DESSAU MIDDLE

DESSAU MIDDLE operates as a medium-sized middle-grades school in AUSTIN, Texas, run under PFLUGERVILLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 596 students spanning grades 6 through 8.

PFLUGERVILLE ISD runs 35 schools in total, collectively educating 25,477 students. DESSAU MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, DESSAU MIDDLE reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 67%. Other groups include 14% Black, 8% Asian, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 33% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, DESSAU MIDDLE has 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at DESSAU MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Travis County runs at roughly 54%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DESSAU MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.8%, the actual is 26.9%, a residual of -11.9 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Travis County) logs that median household earnings sit near $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), DESSAU MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WILHELMINA DELCO EL, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DESSAU MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DESSAU MIDDLE at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.7%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Looking at the recent track record. DESSAU MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 31% since 2018, when it stood at 860 (now 596). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 20% to 14%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.