Dessau Elementary School
Public elementary school in Austin, Texas · Pflugerville ISD · Grades Pre-K–5
Dessau Elementary School serves 554 students in grades Pre-K–5 in Austin (Travis County). It is one of 34 schools in Pflugerville ISD. By enrollment it is the 1991st largest of 4,726 public elementary schools in Texas (median 516 students). With 15.1 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas elementary school (14.8).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 4,726 Texas elementary schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | Elementary |
| Grades | Pre-K–5 |
| District | Pflugerville ISD |
| County | Travis County |
| Area type | City, large |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 483483006463 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Pflugerville ISD | Texas elementary schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 554 | 25,477 | 516 |
| Students per teacher | 15.1 | 14.1 | 14.8 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 82.7% | 50.4% | 72% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 55% of Texas elementary schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Dessau Elementary School in context
Size
Dessau Elementary School is the 10th largest of Pflugerville ISD's 22 elementary schools; its 554 students are 2.2% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 1.5 miles away and have a median of 602 students, so Dessau Elementary School is close to their typical size.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 5 with 98 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 59, against an average of 79 per grade. This year grade 5 has 29% more students than kindergarten (98 against 76). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 59 children in pre-K.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 73.3% of enrollment, a higher share than across Pflugerville ISD (50.1%). Black students are next, at 13%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
82.7% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 50.4% across Pflugerville ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Dessau Elementary School has 36.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 554 students would have about 37.4 teachers, so Dessau Elementary School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).
Location
NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other elementary school is Wilhelmina Delco Elementary School, 0.2 miles away in the same district. There are 40 elementary schools within 5 miles and 116 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 73.3% |
| Black | 13% |
| White | 7.2% |
| Asian | 5.4% |
| Two or more races | 1.1% |
51.6% of students are girls and 48.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Pre-K | 59 |
| Kindergarten | 76 |
| Grade 1 | 80 |
| Grade 2 | 74 |
| Grade 3 | 92 |
| Grade 4 | 75 |
| Grade 5 | 98 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
1501 Dessau Ridge Ln, Austin, TX 78754
Phone: (512)594-4600
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Dessau Elementary School. Blue: the nearest elementary schools.
Nearby elementary schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wilhelmina Delco Elementary School | Pflugerville ISD | 0.2 mi | 470 | 12.2 | 85.3% |
| IDEA Parmer Park Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.1 mi | 621 | 22 | 81% |
| Copperfield Elementary School | Pflugerville ISD | 1.3 mi | 526 | 12.8 | 90.3% |
| Wieland Elementary School | Pflugerville ISD | 1.5 mi | 372 | 10.3 | 66.7% |
| Ruth Barron Elementary School | Pflugerville ISD | 1.5 mi | 583 | 13.1 | 89% |
| IDEA Pflugerville Academy | IDEA Public Schools | 1.9 mi | 665 | 20.1 | 79.2% |
| Basis Pflugerville Primary School | Basis Texas | 2.0 mi | 853 | 18.1 | – |
| Nyos Lamar Elementary School | Nyos Charter School | 2.1 mi | 858 | 13.2 | 30% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.