Austin ISD

5 years of ratings

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 B with 88 that year.

How this district's change over time is ranked

TEA publishes most measures for one year only, so a change ranking exists just where the same figure is published across years — the overall score, the five score domains, and per-student spending. This page does not yet state where Austin ISD itself places on these lists, only that the lists exist; open one to find this district's own row.

Texas districts

Region 13: Austin

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 Achievement81 B−2.4 vs similar · +0.7 vs region
• School Progress78 C−3.3 vs similar · +0.6 vs region
• Closing the Gaps80 B−0.7 vs similar · +2.9 vs region
• Academic Growth77 C+3.3 vs similar · +5.5 vs region
• Relative Performance78 C−2.6 vs similar · +1.9 vs region

• Austin ISD
• Similar student population (314)
• Region 13: Austin (50)

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 9 points below A 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 district that better measure is Student Achievement (81), so School Progress (78) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 81.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

• Approaches grade level
• Meets grade level
• Masters grade level
• Tick: Similar student population (314)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The tick on each bar marks the average for Similar student population (314 districts) — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year

91.4%−4.3 pts vs similar

Five-Year

94.0%−1.9 pts vs similar

Six-Year

94.5%−1.6 pts vs similar

Dropout Rate

1.9%+1.6 pts vs similar

College, career and military readiness

Who this district serves

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

Students

69,000

Economically disadvantaged

48.4%−0.8 pts vs similar

English learners

29.7%+21.2 pts vs similar

Special education

20.2%+2.1 pts vs similar

Attendance

92.3%−2.5 pts vs similar

Chronically absent

23.3%+10.2 pts vs similar

Student demographics

• African American 6%
• Hispanic 53%
• White 31.5%
• American Indian 0.2%
• Asian 5%
• Pacific Islander 0.1%
• Two or More Races 4.3%

Spending per student

Compared against TEA's own peer group, which controls for size and student population, and against the state.

• Austin ISD
• TEA peer group
• Texas average

Spends $8,456 more per student than its peer group, and $7,867 more than the state average.

Teachers

Average salary

$67,006+$1,709 vs similar

Teachers

5,133

Students per staff member

13.4

Teaching experience

• Beginning 7.3%
• 1 to 5 years 32.8%
• 6 to 10 years 18.6%
• 11 to 20 years 25.7%
• 21 to 30 years 13.1%
• Over 30 years 2.5%

Where this district ranks best

Out of 123 rankings computed across every published metric and every comparison group, these are the placements that stand out. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

• 2of 48

  Earned a level I or level II certificate

  Region 13: Austin · of the 48 that report this measure

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• 3of 302

  Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)

  Similar student population · of the 302 that report this measure

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• 6of 48

  Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA

  Region 13: Austin · of the 48 that report this measure

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• 7of 48

  Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)

  Region 13: Austin · of the 48 that report this measure

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• 10of 50

  Average teacher salary

  Region 13: Austin · of the 50 that report this measure

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• 13of 302

  Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA

  Similar student population · of the 302 that report this measure

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• 15of 311

  Social Studies — Masters

  Similar student population · of the 311 that report this measure · tied with 3

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• 27of 978

  Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)

  Texas average · of the 978 that report this measure

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• 48of 978

  Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit

  Texas average · of the 978 that report this measure

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• 53of 978

  Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA

  Texas average · of the 978 that report this measure

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These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this district ranks poorly. Each statement below states its cohort and its denominator so it can be checked — a rank without an n is a boast, not a fact. Ties are shown because a shared ceiling is not a sole first place. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no district would put in a press release.

116 schools in this district

Where this comes from

Every figure on this page comes from data the Texas Education Agency publishes at txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026 and archived with a checksum so each number stays traceable to the bytes TEA served.

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