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How has RALPH PFLUGER EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
779
Elementary
DISTRICT 713 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYS CISD·NCES 480001012146
Ralph Pfluger Elementary School
4951 MARSH LN, BUDA, TX 78610 · (512) 268-8510 · Hays County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL779 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
370 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 61 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 125 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 130 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 129 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (99) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (129).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
60.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 60 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 31.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
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 | 60.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
52.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Ralph Pfluger Elementary School
Ralph Pfluger Elementary School's state test result (52.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ralph Pfluger Elementary School this school | 779 | 47.5% | 52.1% |
| Tobias Elementary School KYLE | 736 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| Menchaca Elementary School MANCHACA | 699 | 44.5% | 33.3% |
| Patricia Knowles Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 683 | 45.8% | 34.3% |
| Potranco Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 839 | 42.7% | 52.8% |
| Ladera Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 804 | 49.5% | 45.0% |
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 Ralph Pfluger Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.1% | #1,260 of 4,401 | #12 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,906 of 4,466 ▼ 575 | #15 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #1,408 of 4,466 ▲ 241 | #17 of 31 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,428 of 3,998 | #14 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 779 | #527 of 4,938 | #8 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,936 of 4,622 | #15 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #2,158 of 4,628 | #11 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.5% | #3,673 of 4,789 | #19 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.6% | #686 of 1,307 | #6 of 9 |
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
779
+41 (+6%) vs 2020
+72% since 2010-11, when it was 452
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 779 | 53.9 | 14.4:1 | 47% (370) |
| 2023-24 | 751 | 47.5 | 15.8:1 | 52% (388) |
| 2022-23 | 761 | 51.4 | 14.8:1 | 50% (384) |
| 2020-21 | 738 | 49 | 15.1:1 | 42% (307) |
| 2017-18 | 698 | 43.1 | 16.2:1 | 46% (324) |
| 2015-16 | 630 | 41 | 15.4:1 | 45% (286) |
| 2010-11 | 452 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 50% (227) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ralph Pfluger Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (698 to 779); teachers up 25% (43.1 to 53.9).
About Ralph Pfluger Elementary School
Ralph Pfluger Elementary School is a large elementary school in Texas, with an address in BUDA. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 779 students. The school's enrollment is 50% above the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
HAYS CISD (27 schools, 24,330 students) runs Ralph Pfluger Elementary School.
At 65%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Ralph Pfluger Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 21% White, 5% Black, 5% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 39% of Hays County residents are Hispanic. The chance that two students picked at random at Ralph Pfluger Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
Staffing totals 53.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 14.4:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 47%. Across public schools in Hays County, the average is about the same, 46%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Ralph Pfluger Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 52.1%; the prediction is 53.4%.
Ralph Pfluger Elementary School is located in Hays County, where median household income is about $89,097, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 63 public schools in Hays County, with a combined enrollment of about 46,946.
Valor Kyle is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Ralph Pfluger Elementary School ranks 1st of 8 nearby schools, at 52.1% versus a 40.7% average.
NCES describes the area around Ralph Pfluger Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 779, 6% above the 738 of 2020-21.
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Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAYS CISD
- Moe and Gene Johnson High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Jack C Hays High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lehman High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Camino Real Elementary SchoolElementary · 962 students
- Uhland Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in BUDA
- Moe and Gene Johnson High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Jack C Hays High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- R C Barton Middle SchoolMiddle · 909 students
- Sunfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 905 students
- Eric Dahlstrom Middle SchoolMiddle · 804 students
Nearby schools
- Valor Kyle0.8 mi · 907
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle School1.0 mi · 1,198
- Armando Chapa Middle School1.4 mi · 724
- Olympia Hills1.6 mi · 21
- Tom Green Elementary School1.7 mi · 612
- Science Hall Elementary School1.9 mi · 667
Frequently asked questions
About Ralph Pfluger Elementary SchoolHow large is Ralph Pfluger Elementary School?
Ralph Pfluger Elementary School enrolls approximately 779 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ralph Pfluger Elementary School serve?
Ralph Pfluger Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ralph Pfluger Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Ralph Pfluger Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Ralph Pfluger Elementary School?
Student demographics at Ralph Pfluger Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 65% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Ralph Pfluger Elementary School in?
Ralph Pfluger Elementary School is part of HAYS CISD.
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