Oak Springs El, Austin TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Oak Springs El

Oak Springs Elementary is a small school serving prekindergarten through fifth grade in east Austin. The school has an enrollment of approximately two hundred students, with a substantial majority qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch. The student body is primarily Hispanic and Black, with small numbers of white, Native American, and multiracial students. The school's demographic composition reflects a neighborhood of significant economic hardship.

State testing data from the most recent year shows proficiency rates well below what Texas expects. In English language arts across grades three through five, proficiency ranges from single digits to low double digits. Mathematics proficiency is similarly low, with only a handful of students meeting or exceeding the state standard in each tested grade. In fifth-grade science, no students scored at proficiency. These results paint a picture of substantial academic challenge. When measured against districts in Travis County, Oak Springs' overall proficiency index places it in the bottom quartile.

The school sits in a neighborhood where housing values have declined modestly from the prior year, and rental costs consume roughly a quarter of household income for those paying market rent. The broader Austin region is experiencing rapid growth and development, with considerable new residential construction. Yet within that expanding metro, this particular school enrollment has evidently declined enough that Austin ISD approved its closure effective the 2026-27 school year as part of a district consolidation plan. Students currently at Oak Springs will be reassigned to other schools before that transition takes place.

No state assessment trend data beyond the current year is available, so it is not possible to track whether proficiency has been declining, stable, or improving. The school's grade band means it has no graduation rate to report. Information about special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, attendance, discipline, or specific course and program offerings was not available. A parent considering this school should be aware both of the current proficiency results and the impending closure, and may want to reach out to the district directly to understand the timeline and school assignment options for affected students.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 38%

School 8% · District 9% · ▼ 1 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Grade 417%

School 17% · District 8% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▼ 24 pts below state median · ▼ 16 pts below county median

Grade 54%

School 4% · District 47% · ▼ 43 pts below district

▼ 37 pts below state median · ▼ 34 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 38%

School 8% · District 12% · ▼ 4 pts below district

▼ 38 pts below state median · ▼ 37 pts below county median

Grade 423%

School 23% · District 58% · ▼ 35 pts below district

▼ 26 pts below state median · ▼ 21 pts below county median

Grade 520%

School 20% · District 63% · ▼ 43 pts below district

▼ 34 pts below state median · ▼ 30 pts below county median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 35% · ▼ 35 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

This schoolAUSTIN ISD, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.