📍 14650 Merriltown Dr, Austin, Travis County, 78728
Wells Branch el is a State/Public serving elementary age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 500 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Angelica Negrete. It is part of the Round Rock Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K–5 in a suburban setting. The school employs 43.0 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. 22% of students are proficient in reading. 12% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Wells Branch el enrolls 500 students across grades Pre-K–5. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 43.0 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 67% Hispanic or Latino, 17% White and 10% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 334 | 67% |
| White | 86 | 17% |
| Black or African American | 52 | 10% |
| Two or more races | 24 | 4.8% |
| Asian | 4 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
303 of the school's 500 students (61%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 268 qualify for free lunch and 35 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Wells Branch el is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, 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 50.
Wells Branch el is one of 60 schools in ROUND ROCK ISD, based in ROUND ROCK, Texas. The district serves 46,954 students district-wide and employs 3,226 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 500 students, Wells Branch el is smaller than the district average of about 783 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large