📍 5605 Nuckols Crossing Rd, Austin, Travis County, 78744
Widen el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 390 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Benito Faz-banda. It is part of the Austin Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–6 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1. 17% of students are proficient in reading. 17% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Widen el enrolls 390 students across grades Pre-K–6. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 86% Hispanic or Latino, 7.7% Black or African American and 4.1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 336 | 86% |
| Black or African American | 30 | 7.7% |
| White | 16 | 4.1% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 2.1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
364 of the school's 390 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 355 qualify for free lunch and 9 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Widen 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.
Widen 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 390 students, Widen 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