Enrollment
169
High
DISTRICT 218 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480141412881
The East Austin College Prep at MLK
5800 E MARTIN LUTHER KING JR BLVD, AUSTIN, TX 78721 · (512) 287-5050 · Travis County
GRADES 07–12HIGH11-CITYCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL169 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 3% of Texas public high schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
13 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
128 students
DISTRICT 87% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 31 | 18% |
| Grade 8 | 22 | 13% |
| Grade 9 | 31 | 18% |
| Grade 10 | 28 | 17% |
| Grade 11 | 27 | 16% |
| Grade 12 | 30 | 18% |
Student demographics
19%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
School pathway
Based on grade levels within VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 36.0% | 27.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 15.0% | 28.0% | 44.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 8.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 12.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
21.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-20.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 21% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 The East Austin College Prep at MLK
The East Austin College Prep at MLK's state test result (21.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| The East Austin College Prep at MLK this school | 169 | 75.7% | 21.1% |
| Kenedy High School KENEDY | 219 | 79.9% | 37.0% |
| Anthony High School ANTHONY | 243 | 74.9% | 51.2% |
| Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy SOMERSET | 128 | 78.9% | 81.0% |
| Cast Med High School SAN ANTONIO | 213 | 73.7% | 51.8% |
| Bloomington High School BLOOMINGTON | 227 | 78.0% | 36.1% |
Matched among Texas high 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 The East Austin College Prep at MLK ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.1% | #1,381 of 1,385 | #38 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #1,131 of 1,425 ▲ 4 | #23 of 40 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #1,232 of 1,425 ▲ 110 | #25 of 40 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.0pp | #511 of 1,184 | #17 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 169 | #1,403 of 2,107 | #43 of 69 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #470 of 1,522 | #22 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -66.3% | #5 of 557 | #1 of 14 |
Ranked against other public high 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
169
-130 (-43%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 169 | 12.9 | 13.1:1 | 76% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 200 | 16.6 | 12.0:1 | 83% (166) |
| 2022-23 | 226 | 17 | 13.3:1 | 98% (222) |
| 2020-21 | 299 | 20 | 14.9:1 | 94% (280) |
| 2017-18 | 502 | 29.9 | 16.8:1 | 80% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 98% (561) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for The East Austin College Prep at MLK.
Since 2017-18: students down 66% (502 to 169); teachers down 57% (29.9 to 12.9).
About The East Austin College Prep at MLK
In AUSTIN, Texas, part of Travis County, The East Austin College Prep at MLK is a high school. There are 169 students enrolled, covering grades 7 through 12. That puts enrollment 79% below the 796-student average for high schools in Texas.
The East Austin College Prep at MLK is one school in a 4-school district, VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which enrolls 871 students.
By race and ethnicity, The East Austin College Prep at MLK is 90% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 5% Black and 2% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 57 points above the 33% share among Travis County residents. A diversity index of 19% means there is a 19% chance two randomly chosen students at The East Austin College Prep at MLK are from different groups.
The school lists 12.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.1:1. Statewide, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 76% of the student body. Public schools in Travis County average 54%.
The East Austin College Prep at MLK holds an F allk12 Grade, placing it above 3% of Texas public high schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, The East Austin College Prep at MLK scores 20.2 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 21.1%; the prediction is 41.4%.
Looking at the county, Travis County, median household income comes to about $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 333 public schools and about 191,706 students.
A public school less than a tenth of a mile away, The East Austin College Prep at Southwest Key, is the closest to The East Austin College Prep at MLK. The East Austin College Prep at MLK has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The East Austin College Prep at MLK comes in 4th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Federal data place The East Austin College Prep at MLK in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more. The East Austin College Prep at MLK is a charter school, a type of public school that operates under a charter.
Federal records list enrollment at The East Austin College Prep at MLK as 299 in 2020-21 and 169 in 2024-25. A change that size can reflect a shift in the grades the school serves as well as a change in students. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 14.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.1:1.
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Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
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Other schools in VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- Promesa College Prep West Corpus ChristiCombined · 358 students
- Promesa College Prep BrownsvilleElementary · 185 students
- The East Austin College Prep at Southwest KeyElementary · 159 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- The East Austin College Prep at Southwest Key0.0 mi · 159
- Norman-Sims Elementary School0.8 mi · 274
- IDEA Health Professions Academy1.1 mi · 294
- IDEA Health Professions College Preparatory1.1 mi · 376
- Pecan Springs Elementary School1.2 mi · 279
- Harris Elementary School1.3 mi · 285
Frequently asked questions
About The East Austin College Prep at MLKHow many students attend The East Austin College Prep at MLK?
The East Austin College Prep at MLK enrolls approximately 169 students in grades 07-12.
What grades does The East Austin College Prep at MLK serve?
The East Austin College Prep at MLK serves grades 07-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at The East Austin College Prep at MLK?
The student-to-teacher ratio at The East Austin College Prep at MLK is approximately 13.1:1 (13 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at The East Austin College Prep at MLK?
At The East Austin College Prep at MLK, the student body is approximately 2% White, 90% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees The East Austin College Prep at MLK?
The East Austin College Prep at MLK is overseen by VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS in Travis County.
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