📍 7601 Dixie Dr, Austin, Travis County, 78744
Palm el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 341 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Rhoda Coleman. It is part of the Austin Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Palm el enrolls 341 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 19.4 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 90% Hispanic or Latino, 4.1% White and 3.8% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 307 | 90% |
| White | 14 | 4.1% |
| Black or African American | 13 | 3.8% |
| Two or more races | 4 | 1.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
| Asian | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
287 of the school's 341 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 276 qualify for free lunch and 11 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Palm 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 21, state house district 51.
Palm 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 341 students, Palm 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