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Enrollment
665
Elementary
DISTRICT 657 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS·NCES 480021113739
IDEA Pflugerville Academy
1901 E WELLS BRANCH PKWY, PFLUGERVILLE, TX 78660 · (512) 822-4700 · Travis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBCHARTERTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL665 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 21.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
527 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 91 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 118 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 124 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (91) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (117).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 27% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 20.0% | 26.0% | 43.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
49.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 IDEA Pflugerville Academy
IDEA Pflugerville Academy's state test result (49.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| IDEA Pflugerville Academy this school | 665 | 79.2% | 49.5% |
| IDEA Parmer Park Academy AUSTIN | 621 | 81.0% | 40.5% |
| Travis Elementary School BAYTOWN | 709 | 77.9% | 32.7% |
| Thomas Elementary School PLANO | 687 | 77.0% | 30.5% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School HOUSTON | 631 | 79.2% | 38.3% |
| Ursula Stephens Elementary School KATY | 578 | 78.9% | 50.4% |
Matched among Texas elementary 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 IDEA Pflugerville Academy ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 49.5% | #1,469 of 4,401 | #57 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,795 of 4,466 ▼ 266 | #126 of 176 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,961 of 4,466 ▼ 652 | #97 of 176 ▼ 16 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #516 of 3,998 | #20 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 665 | #1,152 of 4,938 | #35 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.1:1 | #4,459 of 4,622 | #165 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.7% | #2,453 of 4,628 | #92 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.2% | #2,007 of 4,789 | #73 of 170 |
Ranked against other public elementary 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
665
+22 (+3%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
20.1:1
was 28.0:1
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 | 665 | 33 | 20.1:1 | 79% (527) |
| 2023-24 | 660 | 34.3 | 19.2:1 | 76% (500) |
| 2022-23 | 667 | 34.8 | 19.2:1 | 78% (520) |
| 2020-21 | 643 | 23 | 28.0:1 | 72% (463) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for IDEA Pflugerville Academy.
About IDEA Pflugerville Academy
IDEA Pflugerville Academy operates as a medium-sized elementary school in PFLUGERVILLE, Texas. The school counts 665 students across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
IDEA Pflugerville Academy sits within IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS, which has 125 schools and 79,430 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at IDEA Pflugerville Academy, at 68%. Smaller groups are 16% Black, 11% White, and 4% Asian. For comparison, the population of Travis County is roughly 33% Hispanic. IDEA Pflugerville Academy's diversity index is 50%, against a US figure of 70%.
Teachers at IDEA Pflugerville Academy total 33 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 20.1:1. That is 5.0 students per teacher above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 79%. That is 25 points above the 54% average for public schools in Travis County.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.9%. IDEA Pflugerville Academy scores 49.5%.
In the county around the school, Travis County, the median household income is $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. Travis County is home to 333 public schools and about 191,706 public school students.
The school nearest to IDEA Pflugerville Academy is IDEA Pflugerville College Preparatory, at a distance of less than a tenth of a mile. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, IDEA Pflugerville Academy ranks 1st in a group of 5 nearby schools.
NCES describes the area around IDEA Pflugerville Academy as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more. Federal records list IDEA Pflugerville Academy as a charter school.
Enrollment is up 3% from 2020-21, when IDEA Pflugerville Academy had 643 students, to 2024-25, when it had 665. Students per teacher fell from 28.0 in 2020-21 to 20.1 in 2024-25.
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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 IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS
- IDEA College Preparatory PharrHigh · 848 students
- IDEA Montopolis College PreparatoryHigh · 835 students
- IDEA College PrepHigh · 823 students
- IDEA McAllen College PreparatoryHigh · 820 students
- IDEA Riverview College PreparatoryHigh · 813 students
- IDEA College Preparatory MissionHigh · 798 students
Other schools in PFLUGERVILLE
- Hendrickson High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Weiss High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Pflugerville High SchoolHigh · 1,794 students
- Kelly Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 910 students
- Basis Pflugerville Primary SchoolElementary · 853 students
- Bohls Middle SchoolMiddle · 830 students
Nearby schools
- IDEA Pflugerville College Preparatory0.0 mi · 669
- Pflugerville Elementary School0.7 mi · 381
- Basis Pflugerville0.9 mi · 240
- Basis Pflugerville Primary School0.9 mi · 853
- Wieland Elementary School1.0 mi · 372
- Pflugerville Academic and Career Education (pace)1.4 mi · 101
Frequently asked questions
About IDEA Pflugerville AcademyHow large is IDEA Pflugerville Academy?
IDEA Pflugerville Academy enrolls approximately 665 students in grades KG-05.
Is IDEA Pflugerville Academy an elementary, middle, or high school?
IDEA Pflugerville Academy is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at IDEA Pflugerville Academy?
Approximately 20.1:1 students per teacher at IDEA Pflugerville Academy.
What is the student diversity at IDEA Pflugerville Academy?
Student demographics at IDEA Pflugerville Academy are roughly 11% White, 68% Hispanic, 16% Black, 4% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is IDEA Pflugerville Academy in?
IDEA Pflugerville Academy is part of IDEA PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.