Schools · Austin
Austin, TX schools
Kids attend one of 75 schools through grade 6, then one of 74 middle schools, one of 17 middle schools and one of 12 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Austin’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Austin’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 56% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
C+Test scoresC+Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 44%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (479)Better than 31%
High confidence. Built on 24,091 tested students and a graduating class of 4,599; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Austin kids go to school
Grades 7–8
17 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Austin Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Austin Independent)33%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
93% graduate on time
Graduation rate
93%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
4,599
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #310 of 584 TX towns →
Districts
The district serving Austin
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Austin is home to 9 colleges
The University of Texas at AustinUniversity or college · Public · Austin52,820on campusAustin Community College DistrictUniversity or college · Public · Austin23,672on campusSaint Edward's UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Austin2,999on campusConcordia University TexasUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Austin1,199on campus
All 9 colleges in Austin →Every school
All 295 schools in Austin
Showing 1–30 of 295 schools
Blazier ElElementary · Grades PK–6 · 1,275 students
B+PublicDoss ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 930 students
A+PublicNyos Lamar ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 858 students
BCharterRutledge ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 853 students
APublicAustin Achieve Northeast ElElementary · Grades PK–4 · 839 students
C-CharterLaurel Mountain ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 822 students
A+PublicPatsy Sommer ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 817 students
A+PublicHill ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 811 students
APublicBaranoff ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 810 students
A-PublicSummitt ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 764 students
B+PublicHarmony Science Academy - AustinElementary · Grades PK–8 · 754 students
DCharterKiker ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 750 students
A+PublicBlanton ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 748 students
BPublicPatton ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 737 students
B+PublicDel Valle ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 726 students
C-PublicMills ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 703 students
APublicPopham ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 698 students
C-PublicIdea Montopolis AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 694 students
C+CharterIdea Rundberg AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 694 students
C-CharterSpicewood ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 691 students
A+PublicBrentwood ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 671 students
APublicCasis ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 652 students
APublicHighland Park ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 649 students
APublicWayside Real Learning AcademyElementary · Grades PK–5 · 644 students
C+CharterDavis ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 643 students
BPublicJollyville ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 638 students
B+PublicClayton ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 637 students
A+PublicPadron ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 625 students
DPublicIdea Parmer Park AcademyElementary · Grades K–5 · 621 students
DCharterOak Hill ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 617 students
BPublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.