DESSAU EL

DESSAU EL operates as a medium-sized primary school in AUSTIN, Texas, overseen by PFLUGERVILLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 554 students spanning grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 35 schools in PFLUGERVILLE ISD (25,477 students total), DESSAU EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DESSAU EL reports that 73% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder consists of 13% Black, 7% White, 5% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, DESSAU EL lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 83% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Travis County's rate of about 54%.

After controlling for student poverty, DESSAU EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 37.8%; DESSAU EL posts 13.0%, -24.8 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which DESSAU EL is one.

WILHELMINA DELCO EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DESSAU EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DESSAU EL has edged down 9%, going from 608 students in 2018 to 554 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.