elementary School is above that at 62.0%.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment fell 8% over 4 years, reaching 800 in 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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 LEANDER ISD
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
Other schools in CEDAR PARK
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Cedar Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,365 students
- Artie L Henry Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,347 students
- Running Brushy Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,120 students
- Basis Cedar Park Primary SchoolElementary · 859 students
Other Ronald Reagan Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 4 states are named Ronald Reagan Elementary. Ronald Reagan Elementary School is the 4th largest of the 8.
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryEastvale, CA · 1,063 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryBakersfield, CA · 831 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryPalm Desert, CA · 808 students
- Ronald Reagan ElementaryNew Berlin, WI · 669 students
- Ronald Reagan Elementary SchoolNorman, OK · 520 students
Nearby schools
- Vista Ridge High School0.6 mi · 2,480
- Artie L Henry Middle School0.7 mi · 1,347
- Charlotte Cox Elementary School1.0 mi · 534
- Rutledge Elementary School1.2 mi · 853
- Officer Leonard A Reed Elementary School1.9 mi · 638
- Patsy Sommer Elementary School2.7 mi · 817
Frequently asked questions
About Ronald Reagan Elementary SchoolHow large is Ronald Reagan Elementary School?
Ronald Reagan Elementary School enrolls approximately 800 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ronald Reagan Elementary School serve?
Ronald Reagan Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ronald Reagan Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ronald Reagan Elementary School is approximately 13.6:1 (59 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ronald Reagan Elementary School?
At Ronald Reagan Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 15% Hispanic, 3% Black, 31% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Ronald Reagan Elementary School in?
Ronald Reagan Elementary School is part of LEANDER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.