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Many of the best public schools in the Greater Austin Area are located in this sites featured areas. A key indicator of the excellent education opportunities that these schools provide is the high Texas Education Agency (TEA) accountability ratings they consistently earn.
In the most recent TEA evaluation, about 41 percent of the schools attended by students residing in the featured neighborhoods of the Greater Austin Area were shown to be performing at an Exemplary level. Recognized ratings were earned by about 28 percent of these schools, and about 28 percent received Academically Acceptable ratings. (two new AISD elementary schools have not yet been rated)
By comparison, only 1 percent of other schools in the Austin area earned Exemplary ratings, 21 percent received Recognized ratings, 66 percent were rated Academically Acceptable and 8 percent received Academically Unacceptable ratings. The remaining 5 percent were not yet rated. As shown in the above chart, the Exemplary performance in the featured Austin areas was 40 percent better than that of Austin schools.
Performance profiles for each of these schools are available on this web site by clicking on the names of the school districts listed below. Performance evaluation information for each school, such as Texas Assessment of Academic Skills (TAKS) and SAT scores, National Merit Scholarship awards, class sizes and student teacher ratios, is provided in these profiles, as are the campus address and main phone number.
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Austin ISD |
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Serves Downtown, Lake Austin , and Southwest. |
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Eanes ISD |
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Serves Westlake and some of West Austin. |
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Dripping Springs ISD |
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Serves Belterra, Heritage Oaks and all of Dripping Springs. |
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Lake Travis ISD |
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Serves all of Lake Travis and Lakeway. |
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