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Travis Hts Elementary

Q: Is Travis Hts Elementary a good school?

Travis Hts Elementary ranks 2975 th of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public, Charter Grades PK, KG-5

2975^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 36% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Travis Hts Elementary is a mid-sized PK-5 school in Austin, TX (78704), serving 469 students as part of the Austin Independent School District (Isd), and it has historically been a solid, middle-of-the-pack performer in a neighborhood with highly polarized school options.

This school occupies a unique "Goldilocks" position in its area. It is neither a high-flyer like Zilker Elementary or Becker Elementary (which consistently rank in the 83rd-94th percentile), nor a struggling school like Dawson Elementary or Linder Elementary (which rank in the 0th-4th percentile). With about 62% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, Travis Hts has a moderate level of economic disadvantage—significantly more affluent than schools like Sanchez Elementary (90.2%) or Galindo Elementary (90.4%), but with a much higher poverty rate than its high-performing neighbors. The school also boasts a very favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1, which is better than both Becker (16.1:1) and Zilker (13.2:1).

However, the most critical finding is a recent sharp decline. After consistently earning a 3-star rating from 2016-2017 through 2023-2024, the most recent data shows a drop to a 2-star rating and the 36th percentile statewide—its lowest point in nearly a decade. This decline is driven by a widening achievement gap: while White students rank in the 64th percentile, economically disadvantaged students rank in the 3rd percentile. Additionally, a historical strength in 5th-grade performance has evaporated, with recent scores falling below district averages. Spending is not the issue (at $10,999 per student, it is between the struggling and high-performing schools), suggesting the challenge lies in how resources are allocated, particularly for its most vulnerable students.

469

Students ?

11.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$11,992

Per pupil spending ?

61.8%

Free/discounted lunch ?

2010 Alameda Dr
Austin, TX 78704-4312

(512) 414-4495

District: Austin Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Travis Hts Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	Lively Middle
High:	Travis Early College High School

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

38.8%

White:

32.4%

Asian:

12.8%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Recently slipping — 65th percentile in 2023 → 49th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (42% vs 51% meeting standards)

!Ranking has slipped from its 65th-percentile peak (2023) to 49th (2025)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school42%

District avg55%

Texas avg51%

2,975^th of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Bottom 36%▲ up 9 pts since 2015

From bottom 40% (2015) to bottom 49% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

42^nd of 77Elementary Schools in the Austin Independent School District (Isd)

