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JOHN B CONNALLY H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JOHN B CONNALLY H S
JOHN B CONNALLY H S operates as a sprawling 9-12 campus in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by PFLUGERVILLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,974 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so JOHN B CONNALLY H S sits 148% larger than that benchmark.
JOHN B CONNALLY H S is one of 35 schools operated by PFLUGERVILLE ISD, a district that works with 25,477 students overall.
Demographically, JOHN B CONNALLY H S reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment; the rest reads as 15% Black, 9% Asian, 8% White. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, JOHN B CONNALLY H S shows 142 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JOHN B CONNALLY H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at JOHN B CONNALLY H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JOHN B CONNALLY H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 33.8%.
Around the school, census data for Travis County shows median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. JOHN B CONNALLY H S is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
Nearest neighbor: WESTVIEW MIDDLE, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JOHN B CONNALLY H S ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 43.4%.
The school occupies a city-core site.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 1,857 students in 2018 compared to 1,974 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 55% to 66%.
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