📍 1023 e Kuhn St, Edinburg, Hidalgo County, 78539
Austin el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Edinburg, Hidalgo County. The school has 356 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Maria Lopez. It is part of the Edinburg Cisd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in an urban setting. The school employs 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 22% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Austin el enrolls 356 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 49% male and 51% female. A teaching staff of 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 99% Hispanic or Latino and <1% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 353 | 99% |
| White | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
325 of the school's 356 students (91%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 317 qualify for free lunch and 8 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Austin el is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Midsize). 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 20, state house district 40.
Austin el is one of 46 schools in EDINBURG CISD, based in EDINBURG, Texas. The district serves 33,343 students district-wide and employs 2,305 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 356 students, Austin el is smaller than the district average of about 725 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Midsize