523^rd of 951Austin Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	46.1	2379 of 4651	48.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	55.0	1884 of 4710	60.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	59.6	1619 of 4647	65.2%	★★★☆☆
2022	57.8	1704 of 4581	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	47.5	2169 of 4578	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2019	49.6	2075 of 4479	53.7%	★★★☆☆
2018	52.1	1885 of 4359	56.8%	★★★☆☆
2017	48.8	2036 of 4329	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2016	28.6	3356 of 4286	21.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	44.9	2607 of 4320	39.7%	★★☆☆☆
2014	44.3	2687 of 4260	36.9%	★★☆☆☆
2013	63.9	1503 of 4221	64.4%	★★★☆☆
2012	57.3	1853 of 4206	55.9%	★★★☆☆
2011	49.4	2445 of 4095	40.3%	★★☆☆☆
2010	47.4	2465 of 3937	37.4%	★★☆☆☆
2009	40.3	2722 of 3884	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	14.6	3557 of 3768	5.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2007	13.9	3542 of 3724	4.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2006	21.7	3115 of 3476	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	25.8	2989 of 3475	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	28.9	2900 of 3465	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	18.9	1744 of 1905	8.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	38.7	1544 of 2443	36.8%	★★☆☆☆
2023	9.4	2420 of 2443	0.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	32.5	1782 of 2421	26.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.8	1687 of 2515	32.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	24.7	2112 of 2483	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	1.5	803 of 814	1.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	1.5	1032 of 1045	1.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.7	923 of 1015	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	1.7	949 of 957	0.8%	☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	72.1	739 of 4461	83.4%	★★★★☆
2021	32.6	3156 of 4331	27.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	47.9	2114 of 4295	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2018	49.8	1938 of 4240	54.3%	★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	26.8	2346 of 2918	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	35.9	2458 of 3668	33.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	47.2	1829 of 3556	48.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.7	1782 of 3487	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.1	3001 of 3446	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	58.8	1137 of 3333	65.9%	★★★☆☆
2018	62.9	912 of 3226	71.7%	★★★★☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	52.4	1629 of 3744	56.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	54.3	1906 of 4658	59.1%	★★★☆☆
2023	52.5	2003 of 4588	56.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	53.9	1911 of 4561	58.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	52.8	1867 of 4499	58.5%	★★★☆☆
2019	52.8	1894 of 4348	56.4%	★★★☆☆
2018	56.3	1676 of 4306	61.1%	★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	73.6	454 of 2619	82.7%	★★★★☆
2023	61.2	1401 of 2980	53.0%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.2	1402 of 2958	52.6%	★★★☆☆
2021	36.9	2162 of 3006	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	44.3	2248 of 3184	29.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	66.5	1128 of 3106	63.7%	★★★☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	40.5	2268 of 3644	37.8%	★★☆☆☆
2024	38.6	2877 of 4465	35.6%	★★☆☆☆
2023	46.4	2311 of 4401	47.5%	★★☆☆☆
2022	47.9	2228 of 4376	49.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	31.3	3145 of 4329	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	36.7	2852 of 4188	31.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	45.9	2212 of 4168	46.9%	★★☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	33.4	2730 of 3705	26.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	34.2	3313 of 4594	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.6	2972 of 4521	34.3%	★★☆☆☆
2022	36.8	3036 of 4477	32.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.1	3730 of 4451	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	34.2	3186 of 4309	26.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	33.4	3145 of 4264	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	44.3	2003 of 3739	46.4%	★★☆☆☆
2024	59.0	1637 of 4647	64.8%	★★★☆☆
2023	66.8	1259 of 4585	72.5%	★★★★☆
2022	60.9	1546 of 4563	66.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	42.8	2394 of 4498	46.8%	★★☆☆☆
2019	46.4	2226 of 4357	48.9%	★★☆☆☆
2018	47.7	2117 of 4319	51.0%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	48.2	1665 of 3549	53.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	48.9	1974 of 4292	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2023	48.3	1745 of 4086	57.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	67.8	776 of 3952	80.4%	★★★★☆
2021	45.8	1664 of 3799	56.2%	★★★☆☆
2019	63.9	781 of 3684	78.8%	★★★★☆
2018	54.5	1172 of 3558	67.1%	★★★☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	67.4	763 of 2612	70.8%	★★★★☆
2024	85.6	229 of 3108	92.6%	★★★★★
2023	85.3	240 of 3106	92.3%	★★★★★
2022	73.9	599 of 3082	80.6%	★★★★☆
2021	70.0	734 of 3082	76.2%	★★★★☆
2019	80.0	414 of 3142	86.8%	★★★★☆
2018	79.9	440 of 3127	85.9%	★★★★☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

At Risk (2022)83rd percentile+21 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)83rd percentile+34 vs school

White (2025)71st percentile+22 vs school

Female (2025)56th percentile+8 vs school

Special Education (2025)53rd percentile+4 vs school

Male (2025)46th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)38th percentile-11 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)26th percentile-23 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)20th percentile-29 vs school

African American (2025)8th percentile-40 vs school

Asian (2025)1st percentile-47 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Reading47%-7 vs state

Mathematics38%-9 vs state

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by a parent
Tuesday, February 3, 2009

This school is a nightmare.

We have been trying for three years to get some assistance for our son, who is quite bright but appears to have some attention deficit issues. Administration and teachers have been completely unresponsive. They keep telling us how great he is and that he's doing fine while his grades have gone from straight As to mostly Cs.

He is a delightful, well-behaved child, so no one cares that he's falling behind. As long as he's not a thorn in their side, he can just get lost. We have ended up going over the principal's head to district administration, but have yet to get any result there either.

