📍 8301 Furness, Austin, Travis County, 78753
Hart el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 531 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Larry Perez. It is part of the Austin Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1. 31% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Hart el enrolls 531 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 17.5:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 88% Hispanic or Latino, 6.4% Black or African American and 2.6% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 466 | 88% |
| Black or African American | 34 | 6.4% |
| White | 14 | 2.6% |
| Asian | 8 | 1.5% |
| Two or more races | 8 | 1.5% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
496 of the school's 531 students (93%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 483 qualify for free lunch and 13 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Hart 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.
Hart 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 531 students, Hart el is close to the district average of about 583 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large