NORTHWEST EL

NORTHWEST EL is an intimate elementary campus in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools within PFLUGERVILLE ISD. The school teaches 395 students in grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 24% leaner than typical.

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

On the student-mix side, NORTHWEST EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 27% Black, 15% White, 14% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 83% of students at NORTHWEST EL 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.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTHWEST EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 37.8%; this one comes in at 20.3%, -17.5 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which NORTHWEST EL is one.

The closest other public school is VALOR NORTH AUSTIN, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHWEST EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.8%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTHWEST EL has fell 25%, going from 530 students in 2018 to 395 in 2025.

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