AISD’s 10 Most Underenrolled Schools
As more and more young families move to the urban fringe, central and East Austin school populations have slowly declined, leaving many schools well below capacity.
enrolled/
capacity% of
capacity1) Allan 436 / 900 48.4% 2) Becker 256 / 550 51.2% 3) Blackshear 309 / 600 51.5% 4) Oak Springs 289 / 500 57.8% 5) Brentwood 389 / 640 60.7% 6) Campbell 428 / 650 65.8% 7) Sunset Valley 505 / 760 66.4% 8) Boone 561 / 840 66.8% 9) Cowan 512 / 740 69.2% 10) Summitt 629 / 840 74.9%
AISD’s Top 10 Transfer Destinations
As center-city neighborhoods age and gentrify, many schools make up for a lack of neighborhood kids by wooing transfers from other schools. The schools parents choose include those that are both relatively homogeneous and those with significant economic diversity.*
transfers/
Total students% Transfer TEA rating % Low SES** A) Bryker Woods 190 / 376 50.5% recognized 11.3% B) Lee 169 / 374 45.2% recognized 9.4% C) Barton Hills 137 / 339 40.4% exemplary 16.9% D) Gullett 175 / 457 38.3% recognized 9.8% E) Mathews 155 / 409 37.9% acceptable 53.5% F) Zilker 158 / 541 29.2% acceptable 50.4% G) Maplewood 89 / 342 26.0% acceptable 72.1% H) Brentwood 92 / 389 23.7% acceptable 56.3% I) Ridgetop 53 / 230 23.0% acceptable 89.1% J) Casis 138 / 677 20.4% exemplary 5.9%
* This list does not include Pease, the all-transfer downtown school.
** SES: Socioeconomic status
All figures as of Feb. 24, 2005
This article appears in May 20 • 2005.