After researching the best elementary schools in Austin we now have the concrete proof just how great they are. For our first ranking in our school district series, we’ll show you how we calculated the Texas Education Agency’s metrics from the most recent report (2014) to rank each school that met their standards. While the TEA Index is pretty comprehensive, Frog Tutoring decided to evaluate a couple additional factors in the study we found. The following methodology was used in calculation:

If you’d like to see a more in-depth look at the TEA’s metrics for accountability standards, please click here. To determine a definitive ranking for the top elementary schools in Austin, we combined these 7 factors to create one number to compare and contrast the success of each elementary school.

Casis Elementary School comes in at number one, with an 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 803. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Casis was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Reading/ELA, Top 25% Student Progress, Top 25% Closing Perform Gaps, and Postsecondary Readiness. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 82% of Casis students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

Highland Park Elementary School comes in at number two, with an 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 638. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Highland Park was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Reading/ELA, Top 25% Student Progress, Top 25% Closing Perform Gaps, and Postsecondary Readiness. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 83% of Highland Park students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

Kiker Elementary School comes in at number three, with an 22:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 1019. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Kiker was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Postsecondary Readiness, Social Studies, Science, and Reading/ELA. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 79% of Kiker students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

Doss Elementary School comes in at number four, with an 20:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 917. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Doss was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Reading/ELA, Science, Top 25% Student Progress, and Postsecondary Readiness. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 77% of Doss students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

Clayton Elementary School comes in at number five, with an 22:1 student-to-teacher ratio, and a school size of about 879. In the most recent report card from the Texas Education Agency, Clayton was recognized in the following areas of distinction: Reading/ELA and Top 25% Closing Perform Gaps. Because of all of these distinctions, it’s no wonder that 75% of Clayton students have met or exceeded the standards of the STAAR test.

Frog Tutoring Austin Tutors are proud to present the best elementary schools in Austin based on statistics released by the Texas Education Agency. Please share in the comments any personal experience that you have had in the Austin Independent School District!

Note: We wanted to take a second to explain our methodology, and how we arrived at factoring in each area of success for our rankings. First, we made an extensive spreadsheet (which you can take a look at for yourself here), and collected all of the data that we needed for our results. Then we converted each factor into a percentage and multiplied that number by the percentage of how much it’s worth in our ranking system. Let’s look at an example: LASA High School’s TEA Index ranking is 318/400.

If you’d like to know more about this process, please contact our coordinator, Judith, at [email protected].