Enrollment
359
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TYLER ISD·NCES 484347004949
T J Austin Elementary School
1105 W FRANKLIN, TYLER, TX 75702 · (903) 262-1765 · Smith County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL359 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 12% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
25 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
98%
352 students
DISTRICT 77% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 53 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 50 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 41 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 54 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 47 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (50) is 14% smaller than its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
18.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 18 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 12.0% | 28.0% | 54.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% | 46.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 18.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 23.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 40.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
31.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like T J Austin Elementary School
T J Austin Elementary School's state test result (27.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| T J Austin Elementary School this school | 359 | 98.1% | 27.5% |
| Thomas Tolbert Elementary School DALLAS | 335 | 98.5% | 34.1% |
| H I Holland El at Lisbon DALLAS | 361 | 98.6% | 31.8% |
| Daniel Webster Elementary School DALLAS | 395 | 97.5% | 34.6% |
| C A Tatum Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 415 | 99.5% | 33.3% |
| Sunrise - McMillan Elementary School FORT WORTH | 417 | 97.4% | 25.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where T J Austin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.5% | #3,880 of 4,401 | #27 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #3,788 of 4,466 ▼ 471 | #27 of 31 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 18.0% | #4,449 of 4,466 ▼ 285 | #30 of 31 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #260 of 3,998 | #5 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 359 | #3,815 of 4,938 | #30 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,745 of 4,622 | #12 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.3% | #2,283 of 4,628 | #23 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 98.1% | #176 of 4,789 | #1 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.5% | #1,483 of 2,838 | #6 of 15 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
359
+17 (+5%) vs 2020
-5% since 1990-91, when it was 379
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 359 | 25.2 | 14.2:1 | 98% (352) |
| 2023-24 | 362 | 25 | 14.5:1 | 98% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 334 | 26.4 | 12.7:1 | 99% (330) |
| 2020-21 | 342 | 26 | 13.2:1 | 97% (331) |
| 2017-18 | 430 | 29 | 14.8:1 | 98% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 473 | 33 | 14.3:1 | 95% (451) |
| 2010-11 | 516 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 96% (497) |
| 2000-01 | 473 | 39 | 12.1:1 | 89% (420) |
| 1990-91 | 379 | 25 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for T J Austin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (430 to 359); teachers down 13% (29 to 25.2).
About T J Austin Elementary School
T J Austin Elementary School is a small elementary school in TYLER, Texas. Total enrollment is 359 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. That is 31% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
T J Austin Elementary School is run by TYLER ISD, whose 26 schools enroll 18,708 students.
Hispanic students are 62% of those enrolled at T J Austin Elementary School. The next largest groups are 33% Black, 4% White, and 2% multiracial. In Smith County overall, about 21% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 51, compared with 70 nationally.
Staffing at T J Austin Elementary School comes to 25.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.2:1. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. On the income side, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Smith County average 64%.
T J Austin Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 12% of Texas public elementary schools.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 31.8%. T J Austin Elementary School scores 27.5%.
American Community Survey estimates for Smith County show that median household income comes to about $74,192, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Across Smith County, 65 public schools serve about 37,385 students.
Premier H S of Tyler is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Nearby schools average 36.6% on proficiency, and T J Austin Elementary School is below that at 27.5%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 342 to 359, a 5% rise. Federal data show the ratio rising from 13.2:1 to 14.2:1.
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Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
241,740
Census ACS
Median income
$74,192
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
37,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TYLER ISD
- Tyler Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- Tyler High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Three Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Boulter Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other schools in TYLER
- Tyler Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- Tyler High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Three Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Boulter Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
Nearby schools
- Premier H S of Tyler0.6 mi · 38
- Texasworks - Tyler0.6 mi · 6
- Griffin Elementary School0.8 mi · 649
- Ramey Elementary School0.8 mi · 517
- Douglas Elementary School1.0 mi · 591
- Caldwell Arts Academy1.5 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About T J Austin Elementary SchoolHow large is T J Austin Elementary School?
T J Austin Elementary School enrolls approximately 359 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does T J Austin Elementary School serve?
T J Austin Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at T J Austin Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at T J Austin Elementary School is approximately 14.2:1 (25 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at T J Austin Elementary School?
At T J Austin Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 62% Hispanic, 33% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees T J Austin Elementary School?
T J Austin Elementary School is overseen by TYLER ISD in Smith County.
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