📍 12900 Dessau Rd, Austin, Travis County, 78754
Dessau Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Austin, Travis County. The school has 683 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Lacey Ajibola. It is part of the Pflugerville Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 61.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1. 25% of students are proficient in reading. 21% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Dessau Middle enrolls 683 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 52% male and 48% female. A teaching staff of 61.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 71% Hispanic or Latino, 13% Black or African American and 8.5% Asian.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 484 | 71% |
| Black or African American | 90 | 13% |
| Asian | 58 | 8.5% |
| White | 34 | 5% |
| Two or more races | 15 | 2.2% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
445 of the school's 683 students (65%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 433 qualify for free lunch and 12 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Dessau Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 14, state house district 50.
Dessau Middle is one of 33 schools in PFLUGERVILLE ISD, based in PFLUGERVILLE, Texas. The district serves 25,477 students district-wide and employs 1,807 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 683 students, Dessau Middle is close to the district average of about 772 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large