THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY

Located at 5800 MLK BLVD, in AUSTIN, Texas, THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY is a tiny elementary school that hosts 159 students (grades pre-K through 6), overseen by VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS. Enrollment runs roughly 69% below the state mean of about 519.

VALERE PUBLIC SCHOOLS comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 871 students; THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY is among them.

In terms of who attends, THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (96%). Other groups include 3% Black. 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, On paper, THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 19.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Travis County's rate of about 54%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), On a poverty-adjusted basis, THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 32.1%; actual is 15.0%, a gap of -17.1 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY is one campus in the mix.

THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT MLK is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 24.6%.

The school occupies a downtown site. As a public charter, THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY runs on public funding but with greater curricular and operational autonomy than a typical district school.

Trend over the last 7 years. THE EAST AUSTIN COLLEGE PREP AT SOUTHWEST KEY's enrollment has rose 21% since 2018, when it stood at 131 (now 159). Hispanic enrollment moved from 88% to 96% across the same window. Class-load math has grew: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 19.7:1 in 2025.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.