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ROUGH HOLLOW EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout ROUGH HOLLOW EL
ROUGH HOLLOW EL operates as a mid-tier elementary-level community in SPICEWOOD, Texas, one of the schools within LAKE TRAVIS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 702 students spanning grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 519.
ROUGH HOLLOW EL is one of 11 schools operated by LAKE TRAVIS ISD, a district that works with 11,008 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ROUGH HOLLOW EL records that White students make up the majority at 62%. Other groups include 18% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ROUGH HOLLOW EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 3% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, ROUGH HOLLOW EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.6%; this one delivers 67.9%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that median household earnings sit near $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROUGH HOLLOW EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
The closest other public school is LAKE TRAVIS MIDDLE, roughly 1.2 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROUGH HOLLOW EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 59.8%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
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