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Austin Elem

Taylor County · Region 14: Abilene · 755 students

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Current score
73/1002025-26
Change
−5 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−8.9 ptsvs 81.9 average · 1,731 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,445 of 1,731tied with 41 others
C73

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 72 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 81.9 average for 1,731 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

Chronically absent lower than the similar-context average

12.6% −2 pts vs 14.6%

  • 12.6% is 2 percentage points lower than the 14.6% average among 1,680 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Austin Elem is rated C by TEA, scoring 73 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.9 average for 1,731 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 5 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,445th of 1,731 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 41 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
90807060 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageAustin Elem 7872748273 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated C with 72 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7381.9 1,731 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8282.1 1,706 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7480.0 1,682 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23C7280.7 1,658 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22C7883.3 1,635 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement74 C−7.5 vs similar economic context · 1,667 reporting
  • School Progress73 C−8.5 vs similar economic context · 1,662 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps72 C−7.2 vs similar economic context · 1,647 reporting
  • Academic Growth73 C−2.6 vs similar economic context · 1,626 reporting
  • Relative Performance69 D−10.3 vs similar economic context · 1,662 reporting
  • Austin Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,731 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement74C6
School Progress73C7
Closing the Gaps72C8
Academic Growth73C7
Relative Performance69D1

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 6 points below B in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is Student Achievement (74), so School Progress (73) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 74.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level68%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,667 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,667 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%+0 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,667 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level72%−7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,665 reporting
  • Meets grade level54%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,665 reporting
  • Masters grade level29%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,665 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level62%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,659 reporting
  • Meets grade level41%−6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,659 reporting
  • Masters grade level16%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,659 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level70%−9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 reporting
  • Meets grade level50%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 reporting
  • Masters grade level23%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,542 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,731 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
755
Economically disadvantaged
50.9%−0.6 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
3.4%−9.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
25.4%+6.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.1%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
12.6%−2.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Austin Elem

African American: 9%Hispanic: 36.6%White: 48.3%American Indian: 0.1%Asian: 0.9%Pacific Islander: 0.4%Two or More Races: 4.6%
  • African American 9%
  • Hispanic 36.6%
  • White 48.3%
  • American Indian 0.1%
  • Asian 0.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.4%
  • Two or More Races 4.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,731 reporting for every category shown · 1,731 in full cohort

African American: 9.5%Hispanic: 41.4%White: 41.3%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 3%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 4.2%
  • African American 9.5%
  • Hispanic 41.4%
  • White 41.3%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 3%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 4.2%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
755
Economically disadvantaged students
384
Emergent bilingual students
26
Special education students
192

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
66
Students in TEA mobility denominator
631
TEA-published mobility rate
10.5%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 755 students in 2025–26, an increase of 26 (3.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
755

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
+26

Increase · +3.6%

Change since 2021–22
+74

Increase · +10.9%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
755
Selected comparison
650.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,690 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Austin Elem
School yearStudents enrolledAustin ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 681 First available year 655.4
2022–23 724 Increase of 43 (6.3%) 660.1
2023–24 699 Decrease of 25 (3.5%) 659.4
2024–25 729 Increase of 30 (4.3%) 654.4
2025–26 755 Increase of 26 (3.6%) 650.8

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
46

6.0% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
158

20.55 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
769

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
6.0%
Selected comparison
12.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,340 rated schools reporting

−6.2 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
20.55
Selected comparison
27.4

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,440 rated schools reporting

−6.8 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Austin Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 637 19 3.0% 68 10.68 9.7% 18.7
2021–22 726 33 4.5% 119 16.39 12.0% 26.8
2022–23 755 43 5.7% 124 16.42 12.6% 28.9
2023–24 768 49 6.4% 117 15.23 12.6% 29.1
2024–25 769 46 6.0% 158 20.55 12.2% 27.4
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Austin Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 46 6.0% 158 20.55 12.2% 27.4
In-school suspensions 32 4.2% 52 6.76 11.0% 21.1
Out-of-school suspensions 21 2.7% 73 9.49 6.1% 8.7
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$5k$12k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Austin Elem
  • Parent district: Abilene ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$7,988
Selected comparison
$12,089

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,704 rated schools reporting

−$4,101 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $7,988 per student for this campus, $14,136 per student for its parent district, Abilene ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearAustin ElemParent district: Abilene ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,373$10,118$13,054$7,843 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,581 rated schools reporting
2019$5,723$11,313$13,108$8,022 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,599 rated schools reporting
2020$8,570$14,875$14,058$8,553 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,612 rated schools reporting
2021$8,613$15,669$14,797$8,958 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,628 rated schools reporting
2022$8,143$15,331$15,708$10,260 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,637 rated schools reporting
2023$7,846$15,783$16,792$10,726 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,657 rated schools reporting
2024$8,294$14,106$18,125$11,569 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,680 rated schools reporting
2025$7,988$14,136$18,972$12,089 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,704 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$61,398−$5,446 vs similar economic context
Teachers
45+2.0 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
16.9−2.8 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Austin Elem

Beginning: 4.5%1 to 5 years: 22.6%6 to 10 years: 26.4%11 to 20 years: 26.4%21 to 30 years: 17.7%Over 30 years: 2.5%
  • Beginning 4.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 22.6%
  • 6 to 10 years 26.4%
  • 11 to 20 years 26.4%
  • 21 to 30 years 17.7%
  • Over 30 years 2.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,731 reporting for every category shown · 1,731 in full cohort

Beginning: 5.6%1 to 5 years: 24.4%6 to 10 years: 19.3%11 to 20 years: 29.3%21 to 30 years: 16.7%Over 30 years: 4.3%
  • Beginning 5.6%
  • 1 to 5 years 24.4%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 29.3%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.7%
  • Over 30 years 4.3%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Austin Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classAustin Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten19.718
Grade 119.718.4
Grade 22018.5
Grade 320.219
Grade 419.419.1
Grade 521.920

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

1 measure

  • 9of 34

    Reading — Masters

    Taylor County · of the 34 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 221901102.