Summary:
Zip code 78729 in Austin, Texas, is home to seven schools within the highly-rated Round Rock Independent School District (Isd), serving students from elementary through high school with a notable concentration of five elementary schools.
Among the standout schools, Jollyville Elementary consistently achieves the highest elementary rankings, with top test scores and a 100% proficiency rate for advanced 6th-grade mathematics. McNeil High School is the highest-ranked school overall, boasting a 96.6% graduation rate and strong performance on end-of-course exams like Biology. In contrast, Forest North Elementary has the highest per-student spending ($14,327) and the highest economic need, yet its test scores are mixed, while Live Oak Elementary achieves similar overall performance with lower spending but a much lower student-teacher ratio of 9.6. The specialized El Daep program serves only 9 students with extremely high resources, making it an outlier. Deerpark Middle is a notable underperformer, with proficiency rates in reading and math often 15-25 percentage points below district averages.
A key finding is a "performance cliff" between strong elementary schools like Jollyville and Pond Springs Elementary and the struggling Deerpark Middle, suggesting a systemic issue at the middle school level. However, McNeil High School serves as a bright spot, successfully graduating students at high rates despite the middle school challenges. The data also shows that higher spending does not guarantee better results, as Forest North’s high investment yields only middling performance compared to Jollyville’s lower spending and higher outcomes, highlighting the powerful role of socioeconomic factors and school culture.
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