HIGHLAND PARK EL

HIGHLAND PARK EL, a mid-sized elementary-level community in PFLUGERVILLE, Texas, overseen by PFLUGERVILLE ISD, enrolls 706 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 36% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within PFLUGERVILLE ISD, which oversees 35 schools and 25,477 students, HIGHLAND PARK EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HIGHLAND PARK EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 24% White, 9% Black, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HIGHLAND PARK EL has 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HIGHLAND PARK EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HIGHLAND PARK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 55.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.6%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. HIGHLAND PARK EL is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).

The closest other public school is PARK CREST MIDDLE, roughly 1.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HIGHLAND PARK EL comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 58.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 10%: 641 students in 2018 compared to 706 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 56% across the same window.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.