SANCHEZ EL

SANCHEZ EL, a reasonably sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by AUSTIN ISD, instructs 479 students, covering grades pre-K through 6.

AUSTIN ISD comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 72,272 students; SANCHEZ EL is among them.

Demographically, SANCHEZ EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school reports 3% White, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SANCHEZ EL has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SANCHEZ EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 90% 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SANCHEZ EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.5%; SANCHEZ EL posts 15.9%, -18.6 points below that line.

In the area at large, Travis County reports that median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. SANCHEZ EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

The closest other public school is MARTIN MIDDLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SANCHEZ EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.8%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SANCHEZ EL has increased 86%, going from 258 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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