By the year 2028, the area within LTISD is projected to add another 12,158 housing units. That includes single- and multifamily housing, senior living, condos and townhomes.

With all of the growth evident throughout western Travis County, that projection is just one of many that show the dynamic shifts the area will undergo in the next 10 years.

Every two years, LTISD receives a demographic study from College Station-based demographer Population and Survey Analysts. Information from LTISD states the study examines student residential locations, potential growth and decline, economic factors and housing trends within the district.

This year’s study is also helping LTISD’s newly formed school attendance zone advisory committee, which convened in February. The committee was created in response to the August 2020 opening of Bee Cave Middle School.

Information from the PASA report states it projects student data for districts through forward-looking techniques without relying on past rates of change. For district purposes, the 218-page study is used to help LTISD officials determine needs, in many cases projecting data into the next 10 years that help provide analysis of where and how many schools might be needed.

“According to PASA, Lake Travis ISD is the third-fastest growing district in Texas among districts with an enrollment of 10,000 or more students,” LTISD Deputy Superintendent Holly Morris Keuntz said. “Over the next 10 years, demographers project our enrollment will continue to increase by an average of 3.30 percent annually.  With that in mind, PASA’s update is an essential tool that will continue to guide our facilities assessment and planning.”

Beyond enrollment trends, study data also show housing projections for the area within LTISD and economic stats, such as current employment by sector, with professional services topping the list. The report also dives into numerous other analyses, including comparisons of LTISD with surrounding school districts.

“The resulting data that PASA generates is more rigorous and more usable by school districts than data created by state or local entities because PASA assesses the actual development occurring,” the PASA report states.

For the purposes of this report, graphic data representations have been encased in the following categories: Student growth projections from early education to 12th grade, growth in housing units within the district, and economic and employment trends within the district.

Editor’s note: The data represented in this story relate solely to the area encapsulated within Lake Travis ISD. A study pertaining to Eanes ISD is expected for later this semester. At that time Community Impact Newspaper will feature a story based on demographic data encapsulating the area within EISD.