📍 3001 S 1st St, Austin, Travis County, 78704
Dawson el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 257 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dolores Godinez. It is part of the Austin Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 14.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dawson el enrolls 257 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 47% male and 53% female. A teaching staff of 14.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.3:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 72% Hispanic or Latino, 12% White and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 186 | 72% |
| White | 31 | 12% |
| Black or African American | 26 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 9 | 3.5% |
| Asian | 5 | 1.9% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
194 of the school's 257 students (75%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 189 qualify for free lunch and 5 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dawson 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 51.
Dawson 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 257 students, Dawson 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