WILLIAMS EL

WILLIAMS EL is one of the cozy primary schools in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by AUSTIN ISD, with 377 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so WILLIAMS EL sits 27% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 123 schools in AUSTIN ISD (72,272 students total), WILLIAMS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, WILLIAMS EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 73% of enrollment; the rest consists of 12% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school reports having 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Travis County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, WILLIAMS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.5%, the actual is 48.2%, a residual of +5.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Travis County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which WILLIAMS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: BEDICHEK MIDDLE, around 1.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAMS EL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 30.9%.

WILLIAMS EL operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 19%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 11.2:1 in 2025.

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