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Alumni: what's one memory from DESSAU MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
596
Middle
DISTRICT 768 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PFLUGERVILLE ISD·NCES 483483008942
Dessau Middle School
12900 DESSAU RD, AUSTIN, TX 78754 · (512) 594-2600 · Travis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL596 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
56 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
479 students
DISTRICT 55% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 198 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 188 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 210 | 35% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
26.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 20.0% | 28.0% | 46.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 45.0% | 26.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 21.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dessau Middle School
Dessau Middle School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dessau Middle School this school | 596 | 80.4% | 28.8% |
| Morris Middle School HOUSTON | 603 | 81.6% | 50.1% |
| Decker Middle School AUSTIN | 606 | 81.2% | 16.2% |
| Fred Roberts Middle School HOUSTON | 493 | 75.5% | 40.9% |
| Beverly Hills Intermediate School HOUSTON | 802 | 79.7% | 46.7% |
| Sellers Middle School GARLAND | 852 | 82.9% | 39.8% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dessau Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,423 of 1,635 | #24 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #1,511 of 1,670 ▼ 353 | #37 of 48 ▼ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,286 of 1,670 ▼ 2 | #28 of 48 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,044 of 1,570 | #30 of 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 596 | #936 of 1,749 | #32 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.6:1 | #42 of 1,542 | #4 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #845 of 1,543 | #26 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.4% | #508 of 1,648 | #17 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.7% | #133 of 942 | #6 of 36 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
596
-203 (-25%) vs 2020
-14% since 2000-01, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
10.6:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 596 | 56.2 | 10.6:1 | 80% (479) |
| 2023-24 | 655 | 59.8 | 10.9:1 | 83% (543) |
| 2022-23 | 683 | 61.9 | 11.0:1 | 65% (445) |
| 2020-21 | 799 | 67 | 11.9:1 | 73% (584) |
| 2017-18 | 860 | 63.6 | 13.5:1 | 66% (569) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 60 | 12.7:1 | 78% (591) |
| 2010-11 | 998 | 71 | 14.1:1 | 73% (728) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 45 | 15.5:1 | 41% (289) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dessau Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (860 to 596); teachers down 12% (63.6 to 56.2).
About Dessau Middle School
Dessau Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools in PFLUGERVILLE ISD. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 596 students in grades 6 through 8.
PFLUGERVILLE ISD has 25,477 students in 35 schools, and Dessau Middle School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Dessau Middle School is 67% Hispanic. After that, the student body is 14% Black, 8% Asian, 7% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Travis County is about 33% Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Dessau Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 51%.
Federal staffing data show 56.2 full-time-equivalent teachers at Dessau Middle School and a ratio of 10.6:1. That ratio is under the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 80% of students. The rate at public schools in Travis County averages 54%, lower than here.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Dessau Middle School's results are 10.5 points below predicted: 28.8% against 39.4%.
County data help place the school in context: in Travis County, median household income is about $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The public schools of Travis County number 333 and enroll about 191,706.
The next-closest public school is Wilhelmina Delco Elementary School, about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Dessau Middle School. Of 9 schools in the immediate area with test results, Dessau Middle School ranks 8th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Dessau Middle School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 25%, from 799 to 596. By 2024-25, the school had 10.6 students per teacher, compared with 11.9 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PFLUGERVILLE ISD
- Hendrickson High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Weiss High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- John B Connally High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Pflugerville High SchoolHigh · 1,794 students
- Kelly Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 910 students
- Bohls Middle SchoolMiddle · 830 students
Other schools in AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Nearby schools
- Wilhelmina Delco Elementary School0.1 mi · 470
- Dessau Elementary School0.2 mi · 554
- IDEA Parmer Park College Preparatory0.9 mi · 624
- IDEA Parmer Park Academy0.9 mi · 621
- Copperfield Elementary School1.2 mi · 526
- Wieland Elementary School1.7 mi · 372
Frequently asked questions
About Dessau Middle SchoolHow large is Dessau Middle School?
Dessau Middle School enrolls approximately 596 students in grades 06-08.
Is Dessau Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Dessau Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dessau Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dessau Middle School is approximately 10.6:1 (56 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Dessau Middle School?
Dessau Middle School reports a student body of 7% White, 67% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Dessau Middle School public or private?
Dessau Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PFLUGERVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.