PLEASANT HILL EL

PLEASANT HILL EL, a tight-knit K-5 school in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by AUSTIN ISD, enrolls 422 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

AUSTIN ISD runs 123 schools in total, collectively educating 72,272 students. PLEASANT HILL EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PLEASANT HILL EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 79% of enrollment; the rest reads as 9% Black, 7% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PLEASANT HILL EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Travis County's rate of about 54%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PLEASANT HILL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.4%; this one delivers 40.3%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), PLEASANT HILL EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BEDICHEK MIDDLE, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PLEASANT HILL EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PLEASANT HILL EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 26.6%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Over the past 7-year window. PLEASANT HILL EL's enrollment has ticked down 9% since 2018, when it stood at 465 (now 422). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 88% to 79% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

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