14650 Merriltown Drive
Austin, Texas, 78728
Phone: 512-428-3400
Fax: 512-428-3490
Principal, Angelica Negrete
Feeder Pattern
Each student’s feeder pattern is determined by his or her home address. To find out which schools your student will attend, use our Interactive School Boundaries Map.
2018-2019
What happens at our Arts Integration Academy?
Arts integration is an approach to learning in which students construct and demonstrate understanding through art. Together with our campus Dual Language program, which provides students the opportunity to engage multi-language curriculum, students experience the creative process in a way that meets their own unique cultural, social, emotional and intellectual needs.
Our culture
The Wells Branch learning community is a safe and caring environment that cultivates the academic, artistic, social, and emotional development of all our members.
We put kids first
Our students make connections, creatively and culturally. Each day our students demonstrate a deeper understanding of the world around them, engage in inquiry and improve problem-solving skills.
Students will have access to:
- Fine Arts integrated instruction
- Violins
- Enhanced arts instruction
- Dual Language program
- Real world problem solving
- Engaging community partnerships
- Collaborative work experiences
- Expressive abstract concepts
- Extended-day enrichment
- Integrated technology
- Capturing Kids’ Hearts
- Exposure to college and career choices
- Dance studio
- Keyboard lab
- Black box theater
- Individualized learning
Mission
The mission of Wells Branch Elementary Arts Integration Academy is to empower all students to learn, think, and create collaboratively in order to reach their highest potential.
Vision
Wells Branch Elementary Arts Integration Academy will be a collaborative community of learners where all students are provided a safe and nurturing environment to thrive academically, artistically, socially, and emotionally.
History
Wells Branch opened its doors to students in August 1985.
2022-23 STAAR Passing Rates
- 3rd Grade Reading – 72% 72%
- 3rd Grade Math – 53% 53%
- 4th Grade Reading – 63% 63%
- 4th Grade Math – 36% 36%
- 5th Grade Reading – 67% 67%
- 5th Grade Math – 54 54%
- 5th Grade Science – 40% 40%
NOTE: STAAR results, student demographic and enrollment data is pulled from the Texas Academic Performance Report (TAPR). This page is updated generally around mid-November when the data is released by the state. The TAPR includes information from the previous school year.
2022-23 Student Demographics
- African American – 10.4% 10.4%
- Hispanic – 66.7% 66.7%
- White – 17.2% 17.2%
- Native American – 0% 0%
- Asian – 0.8% 0.8%
- Pacific Islander – 0% 0%
- Two or more races – 4.8% 4.8%
- Economically Disadvantaged – 60.7% 60.7%
Student Enrollment by program
- Bilingual/ESL – 61.1% 61.1%
- Gifted and Talented – 6.8% 6.8%
- Special Education – 12.6% 12.6%
Find our Campus Improvement Plan (CIP), State and Federal Accountability summaries, School and Federal Report Cards, Texas Academic Performance Reports (TAPR), as well as the most recent climate survey results on the District Performance Indicators page.