WHITESTONE EL

Set in LEANDER, Texas, WHITESTONE EL is a large K-5 school, one of the schools within LEANDER ISD. It caters to 855 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 65% larger than the state mean of about 519.

WHITESTONE EL is one of 51 schools operated by LEANDER ISD, a district that teaches 42,680 students overall.

In terms of who attends, WHITESTONE EL shows that the largest single group is White at 45%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 35% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

On the income-and-resources front, WHITESTONE EL reports 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Williamson County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WHITESTONE EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 66.0%; this one comes in at 51.8%, -14.2 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Williamson County shows median household income runs about $111,340, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), WHITESTONE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WILLIAM J WINKLEY EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WHITESTONE EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.7%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. WHITESTONE EL's enrollment has climbed 10% since 2018, when it stood at 774 (now 855). The Asian share of enrollment edged up from 2% to 12% over that span.

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