Palm Elementary

Summary:

Palm Elementary is a public elementary school in the Austin Independent School District (AISD) in Austin, Texas, serving grades PK-5 with an enrollment of 341 students. The school has a predominantly Hispanic student population (around 90%) and has been rated 3 out of 5 stars by SchoolDigger, indicating average performance compared to other Texas elementary schools.

Palm Elementary faces challenges common to high-poverty schools, with lower test scores than the district and state averages. However, the school's performance for certain student subgroups, such as Hispanic and English Language Learner students, suggests areas of relative strength. For example, Palm's 5th grade STAAR Math proficiency (56.41%) is higher than AISD (52.4%) and Texas (48.96%), and its female students outperform the male students on STAAR tests, ranking higher than the state averages. Conversely, African American, special education, and gifted/talented students at Palm struggle compared to their peers statewide.

When compared to nearby schools, Palm Elementary performs better than Widen Elementary and Langford Elementary, but lags behind Blazier Elementary and Perez Elementary. The nearby Idea Bluff Springs Academy, a charter school, also outperforms Palm on most metrics. Palm's high poverty rate, with over 84% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch, likely contributes to the school's lower overall performance compared to wealthier nearby schools.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-5

 7601 Dixie Dr
       Austin, TX  78744-7140


(512) 414-2545

District: Austin Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
2189th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $12,835 Help


Students who attend Palm Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Paredes Middle
High:    Akins High School

Student/teacher ratio:  17.6 Help
Number of students:  341

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
90.0%
White:
4.1%
African American:
3.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  84.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Palm Elementary ranks better than 53.2% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks 37th among 77 ranked elementary schools in the Austin Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.31. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (90%), White (4.1%), African American (3.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 84.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Palm Elementary is 17.6. 61 elementary schools in the Austin Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Palm Elementary is $12,835, which is the 31st highest among 77 elementary schools in the Austin Independent School District (Isd).
Schooldigger Rankings:

Palm Elementary was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.

