SUMMITT EL

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in AUSTIN, Texas, SUMMITT EL serves 764 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of AUSTIN ISD. That puts it 47% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

Demographically, SUMMITT EL reports that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 23% Hispanic, 10% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 55% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SUMMITT EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Travis County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, SUMMITT EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.3%; this one delivers 65.8%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household income runs about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), SUMMITT EL is one campus in the mix.

DAVIS 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 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUMMITT EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 9%: 844 students in 2018 compared to 764 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 36% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 today.

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