The top reported proficiency rate is 25% in English language arts. The lowest is 12% in Math.
Original Research by School Decision on Allison El
Allison Elementary sits on Vargas Road in Austin's 78741 zip code, on the east side of the city, serving pre-kindergarten through sixth grade within Austin ISD. The school is predominantly Hispanic and draws a student body that is almost entirely economically disadvantaged, with the vast majority of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. That demographic reality shapes how the school's academic results need to be read.
On the Texas STAAR assessment, proficiency rates across grades and subjects are low. In third and fourth grade math and reading, only a small fraction of students tested at the meets-grade-level standard or above. Sixth grade reading showed a noticeably stronger result than the other tested grades, though sixth grade math remained very low. Grade five results were largely unreportable due to very small tested group sizes in the Spanish-language STAAR administration, which reflects the school's bilingual population rather than missing data. Across all tested subjects and grades combined, the school's proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Travis County. The share of students reaching the masters level, the top STAAR performance tier, was negligible across subjects. A parent considering Allison should ask the school directly about its instructional intervention strategies, its bilingual program structure, and what support looks like for students who are testing well below grade level. Multi-year trend data was not available in the records provided, so it is not possible to say whether results are improving, stable, or declining.
The school's dual-language and Spanish-language testing presence tells its own story about the community it serves. A substantial portion of the school operates in Spanish, and families with emergent bilingual children should ask specifically how the bilingual program is structured and what the transition timeline looks like into English-language instruction.
Austin ISD is in a period of active change that families at any campus need to understand. Publicly reported information indicates the district approved a consolidation plan in late 2025 that will close multiple campuses before the 2026-27 school year and reassign students districtwide, driven by a decade of enrollment decline. The board also approved two dozen state-mandated turnaround plans at the same meeting. Allison does not appear on the published closure list based on available information, but attendance boundaries and program locations are shifting across the district, and families should confirm current assignment plans directly with Austin ISD. A major bond package passed in 2022, and some campuses have already received full rebuilds; facility quality varies by campus as that work continues. A property tax rate increase also passed in 2024, affecting homeowners in the attendance zone.
The surrounding neighborhood is on Austin's east side, an area that has seen significant development pressure and changing demographics as Austin's broader growth has pushed eastward. Housing values in the zip code are below the Texas state median and well below the Travis County average, which reflects the east side's historically working-class character even as gentrification has moved through parts of it. Rents have declined modestly year over year, which is consistent with Austin's citywide rental softening as large amounts of new apartment inventory have come online. The broader Austin economy is anchored by state government, the University of Texas, and a deep technology and semiconductor sector, but the immediate neighborhood around Allison remains one of the more affordable pockets of a city that has become expensive overall.
Chronic absenteeism data and special education enrollment rates were not available in the records provided. Those are gaps worth following up on with the school, as both have direct bearing on student support and instructional continuity in a high-poverty setting.
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