ST ELMO EL

ST ELMO EL is a primary school of intimate scale in AUSTIN, Texas, run under AUSTIN ISD, enrolling 305 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ST ELMO EL sits 41% below that benchmark.

Across the 123 schools in AUSTIN ISD (72,272 students total), ST ELMO EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, ST ELMO EL logs that 69% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 20% White, 6% Black, 3% Asian. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, ST ELMO EL shows 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ST ELMO EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 81% of students at ST ELMO EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ST ELMO EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 29.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. ST ELMO EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

GALINDO EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 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), ST ELMO EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ST ELMO EL has increased 3%, going from 297 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 85% to 69% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 12.0:1 in 2025.

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