St. Austin Catholic School is a PK-8 private Catholic elementary school in Austin, Texas. It is located within the Diocese of Austin. In the 2009-2010 year they added a pre-k 3 class and in the 2016-2017 school year there will be a part-time option. With one homeroom per grade, St. Austin School has an enrollment of under 300 students and a 1:10 student to teacher ratio.
In September 1917 Newman Elementary School was established as the parish school for St. Austin Catholic Parish, which is administered by the Paulist Fathers. Three Dominican Sisters of Houston were given the direction of the newly established school. When an eighth grade was added for the 1941-1942 school year, the school became a complete elementary school, and the name was changed to St. Austin Catholic School.
Student Body Facts & Achievements
218 students
Pre-Kindergarten 3 through 8th Grades
Average class size of 20
1:10 student to teacher ratio
Students live within 42 different zip codes in and around Austin
1st Place in the PSIA Academic State Meet 3 years running
Stanford Achievement Test scores rate among the top 10% schools in the nation
Graduates place in leading Catholic, magnet and private honors programs with 60% advancing to private and 25% advancing to magnet schools
Exemplary performance of St Austin alumni in high schools: St Michael's Catholic Academy Valedictorian (2015), National Merit Scholars, National Merit Commended Scholar and National Hispanic Scholar (2015)
Dual, Advanced Accreditation by Texas Catholic Conference and Southern Association of Colleges and Schools (SACS) Council
National Catholic Educational Association
Member of the Catholic Diocese of Austin
Physically Active Learning Campus, 2015
1st private school in Austin to be awarded the National Blue Ribbon of Excellence
Austin Monthly Top Private Schools, 2012
National Junior's Honor Society
Honor Roll & Principal's List
Plastic and performing arts electives including: art, band, choir, music, dance, 1-at-play, library, PE
Enrichment curriculum including: robotics, math pentathlon, math sense, analytics, study skills, student council
Spanish from Pk-3 through 8th grade (70% of St. Austin students place out of Spanish 1 on entering high school)
Technology programs from Pk-3 through 8th grades with 1:1 Chromebooks (3rd - 8th grades)
Differentiated teaching and learning programs including dyslexia therapy
