TRAVIS EL

Set in SAN MARCOS, Texas, TRAVIS EL is a compact elementary school, run under SAN MARCOS CISD. It serves 440 students across grades K through 5.

Within SAN MARCOS CISD, which oversees 12 schools and 8,222 students, TRAVIS EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, TRAVIS EL shows that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest comes out to 16% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Hays County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, TRAVIS EL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TRAVIS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hays County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TRAVIS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.9%, the actual is 25.2%, a residual of -10.7 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hays County) records that median household earnings sit near $89,097, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Hays County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), TRAVIS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: KI CHARTER ACADEMY, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TRAVIS EL comes 5th of 5 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TRAVIS EL has shrank 34%, going from 662 students in 2018 to 440 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 25% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.