SERENE HILLS EL

SERENE HILLS EL operates as an average-sized elementary campus in AUSTIN, Texas, run under LAKE TRAVIS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 744 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 43% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 11 schools in LAKE TRAVIS ISD (11,008 students total), SERENE HILLS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, SERENE HILLS EL records that 73% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 14% Hispanic, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.

On the income-and-resources front, SERENE HILLS EL logs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 7% 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 meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SERENE HILLS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 70.9%; this one delivers 68.7%.

Zooming out to the county, Travis County reports that median household income runs about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), SERENE HILLS EL is one campus in the mix.

LAKEWAY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SERENE HILLS EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 60.3%.

SERENE HILLS EL operates from a residential location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 15%: 880 students in 2018 compared to 744 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 77% to 73%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.