Enrollment
422
Elementary
DISTRICT 467 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·AUSTIN ISD·NCES 480894000347
Pleasant Hill Elementary School
6405 CIR S RD, AUSTIN, TX 78745 · (512) 414-4453 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL422 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
372 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 | 57 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 56 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
37%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
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
28.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 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 | 16.0% | 20.0% | 26.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 20.0% | 22.0% | 50.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 28.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Pleasant Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill Elementary School's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School this school | 422 | 88.2% | 37.1% |
| Meadows Elementary School PLANO | 414 | 87.2% | 35.3% |
| Early Childhood Center CHANNELVIEW | 427 | 90.2% | N/A |
| Shields Elementary School VICTORIA | 409 | 88.0% | 27.6% |
| Hector P Garcia Elementary School TEMPLE | 396 | 86.9% | 33.6% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Austin AUSTIN | 374 | 86.6% | 45.5% |
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 Pleasant Hill Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #2,932 of 4,401 | #89 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 28.0% | #4,041 of 4,466 ▼ 306 | #139 of 176 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,976 of 4,466 ▼ 582 | #136 of 176 ▼ 32 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #241 of 3,998 | #11 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 422 | #3,302 of 4,938 | #118 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #286 of 4,622 | #33 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.6% | #3,204 of 4,628 | #122 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 88.2% | #1,270 of 4,789 | #52 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.2% | #2,098 of 2,838 | #97 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
422
+20 (+5%) vs 2020
-31% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 422 | 35.8 | 11.8:1 | 88% (372) |
| 2023-24 | 381 | 33.1 | 11.5:1 | 87% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 374 | 29 | 12.9:1 | 92% (344) |
| 2020-21 | 402 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 88% (352) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 33 | 14.1:1 | 90% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 566 | 36 | 15.7:1 | 87% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 45 | 13.8:1 | 92% (567) |
| 2000-01 | 519 | 40 | 13.0:1 | 69% (358) |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 40 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pleasant Hill Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (465 to 422); teachers up 8% (33 to 35.8).
About Pleasant Hill Elementary School
Pleasant Hill Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in AUSTIN, Texas. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 422 students enrolled.
Pleasant Hill Elementary School is one of the 123 schools that make up AUSTIN ISD (72,272 students in total).
At 79%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Pleasant Hill Elementary School combined. It is also 9% Black, 7% White, and 2% multiracial. Travis County's residents are about 33% Hispanic, 46 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Pleasant Hill Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 37%.
Pleasant Hill Elementary School operates with 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 11.8:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Pleasant Hill Elementary School reports 88% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 34 points above the 54% average for public schools in Travis County.
Pleasant Hill Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.1%, compared with a predicted 36.0%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Travis County census figures show that median household income is about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Pleasant Hill Elementary School is among the 333 public schools in Travis County.
The closest public school, Bedichek Middle School, is about 0.6 miles from Pleasant Hill Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Pleasant Hill Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
The school's federal locale classification is City: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Pleasant Hill Elementary School went from 402 students to 422.
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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 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
Other Pleasant Hill Elementary schools
14 other US public schools in 11 states are named Pleasant Hill Elementary. Pleasant Hill Elementary School is the 9th largest of the 15.
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolLEANDER, TX · 720 students
- Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolOlive Branch, MS · 1,079 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryLexington, SC · 846 students
- PLEASANT HILL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKISSIMMEE, FL · 753 students
- Pleasant Hill ElementaryPleasant Hill, CA · 652 students
Nearby schools
- Bedichek Middle School0.6 mi · 671
- Wayside Sci-Tech Middle and High School0.6 mi · 554
- Wayside Real Learning Academy0.6 mi · 644
- Odom Elementary School1.0 mi · 286
- KIPP Austin Obras1.2 mi · 373
- KIPP Austin Beacon Prep1.2 mi · 393
Frequently asked questions
About Pleasant Hill Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School enrolls approximately 422 students in grades PK-05.
Is Pleasant Hill Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Pleasant Hill Elementary School have?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Pleasant Hill Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pleasant Hill Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 79% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Pleasant Hill Elementary School in?
Pleasant Hill Elementary School is part of AUSTIN ISD.
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