Pflugerville Academic and Career Education (Pace)
Public high school in Pflugerville, Texas · Pflugerville ISD · Grades 9–12
Pflugerville Academic and Career Education (Pace) serves 101 students in grades 9–12 in Pflugerville (Travis County). It is one of 34 schools in Pflugerville ISD. By enrollment it is the 1597th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 13.9 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 7.25 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Pflugerville ISD |
| County | Travis County |
| Area type | Suburb, large |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 483483023072 |
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 high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 101 | 25,477 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 13.9 | 14.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 51.5% | 50.4% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 49% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Pflugerville Academic and Career Education (Pace) in context
Size
Of the 5 high schools in Pflugerville ISD, Pflugerville Academic and Career Education (Pace) is the smallest, with 0.4% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 2.5 miles away and have a median of 1,884 students, so Pflugerville Academic and Career Education (Pace) is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.
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 12 with 63 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 4, against an average of 25 per grade. This year grade 12 has 1,475% more students than grade 9 (63 against 4). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 62.4% of enrollment, a higher share than across Pflugerville ISD (50.1%). White students are next, at 17.8%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
51.5% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 50.4% across Pflugerville ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
Pflugerville Academic and Career Education (Pace) has 7.25 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 101 students would have about 7.2 teachers, so Pflugerville Academic and Career Education (Pace) has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other high school is Pflugerville High School, 0.5 miles away in the same district. There are 13 high schools within 5 miles and 36 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 62.4% |
| White | 17.8% |
| Black | 15.8% |
| Two or more races | 3% |
| Asian | 1% |
51.5% of students are girls and 48.5% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 4 |
| Grade 10 | 5 |
| Grade 11 | 29 |
| Grade 12 | 63 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
700 W Pecan St, Pflugerville, TX 78660
Phone: (512)594-1900
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Pflugerville Academic and Career Education (Pace). Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pflugerville High School | Pflugerville ISD | 0.5 mi | 1,794 | 14.1 | 52.4% |
| Premier H S of Pflugerville | Premier High Schools | 0.8 mi | 120 | 38.2 | 54.2% |
| IDEA Pflugerville College Preparatory | IDEA Public Schools | 1.4 mi | 669 | 16 | 77.1% |
| Harmony Science Academy-Pflugerville | Harmony Public Schools - Central Texas | 2.3 mi | 794 | 15.6 | 67.6% |
| Hendrickson High School | Pflugerville ISD | 2.6 mi | 2,128 | 16.3 | 24.1% |
| John B Connally High School | Pflugerville ISD | 3.5 mi | 1,974 | 13.9 | 68.2% |
| Weiss High School | Pflugerville ISD | 3.6 mi | 1,985 | 15.7 | 36% |
| Cedar Ridge High School | Round Rock ISD | 3.7 mi | 2,713 | 16.8 | 32% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.