2012-2013 School Year
Summary
Bringing the excitement of STEM and more to students
School summary
Student contacts
11,935
Schools
84
Elementary
61
Middle
14
High
5
Combined
4
School districts
11
Volunteers
332
Firms / universities participating
49
Professional societies / non profits participating
50
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Student ethnicity and gender
3.2%
0.3%
7.4%
8.6%
32.3%
African
American
Asian Indian
Caucasian
Female
51.5%
48.5%
Male
Hispanic
48.2%
Native
American
Two or more
Pie charts’ data are based
on number of students
30.8%
Free
Lunches
64.5%
Reduced
Price
4.7%
Lunches
No lunch
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School districts and schools
1.8%
Austin
3.1%
Round Rock
1.7%
1.7%
Lake Travis
1.8%
2.5%
3.2%
Leander
2.9%
34.4%
6.4%
12.3%
14.4%
6.9%
17.1%
Pflugerville
17.8%
Elementary
Killeen
Middle
Lampasas
High
Georgetown
Mixed
72.1%
Manor
Temple
charter/private
other
Pie charts’ data are based
on number of students
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School districts
 Austin
 Del Valle
 Georgetown
Killeen
Leander
 Manor
 Pflugerville
 Round Rock
 Lampasas
 Taylor
Lago Vista
Temple
Lake Travis
plus charter and private
schools
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Schools per district
District
Elementary
Middle
High
Combined
Total
Austin
33
5
1
1
40
Round Rock
9
1
1
-
11
Lake Travis
3
2
1
-
6
Leander
5
1
-
-
6
Pflugerville
3
1
2
-
6
Manor
2
1
-
-
3
Georgetown
2
-
-
-
2
Killeen
1
1
-
-
2
Del Valle
1
-
-
-
1
Lago Vista
1
-
-
-
1
Lampasas
-
1
-
-
1
Taylor
-
1
-
-
1
Temple
1
-
-
-
1
Private/charter
-
-
-
3
3
Total
61
14
5
4
84
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Volunteers
76
IBM
Applied Materials
122
3M
City of Austin
The University of Texas at Austin
MWM Design Group
Spansion
other
not identified
60
Firms/organizations/colleges with
> 5 volunteers listed
5
22
10 11
12
14
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Firms / organizations / colleges volunteering
3M
EFI Global Inc
Occidental Petroleum
AISD school board
Engineered Exteriors, PLLC
Olin Corporation
Applied Materials
FHWA
Purdue University
AT&T Labs
Frank Lam & Associates
School Choice Magazine
Atkins Global
Freescale
Silicon Labs
Austin Energy
General Electric
Southwest Research Institute
Bury + Partners, Inc.
HDR Engineering
Spansion
Cardno TBE
IBM
St. Francis School
Carter Jenkens
Intel Corporation
Texas Board of Professional Engineers
Castleberry Engineering
Kennedy/Jenks Consultants
Texas Tribune
CH2M HILL
KLRU
The University of Texas at Austin
Chemical Logic Inc
KPFF Consulting Engineers
Tokyo Electron America
City of Austin
LPE
TX Comm. on Environmental Quality
City of Pflugerville
LTHS
URS
Dot Hill Systems
M3 Design
Vickrey & Associates
Ed Seymour Consulting
MWM Design Group
Williamson County
National Instruments
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Societies and non-profits volunteering
ACEA
CPESC
Skillpoint Alliance
ACM
IGDA
SME
ACS
MRS
SPE
Agile Austin
National Association of
Professional Women
SPP
AIChE
APS
ASCE
National Engineering
Organization
SWE
TAME
TAWWA
ASEE
National Society of Black
Engineers
ASHRAE
NGWA
TSPE
ASME
NSN
TSPE
Austin EPIC
NSPE
UEFI
AWWA
NSTA
CPESC
PMI
University of Texas Women in Engineering
Program
EIT Louisiana
PyLadies
Epsilon Gamma Iota
RCI
GDI
RTEMS
HAULYP
SAMPE
SEAoT
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TFMA
USGBC
WEAT
WIT
WTS
YMBL
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Highlighting a local STEM Connection
FIRST® LEGO® League
Junior FIRST® LEGO® League
K
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
FIRST® Tech Challenge
8
9
10
11
12
Grade Level
Program Description
Produced by the STEM Council at Skillpoint Alliance
Supported by Intel, ARM, National Instruments, and more
Student Participants
Are introduced to engineering and team research
Design, create, & program robots they bring to local events
Gain exposure to LEGO® WeDo, LEGO® MINDSTORMS NXT®, LabVIEW & ROBO-C
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Central Texas STEM connections
Event
Number of Participants
Austin Energy Regional Science Fair
2822
Cub Scouts STEMboree
175*
Capital BEST
na
Career Days
na
Engineering Day at the Austin Children’s Museus
300*
Central Texas FIRST® Robotics
2188
Extreme Weather at the Texas State History Museum
na
Future Cities
na
GirlStart STEM Festivals
na
Girl Scouts STEM Festival
135*
Introduce a Girl to Engineering Day
2103
School Science Days/Nights
400*
SHPE Noche de Ciencias
Not included in the
school statistics
* - estimated
45
Site visits
500*
SparkTruck
400*
Summer STEM Camps
155
TOTAL
9223
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Busy hands
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Student art
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