Who are Leander ISD's students?

In short

• About 1 in 6 students (16.6%) comes from a low-income family, vs. 60.5% statewide.¹
• About 1 in 7 (14.2%) is learning English, vs. 24.3% statewide.¹
• About 1 in 5 (20.3%) is in gifted classes, vs. 8.7% statewide. About 1 in 6 (15.9%) gets special education, close to the state.¹

How it works

• The state counts students every fall and reports the groups they belong to. These numbers are from the 2024-25 report.¹
• “Low-income” here means “economically disadvantaged.” That mostly means a student can get free or lower-cost school meals.²
• “At risk” is a state label for students who may drop out. It covers many reasons, such as failing a test, being held back or learning English.²
• Groups overlap. One student can be in more than one group.

What the numbers show

District	Students	Low-income	Learning English	Gifted classes	At risk
Leander	42,507	16.6%	14.2%	20.3%	38.2%
Round Rock	46,846	27.1%	19.5%	15.0%	39.0%
Georgetown	13,853	38.5%	19.1%	6.3%	43.7%
Austin	72,175	51.1%	31.4%	13.9%	48.5%
Liberty Hill	9,812	17.9%	10.1%	10.7%	37.4%
Hutto	10,667	41.2%	18.1%	7.5%	53.5%
Texas	5,530,499	60.5%	24.3%	8.7%	53.5%

Source: Texas Education Agency, 2024-25 school report for each district (fall count).¹³

• Leander has the lowest share of low-income students of these districts. Liberty Hill is close.¹³
• Leander has the highest share in gifted classes, about twice the state rate.¹³
• About 4 in 10 Leander students are labeled “at risk,” about the same as Round Rock and Liberty Hill.¹³

The other side

• A low share is not zero. About 7,000 Leander students come from low-income families.¹
• Compare the same groups. Districts with different shares of low-income students are hard to compare on overall scores. Comparing the same groups of students is fairer. See peer districts.
• Gifted shares depend on rules. Each district sets its own way to pick students for gifted classes, so the shares are not a perfect comparison.
• Some money follows these counts. Fewer low-income students means less of some state and federal money, which is tied to these counts.

Changes to this page

• Nov. 2, 2026: Rewrote the questions to ask so each is open, neutral and addressed to the public body.
• Nov. 2, 2026: We checked every figure against its source. We reworded the other-side points so they stick to what the sources show.

Questions to ask

• How does the district compare results for low-income students and English learners with nearby districts?
• How does the district pick students for gifted classes?

What we still don’t know

• How these shares differ from school to school. This page uses district totals only.

Footnotes

1. Texas Education Agency, 2024-25 Texas Academic Performance Report, Leander ISD (246913), Student Information, pages 28-29, membership column: total 42,507; economically disadvantaged 7,064 (16.6%; state 60.5%); EB students/EL 6,020 (14.2%; state 24.3%); gifted and talented 8,613 (20.3%; state 8.7%); special education 6,759 (15.9%; state 15.3%); at-risk 16,237 (38.2%; state 53.5%). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴ ↩⁵ ↩⁶ ↩⁷ ↩⁸ ↩⁹

2. Texas Education Agency, 2024-25 Comprehensive TAPR Glossary, Student Information definitions of economically disadvantaged (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch or other public help) and at-risk (at risk of dropping out under state law). ↩ ↩²

3. Same 2024-25 reports, Student Information, membership column, for Round Rock ISD (246909), Georgetown ISD (246904), Austin ISD (227901), Liberty Hill ISD (246908) and Hutto ISD (246906). ↩ ↩² ↩³ ↩⁴