SUNSET VALLEY EL

SUNSET VALLEY EL is a primary school of modestly sized scale in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by AUSTIN ISD, serveing 441 students in grades pre-K through 5.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, SUNSET VALLEY EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%; the rest breaks down as 37% White, 4% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SUNSET VALLEY EL has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 35% of students at SUNSET VALLEY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Travis County's rate of about 54%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SUNSET VALLEY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of -6.0 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household earnings sit near $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. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which SUNSET VALLEY EL is one.

JOSLIN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SUNSET VALLEY EL comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. SUNSET VALLEY EL's enrollment has contracted 19% since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 441). White enrollment moved from 31% to 37% across the same window.

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