Austin Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Austin Independent School District (Isd) 554th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Palm Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 25.83 3007th 3465 13.2%
2005 20.58 3156th 3475 9.2%
2006 6.90 3417th 3476 1.7%
2007 10.36 3609th 3724 3.1%
2008 28.50 3165th 3768 16.0%
2009 9.16 3780th 3884 2.7%
2010 31.25 3225th 3937 18.1%
2011 42.06 2841st 4095 30.6%
2012 37.85 3008th 4206 28.5%
2013 37.09 3028th 4221 28.3%
2014 35.92 3111th 4260 27.0%
2015 52.29 2207th 4320 48.9%
2016 44.14 2585th 4286 39.7%
2017 42.75 2359th 4329 45.5%
2018 41.25 2470th 4359 43.3%
2019 28.13 3457th 4479 22.8%
2021 29.75 3187th 4578 30.4%
2022 55.19 1856th 4581 59.5%
2023 51.66 2084th 4647 55.2%
2024 49.31 2189th 4675 53.2%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 47.95 1610th 3226 50.1%
2019 60.36 1056th 3333 68.3%
2021 55.25 1217th 3446 64.7%
2022 66.15 854th 3487 75.5%
2023 56.45 1333rd 3556 62.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.17 2226th 3558 37.4%
2019 19.44 3461st 3684 6.1%
2021 20.91 3477th 3799 8.5%
2022 30.33 2995th 3952 24.2%
2023 41.23 2205th 4086 46.0%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.01 2039th 4264 52.2%
2019 40.94 2713th 4309 37.0%
2021 43.66 2482nd 4451 44.2%
2022 66.17 1104th 4477 75.3%
2023 63.07 1329th 4521 70.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.64 2578th 4306 40.1%
2019 27.38 3484th 4348 19.9%
2021 39.72 2590th 4499 42.4%
2022 64.56 1338th 4561 70.7%
2023 50.66 2099th 4588 54.3%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.86 2231st 3106 28.2%
2019 42.57 2310th 3184 27.4%
2021 18.30 2639th 3006 12.2%
2022 40.38 2199th 2958 25.7%
2023 47.40 2033rd 2980 31.8%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.16 1864th 4240 56.0%
2019 49.59 1999th 4295 53.5%
2021 55.63 1458th 4331 66.3%
2022 58.06 1544th 4461 65.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.63 2410th 4319 44.2%
2019 33.26 3128th 4357 28.2%
2021 23.17 3648th 4498 18.9%
2022 44.99 2448th 4563 46.4%
2023 52.88 1975th 4585 56.9%
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Rank History for African American students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 22.59 2222nd 2515 11.7%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Palm Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.05 2057th 4168 50.6%
2019 33.89 3026th 4188 27.7%
2021 38.83 2651st 4329 38.8%
2022 63.74 1235th 4376 71.8%
2023 57.48 1623rd 4401 63.1%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Palm Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 256 44 10 176 4 n/a n/a 0 490
1989 255 52 8 194 3 n/a n/a 0 512
1990 263 77 12 225 4 n/a n/a 0 581
1991 254 77 5 225 2 n/a n/a 0 563
1992 257 75 4 240 1 n/a n/a 0 577
1993 244 73 4 263 2 n/a n/a 0 586
1994 214 71 5 291 3 n/a n/a 0 584
1995 161 83 7 339 1 n/a n/a 0 591
1996 161 83 7 339 1 n/a n/a 0 591
1997 164 96 6 387 1 n/a n/a 0 654
1998 157 96 5 412 2 n/a n/a 0 672
1999 135 84 6 458 1 n/a n/a 0 684
2000 90 75 10 450 0 n/a n/a 0 625
2001 81 73 9 488 3 n/a n/a 0 654
2002 65 92 9 550 0 n/a n/a 0 716
2003 65 92 9 550 0 n/a n/a 0 716
2004 62 99 7 674 2 n/a n/a 0 844
2005 61 95 8 735 1 n/a n/a 0 900
2006 65 124 11 779 1 n/a n/a 0 980
2007 36 112 4 585 0 n/a n/a 0 737
2008 27 85 5 524 0 n/a n/a 0 641
2009 31 86 3 545 1 n/a n/a 0 666
2010 31 68 3 559 0 n/a n/a 0 661
2011 24 46 2 521 0 2 12 0 607
2012 13 38 3 492 0 1 8 0 555
2013 20 43 5 499 0 0 4 0 571
2014 17 38 4 469 0 1 2 0 531
2015 15 43 5 449 0 2 2 0 516
2016 18 28 7 421 0 2 5 0 481
2017 21 22 6 410 0 3 8 0 470
2018 16 24 9 390 0 3 7 0 449
2019 14 21 7 392 1 3 7 0 445
2020 22 21 6 373 2 0 4 0 428
2021 17 17 6 338 2 0 3 0 383
2022 16 14 3 349 2 0 3 0 387
2023 14 13 1 307 2 0 4 0 341

