Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894009078
Pickle Elementary School
1101 WHEATLEY, AUSTIN, TX 78752 · (512) 841-8400 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
388 students
DISTRICT 61% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 58 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 53 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 62 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (62).
Student demographics
14%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 60% · 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
27.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
13.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 27 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 13 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 15.0% | 27.0% | 46.0% |
| Mathematics | 4.0% | 9.0% | 28.0% | 59.0% |
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 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
| 2024-25 | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 11.0% |
% 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
23.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Pickle Elementary School
Pickle Elementary School's state test result (23.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pickle Elementary School this school | 407 | 95.3% | 23.4% |
| Cable Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 392 | 94.4% | 30.8% |
| Janowski Elementary School HOUSTON | 395 | 94.7% | 47.0% |
| Langford Elementary School AUSTIN | 391 | 94.9% | 15.7% |
| South Houston Elementary School SO HOUSTON | 422 | 94.5% | 38.0% |
| Rucker Elementary School HOUSTON | 434 | 94.0% | 40.0% |
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 Pickle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.4% | #4,138 of 4,401 | #135 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 13.0% | #4,443 of 4,466 ▼ 117 | #175 of 176 ▼ 14 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,352 of 4,466 ▼ 70 | #166 of 176 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.0pp | #115 of 3,998 | #3 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #3,425 of 4,938 | #123 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,187 of 4,622 | #79 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.5% | #3,977 of 4,628 | #170 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.3% | #461 of 4,789 | #14 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.2% | #747 of 2,838 | #38 of 120 |
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
407
-37 (-8%) vs 2020
-45% since 2010-11, when it was 734
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 407 | 30 | 13.6:1 | 95% (388) |
| 2023-24 | 386 | 27 | 14.3:1 | 95% (367) |
| 2022-23 | 326 | 20 | 16.3:1 | 96% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 35 | 12.7:1 | 92% (410) |
| 2017-18 | 544 | 37.5 | 14.5:1 | 97% (529) |
| 2015-16 | 695 | 45 | 15.4:1 | 96% (669) |
| 2010-11 | 734 | 49 | 15.0:1 | 97% (714) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pickle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (544 to 407); teachers down 20% (37.5 to 30).
About Pickle Elementary School
Pickle Elementary School sits in AUSTIN, Texas, and is classified as an elementary school. In all, 407 students attend the school in pre-K through 5. That is 22% below the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
AUSTIN ISD runs 123 schools with a combined 72,272 students. Pickle Elementary School is one of them.
The share of Hispanic students at Pickle Elementary School is 93%. Next come 4% Black. The county population is about 33% Hispanic. The diversity index for Pickle Elementary School is 14%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
On staff are 30 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 1.5 more students per teacher than here. Pickle Elementary School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 95%. On average, public schools in Travis County report 54%.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Pickle Elementary School, the prediction is 33.0% and the result is 23.4%.
Census data for Travis County show median household income comes to about $99,611, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. There are 333 public schools in the county, enrolling about 191,706, Pickle Elementary School among them.
Diboll, about 0.4 miles away, is the closest public school. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Pickle Elementary School is 6th on average proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
An 8% decline took enrollment from 444 in 2020-21 to 407 in 2024-25.
Pickle Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 AUSTIN ISD
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Akins Early College High SchoolHigh · 2,421 students
- Austin High SchoolHigh · 2,323 students
- Anderson High SchoolHigh · 2,223 students
- McCallum High SchoolHigh · 1,897 students
- Navarro Early College High SchoolHigh · 1,633 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
- Diboll0.4 mi · 75
- KIPP Austin Collegiate0.5 mi · 847
- KIPP Austin College Prep0.5 mi · 465
- KIPP Austin Comunidad0.5 mi · 513
- Northeast Early College High School0.6 mi · 972
- International High School0.6 mi · 213
Frequently asked questions
About Pickle Elementary SchoolHow large is Pickle Elementary School?
Pickle Elementary School enrolls approximately 407 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Pickle Elementary School serve?
Pickle Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Pickle Elementary School?
Approximately 13.6:1 students per teacher at Pickle Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Pickle Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pickle Elementary School are roughly 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Pickle Elementary School in?
Pickle Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD.
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