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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 EL
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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
81.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +41.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +59.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 59 points.
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
67.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 68% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
506
-44 (-8%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 14.0:1
% White
57%
was 59%
% Hispanic
27%
was 33%
% Black
3%
was 2%
% Asian
3%
was 2%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ZILKER EL
ZILKER EL, a middle-of-the-pack primary school in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools within AUSTIN ISD, hosts 506 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.
AUSTIN ISD comprises 123 schools with combined enrollment of 72,272 students; ZILKER EL is among them.
Looking at the student body, ZILKER EL reports that White students make up the majority at 57%. The remainder breaks down as 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Travis County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ZILKER EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 22% of students at ZILKER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ZILKER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.5%, the actual is 67.8%, a residual of +3.3 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. ZILKER EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
Nearest neighbor: BARTON HILLS EL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ZILKER EL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 51.1%.
The campus sits in an inner-city setting.
Over the past 7-year window. ZILKER EL's enrollment has decreased 8% since 2018, when it stood at 550 (now 506). Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 27% across the same window.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 H SHigh · 2,876 students
- AKINS EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 2,421 students
- AUSTIN H SHigh · 2,323 students
- ANDERSON H SHigh · 2,223 students
- MCCALLUM H SHigh · 1,897 students
- NAVARRO EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 1,633 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- LAKE TRAVIS H SHigh · 3,569 students
- BOWIE H SHigh · 2,876 students
- WESTWOOD H SHigh · 2,858 students
- WESTLAKE H SHigh · 2,854 students
- MCNEIL H SHigh · 2,660 students
- VANDEGRIFT H SHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- BARTON HILLS EL0.6 mi · 286
- BECKER EL0.9 mi · 502
- DAEP- EL0.9 mi · 1
- RICHARDS SCH FOR YOUNG WOMEN LEADERS1.3 mi · 920
- DAWSON EL1.4 mi · 196
- TEXAS SCHOOL FOR THE DEAF1.5 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About ZILKER ELHow many students attend ZILKER EL?
ZILKER EL enrolls approximately 506 students in grades PK-05.
Is ZILKER EL an elementary, middle, or high school?
ZILKER EL is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does ZILKER EL have?
ZILKER EL employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ZILKER EL?
At ZILKER EL, the student body is approximately 57% White, 27% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is ZILKER EL public or private?
ZILKER EL 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.