📍 1712 e 11th St, Austin, Travis County, 78702
Blackshear el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 262 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Tiona Bell. It is part of the Austin Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1. 42% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Blackshear el enrolls 262 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 46% male and 54% female. A teaching staff of 19 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.8:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 43% Hispanic or Latino, 24% White and 23% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 112 | 43% |
| White | 63 | 24% |
| Black or African American | 60 | 23% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 9.2% |
| Asian | 3 | 1.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
142 of the school's 262 students (54%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 135 qualify for free lunch and 7 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Blackshear el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 14, state house district 46.
Blackshear el is one of 124 schools in AUSTIN ISD, based in AUSTIN, Texas. The district serves 72,272 students district-wide and employs 4,433 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 262 students, Blackshear el is smaller than the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large