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Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 551 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PFLUGERVILLE ISD·NCES 483483012751
Ruth Barron Elementary School
14850 HARRIS RIDGE, PFLUGERVILLE, TX 78660 · (512) 594-4100 · Travis County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
45 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
519 students
DISTRICT 55% · 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 | 57 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 88 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 90 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 90 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (90).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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
42.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +26.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 23.0% | 29.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 42.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 34.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
30.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% 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 Ruth Barron Elementary School
Ruth Barron Elementary School's state test result (30.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ruth Barron Elementary School this school | 583 | 89.0% | 30.6% |
| Copperfield Elementary School AUSTIN | 526 | 90.3% | 40.1% |
| Central Elementary School SEAGOVILLE | 588 | 90.5% | 61.5% |
| Genoa Elementary School HOUSTON | 535 | 89.0% | 28.4% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School RICHARDSON | 531 | 89.1% | 38.9% |
| Hobbs Williams Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 632 | 89.6% | 25.4% |
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 Ruth Barron Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.6% | #3,608 of 4,401 | #110 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,008 of 4,466 ▲ 386 | #101 of 176 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #3,493 of 4,466 ▼ 263 | #118 of 176 ▼ 18 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,440 of 3,998 | #106 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #1,746 of 4,938 | #57 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #862 of 4,622 | #67 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.9% | #2,734 of 4,628 | #102 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.0% | #1,181 of 4,789 | #45 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.4% | #1,571 of 2,838 | #76 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
583
+10 (+2%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 583 | 44.6 | 13.1:1 | 89% (519) |
| 2023-24 | 531 | 45.1 | 11.8:1 | 76% (406) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 44.1 | 11.5:1 | 76% (388) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 48 | 11.9:1 | 76% (435) |
| 2017-18 | 689 | 52.7 | 13.1:1 | 69% (475) |
| 2015-16 | 744 | 51 | 14.6:1 | 82% (610) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ruth Barron Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (689 to 583); teachers down 15% (52.7 to 44.6).
About Ruth Barron Elementary School
Ruth Barron Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in PFLUGERVILLE, Texas. The school has 583 students in 2024-25 across pre-K through 5.
Federal data list 35 schools in PFLUGERVILLE ISD, with 25,477 students enrolled.
Hispanic students are 72% of those enrolled at Ruth Barron Elementary School. Next come 11% Black, 11% White, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Travis County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
There are 44.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 13.1:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Of all students at Ruth Barron Elementary School, 89% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 54% average for public schools in Travis County, the school's rate is higher.
Ruth Barron Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (30.6%) and its predicted rate (35.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Looking at the county, Travis County, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Travis County has 333 public schools with about 191,706 students, including Ruth Barron Elementary School.
About 0.5 miles separate Ruth Barron Elementary School from the closest public school, Wieland Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Ruth Barron Elementary School ranks 5th of 7 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 573 in 2020-21, 583 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.9:1 to 13.1:1.
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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 PFLUGERVILLE ISD
- Hendrickson High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Weiss High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- John B Connally High SchoolHigh · 1,974 students
- Pflugerville High SchoolHigh · 1,794 students
- Kelly Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 910 students
- Bohls Middle SchoolMiddle · 830 students
Other schools in PFLUGERVILLE
- Hendrickson High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Weiss High SchoolHigh · 1,985 students
- Pflugerville High SchoolHigh · 1,794 students
- Kelly Lane Middle SchoolMiddle · 910 students
- Basis Pflugerville Primary SchoolElementary · 853 students
- Bohls Middle SchoolMiddle · 830 students
Nearby schools
- Wieland Elementary School0.5 mi · 372
- Basis Pflugerville0.9 mi · 240
- Basis Pflugerville Primary School0.9 mi · 853
- Springhill Elementary School1.3 mi · 541
- Pflugerville Middle School1.4 mi · 829
- Harmony Science Academy-Pflugerville1.4 mi · 794
Frequently asked questions
About Ruth Barron Elementary SchoolHow large is Ruth Barron Elementary School?
Ruth Barron Elementary School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Ruth Barron Elementary School serve?
Ruth Barron Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Ruth Barron Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Ruth Barron Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (45 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ruth Barron Elementary School?
At Ruth Barron Elementary School, the student body is approximately 11% White, 72% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Ruth Barron Elementary School in?
Ruth Barron Elementary School is part of PFLUGERVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.