SADLER MEANS YWLA

SADLER MEANS YWLA is one of the close-knit middle schools in AUSTIN, Texas, run under AUSTIN ISD, with 278 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 57% below typical.

AUSTIN ISD comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 72,272 students; SADLER MEANS YWLA is among them.

On the student-mix side, SADLER MEANS YWLA records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%. The remainder consists of 16% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting SADLER MEANS YWLA tighter than the state norm the norm. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

With demographic context factored in, SADLER MEANS YWLA falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 38.5%; this one comes in at 18.5%, -20.0 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. SADLER MEANS YWLA is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

The closest other public school is ANDREWS EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SADLER MEANS YWLA. On composite proficiency, SADLER MEANS YWLA comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 25.4%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SADLER MEANS YWLA has ticked down 28%, going from 388 students in 2018 to 278 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 78% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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