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Palm Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 490 31.0 15.8 n/a
1989 512 n/a n/a n/a
1990 581 32.0 18.1 n/a
1991 563 32.2 17.4 n/a
1992 577 33.0 17.4 44.5
1993 586 33.0 17.8 64.2
1994 584 33.8 17.3 49.5
1995 591 36.0 16.4 54
1996 591 36.0 16.4 54
1997 654 39.7 16.5 55.5
1998 672 39.0 17.2 58.3
1999 684 44.9 15.2 70.5
2000 625 42.7 14.6 70.2
2001 654 42.9 15.2 71.7
2002 716 41.7 17.2 76.8
2003 716 41.7 17.2 76.8
2004 844 44.7 18.9 79.1
2005 900 55.5 16.2 69.4
2006 980 62.0 15.8 65.3
2007 737 46.6 15.8 82.4
2008 641 43.9 14.6 84.2
2009 666 45.1 14.8 84.1
2010 661 44.7 14.7 87.7
2011 607 43.0 14.0 83.7
2012 555 36.3 15.2 87.6
2013 571 39.9 14.2 87.2
2014 531 38.6 13.7 87
2015 516 38.0 13.5 83.3
2016 481 32.0 15.0 83.2
2017 470 30.3 15.4 80.4
2018 449 31.3 14.3 86
2019 445 29.6 15.0 91.2
2020 428 31.0 13.7 86.9
2021 383 31.5 12.1 85.6
2022 387 30.7 12.5 85.3
2023 341 19.3 17.6 84.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Palm Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 490 31.0 15.8 n/a
1989 512 n/a n/a n/a
1990 581 32.0 18.1 n/a
1991 563 32.2 17.4 n/a
1992 577 33.0 17.4 44.5
1993 586 33.0 17.8 64.2
1994 584 33.8 17.3 49.5
1995 591 36.0 16.4 54
1996 591 36.0 16.4 54
1997 654 39.7 16.5 55.5
1998 672 39.0 17.2 58.3
1999 684 44.9 15.2 70.5
2000 625 42.7 14.6 70.2
2001 654 42.9 15.2 71.7
2002 716 41.7 17.2 76.8
2003 716 41.7 17.2 76.8
2004 844 44.7 18.9 79.1
2005 900 55.5 16.2 69.4
2006 980 62.0 15.8 65.3
2007 737 46.6 15.8 82.4
2008 641 43.9 14.6 84.2
2009 666 45.1 14.8 84.1
2010 661 44.7 14.7 87.7
2011 607 43.0 14.0 83.7
2012 555 36.3 15.2 87.6
2013 571 39.9 14.2 87.2
2014 531 38.6 13.7 87
2015 516 38.0 13.5 83.3
2016 481 32.0 15.0 83.2
2017 470 30.3 15.4 80.4
2018 449 31.3 14.3 86
2019 445 29.6 15.0 91.2
2020 428 31.0 13.7 86.9
2021 383 31.5 12.1 85.6
2022 387 30.7 12.5 85.3
2023 341 19.3 17.6 84.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Palm Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,500 (13.9%) $9,326 (86.1%) $10,826
2020 $1,468 (13.1%) $9,778 (86.9%) $11,247
2021 $997 (7.8%) $11,838 (92.2%) $12,835

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Palm Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 3457th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 2084th of 4647 Elementary schools
 32.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Palm Elementary)2534
 9%
   3rd Grade Reading (Austin Independent School District (Isd))5157
 6%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Palm Elementary)3933
 6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Austin Independent School District (Isd))5246
 6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
3rd Grade Reading (Palm Elementary)1460
 46%
   3rd Grade Reading (Austin Independent School District (Isd))3419
 15%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)3926
 13%
4th Grade Reading (Palm Elementary)3643
 7%
   4th Grade Reading (Austin Independent School District (Isd))5058
 8%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Palm Elementary)3550
 15%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Austin Independent School District (Isd))4951
 2%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%
4th Grade Reading (Palm Elementary)1745
 28%
   4th Grade Reading (Austin Independent School District (Isd))2222
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)2931
 2%
5th Grade Reading (Palm Elementary)4466
 22%
   5th Grade Reading (Austin Independent School District (Isd))5664
 8%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
5th Grade Mathematics (Palm Elementary)4657
 11%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Austin Independent School District (Isd))5853
 5%
   5th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5650
 6%
5th Grade Science (Palm Elementary)2534
 9%
   5th Grade Science (Austin Independent School District (Isd))4840
 8%
   5th Grade Science (Texas)4834
 14%
5th Grade Reading (Palm Elementary)250
 25%
   5th Grade Reading (Austin Independent School District (Isd))4022
 18%
   5th Grade Reading (Texas)5333
 20%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students445341
 23.4%
African American2113
 38.1%
American Indian12
 100%
Asian71
 85.7%
Hispanic392307
 21.7%
Pacific Islander30
 100%
White1414
Two or More Races74
 42.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients91.2%84.2%
 7.1%


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Students who attend Palm Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Paredes Middle
High : Akins High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 341 students attended Palm Elementary.

Palm Elementary ranks 2189th of 4675 Texas elementary schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.

Students at Palm Elementary are 90% Hispanic, 4% White, 4% African American, 1% Two or more races.


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