PLEASANT HILL EL

Located at 1800 HORIZON PARK, in LEANDER, Texas, PLEASANT HILL EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community that educates 720 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by LEANDER ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so PLEASANT HILL EL sits 39% above that benchmark.

PLEASANT HILL EL is one of 51 schools operated by LEANDER ISD, a district that hosts 42,680 students overall.

In terms of who attends, PLEASANT HILL EL lists that the most-represented group is White (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 23% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Williamson County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 22% of students at PLEASANT HILL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, PLEASANT HILL EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 64.2%; PLEASANT HILL EL posts 45.5%, -18.7 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Williamson County put the typical household earns roughly $111,340 per year, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), PLEASANT HILL EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY OF LEANDER, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PLEASANT HILL EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLEASANT HILL EL at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 56.4%.

PLEASANT HILL EL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 11%: 646 students in 2018 compared to 720 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share increased from 2% to 20%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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