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How has ZILKER EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
506
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000369
Zilker Elementary School
1900 BLUEBONNET LN, AUSTIN, TX 78704 · (512) 414-2327 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL506 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
109 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 41 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 60 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (60).
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +56.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 56 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 56.0% | 27.0% | 9.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 42.0% | 24.0% | 17.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 83.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 58.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
68.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Zilker Elementary School
Zilker Elementary School's state test result (68.8% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zilker Elementary School this school | 506 | 21.5% | 68.8% |
| Garden Ridge Elementary School GARDEN RIDGE | 475 | 18.5% | 70.2% |
| Wylie West Intermediate School ABILENE | 465 | 20.4% | 65.8% |
| Raye McCoy Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 486 | 23.5% | 49.3% |
| Cypress Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 506 | 18.2% | 54.6% |
| Westwood Elementary School FRIENDSWOOD | 497 | 17.5% | N/A |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 Zilker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.8% | #346 of 4,401 | #21 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #570 of 4,466 ▼ 184 | #39 of 176 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #153 of 4,466 ▼ 7 | #19 of 176 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.5pp | #465 of 3,998 | #23 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 506 | #2,473 of 4,938 | #90 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #982 of 4,622 | #70 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #1,492 of 4,628 | #53 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.5% | #4,403 of 4,789 | #136 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #2,212 of 2,838 | #101 of 120 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
506
+63 (+14%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 490
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 506 | 38.2 | 13.3:1 | 22% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 36 | 13.8:1 | 26% (127) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 29 | 16.8:1 | 24% (119) |
| 2020-21 | 443 | 34 | 13.0:1 | 19% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 39.2 | 14.0:1 | 19% (106) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 37 | 14.5:1 | 21% (111) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 34% (177) |
| 2000-01 | 430 | 34 | 12.7:1 | 41% (175) |
| 1990-91 | 490 | 32 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zilker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (550 to 506); teachers down 3% (39.2 to 38.2).
About Zilker Elementary School
Zilker Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in AUSTIN, Texas. Students in pre-K through 5 make up the school's enrollment of 506 students.
AUSTIN ISD, which runs Zilker Elementary School, has 123 schools and 72,272 students.
At Zilker Elementary School, 57% of students are White. The remaining students are 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian, and 3% Black. Census estimates put Travis County at about 55% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Zilker Elementary School scores 59%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Zilker Elementary School is 13.3:1, based on 38.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Zilker Elementary School counts 22% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Travis County is 54%.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 68.8%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 64.5%.
For the population of Travis County, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Zilker Elementary School shares Travis County with 332 other public schools.
Barton Hills Elementary School sits about 0.6 miles from Zilker Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 49.7%, lower than Zilker Elementary School's 68.8%.
Its location is classified as City: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 14%, from 443 to 506.
People can post here about special education services, counseling, and support programs and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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
Related schools
Other schools in AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 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
- Barton Hills Elementary School0.6 mi · 286
- DAEP- Elementary School0.9 mi · 1
- Becker Elementary School0.9 mi · 502
- Richards School for Young Women Leaders1.3 mi · 920
- Dawson Elementary School1.4 mi · 196
- Texas School for the Deaf1.5 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Zilker Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Zilker Elementary School?
Zilker Elementary School enrolls approximately 506 students in grades PK-05.
Is Zilker Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Zilker Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Zilker Elementary School have?
Zilker Elementary School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Zilker Elementary School?
At Zilker Elementary School, the student body is approximately 57% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Zilker Elementary School public or private?
Zilker Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by AUSTIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.