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RIVER OAKS EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RIVER OAKS EL
RIVER OAKS EL is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in AUSTIN, Texas, operated by PFLUGERVILLE ISD, with 551 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
RIVER OAKS EL is one of 35 schools operated by PFLUGERVILLE ISD, a district that works with 25,477 students overall.
In terms of who attends, RIVER OAKS EL logs that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 14% Black, 11% White, 5% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 83% 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 above Travis County's rate of about 54%.
With demographic context factored in, RIVER OAKS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 37.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.3%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Travis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Travis County's 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), RIVER OAKS EL is one campus in the mix.
PARMER LANE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RIVER OAKS EL. On composite proficiency, RIVER OAKS EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.2%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RIVER OAKS EL has changed only slightly, going from 561 students in 2018 to 551 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 57% to 68% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, the feed for RIVER OAKS EL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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