Words cannot express how worried, angry and frustrated we are at this point. He's about to go to middle school and is sure to continue this down-hill slide without intervention. We can't afford private school so we are seriously considering taking him out of school altogether. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)			STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2026)			STAAR Reading (2026)			STAAR Mathematics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
Travis Hts Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2010 Alameda Dr	Austin	78704	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-4495	469	41	11.3	61.8%	152 (32.4%)	40 (8.5%)	182 (38.8%)	60 (12.8%)	3 (0.6%)	1 (0.2%)	31 (6.6%)	36.6	2975^th of 4627 public elementary schools	35.7%		46.1	2379^th of 4651 public elementary schools	48.8%	596							42.1	51.5	48.2	35.1	38.5	41.1	$11,992
Becker Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	906 W Milton	Austin	78704	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-2019	502	31	16.1	15.1%	209 (41.6%)	10 (2.0%)	243 (48.4%)	8 (1.6%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.4%)	29 (5.8%)	79.5	776^th of 4627 public elementary schools	83.2%		63.2	1429^th of 4651 public elementary schools	69.3%	653							70.8	77.5	74.6	49.3	52.1	64.2	$8,829
Dawson Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3001 S 1st St	Austin	78704	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-2070	196	22	8.8	83.2%	22 (11.2%)	16 (8.2%)	143 (73.0%)	7 (3.6%)	2 (1.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (3.1%)	3.4	4610^th of 4627 public elementary schools	0.4%		4.9	4617^th of 4651 public elementary schools	0.7%	7							22.2	9.1	29.6	7.1	0.0	11.1	$19,444
Linder Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2801 Metcalfe Rd	Austin	78741	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-2398	587	48	12.2	92.7%	21 (3.6%)	43 (7.3%)	493 (84.0%)	17 (2.9%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	10 (1.7%)	7.5	4546^th of 4627 public elementary schools	1.8%		8.9	4513^th of 4651 public elementary schools	3.0%	33	10.6	25.4	12.2				29.7	21.3	40.4	11.8	13.8	21.9	$12,852
Sanchez Elementary	Public	PK, KG-6	73 San Marcos St	Austin	78702	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-4423	479	35	13.6	90.2%	14 (2.9%)	11 (2.3%)	441 (92.1%)	8 (1.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	5 (1.0%)	14.4	4327^th of 4627 public elementary schools	6.5%		10	4479^th of 4651 public elementary schools	3.7%	152	16.1	28.1	26.3	0.0	0.0		19.1	41.2	50.0	18.0	27.0	22.9	$10,898
Galindo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	3800 S 2nd St	Austin	78704	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-1756	418	41	10.1	90.4%	24 (5.7%)	16 (3.8%)	362 (86.6%)	9 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (1.4%)	33.9	3157^th of 4627 public elementary schools	31.8%		34.8	3135^th of 4651 public elementary schools	32.6%	22	35.0	54.6	40.0		40.0		29.6	48.5	44.9	35.6	43.6	42.3	$15,529
Zilker Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 Bluebonnet Ln	Austin	78704	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(512) 414-2327	506	38	13.2	21.5%	288 (56.9%)	13 (2.6%)	138 (27.3%)	14 (2.8%)	4 (0.8%)	1 (0.2%)	48 (9.5%)	90.6	338^th of 4627 public elementary schools	92.7%		92.4	293^rd of 4651 public elementary schools	93.7%	45							81.9	88.0	76.4	63.9	71.4	60.6	$9,689
Zavala Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	310 Robert Martinez Jr St	Austin	78702	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-2318	229	22	10.3	89.5%	22 (9.6%)	49 (21.4%)	151 (65.9%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.7%)	19.5	4068^th of 4627 public elementary schools	12.1%		29.8	3445^th of 4651 public elementary schools	25.9%	623							36.0	29.4	34.8	38.5	35.3	16.7	$19,042
University Of Texas Elementary Charter School	Public, Charter	PK, KG-5	2200 E 6th St	Austin	78702	Travis County	University Of Texas Elementary Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 495-3300	304	22	13.8	60.5%	51 (16.8%)	37 (12.2%)	199 (65.5%)	4 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	13 (4.3%)	53.5	1932^nd of 4627 public elementary schools	58.2%		34.1	3182^nd of 4651 public elementary schools	31.6%	1250							48.8	58.1	67.4	41.5	34.1	51.2	$13,512
St Elmo Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	600 W St Elmo Rd	Austin	78745	Travis County	Austin Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(512) 414-4477	305	25	12.0	80.7%	61 (20.0%)	17 (5.6%)	210 (68.9%)	10 (3.3%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	34	3151^st of 4627 public elementary schools	31.9%		29.1	3486^th of 4651 public elementary schools	25.0%	335	0.0	33.3	0.0			16.7	36.4	58.8	55.3	17.7	46.3	21.4	$12,871

Frequently Asked Questions about Travis Hts Elementary

Is Travis Hts Elementary a good school?

Travis Hts Elementary ranks 2975^th of 4627 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

How many students attend Travis Hts Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 469 students attended Travis Hts Elementary.

What schools do graduates of Travis Hts Elementary attend?

Students who attend Travis Hts Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Lively Middle
High : Travis Early College High School

What is the racial makeup of Travis Hts Elementary?

Students at Travis Hts Elementary are 39% Hispanic, 32% White, 13% Asian, 9% African American, 7% Two or more races.

What district is Travis Hts Elementary in?

Austin Independent School District (Isd)

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