Check out the latest updates from Pflugerville ISD's Oct. 22 board of trustees meeting.
6 campuses to submit improvement plans to the state
Dessau, Timmerman and Spring Hill elementary schools, Pflugerville and Westview middle schools, and Connally High School are all required to submit a targeted improvement plan, or TIP, to the state.
Director of School Improvement Rachel Naugle said five of the six campuses have received a grant from the Texas Education Agency that requires a TIP to be submitted.
Westview is the only campus that was federally identified for the plan due to receiving a "C" accountability rating in 2026. However, Naugle said a TIP does not automatically indicate a campus has received a low accountability rating.
Per the TEA, the TIP strategies include:
Accelerating Campus Excellence, or ACE, model: This strategy includes placing high-performing teachers and principals on campuses; offering financial incentives, such as stipends; and implementing best practices for a campus, such as data-driven instruction and extended learning opportunities.
Dessau and Timmerman are implementing the ACE model, while Spring Hill, Pflugerville, Westview and Connally are implementing intensive C&I.
Naugle noted that Northwest Elementary is also in its second year of a turnaround plan, or TAP. The campus was identified for a TAP after receiving an "F" accountability rating. In 2026, that rating had improved to a "D."
New 2026-27 budget projections show $3.4 million shortfall decrease
PfISD is in the fourth month of its 2026-27 fiscal year, and Chief Financial Officer Jennifer Land said the district is already seeing slight budget improvements from what was adopted in June.
Notable changes include an additional $600,000 in revenues and a $2.8 million decrease in expenditures, bringing the projected budget shortfall from $14.4 million to $11 million.
Land said in the first six weeks of school, PfISD had 183 more students enrolled than previously projected, which equates to 167 students for average daily attendance funding. This could increase state funding by at least $1.7 million, Land said.
The projected ending fund balance is currently $72.2 million, which represents approximately 86 days of operating expenditures.
"This is encouraging news, but I don't want it to be lost in the fact that it's really early in the year, and we still see some changes," Land said. "Whether they're favorable or unfavorable, we'll have to continue to monitor the budget and see where we end up, and it's way too early right now to make any budgetary adjustments based on this information."
Housing activity up, kindergarten enrollment down
Zonda Demographics representative Paul Cash provided the latest PfISD report, which included information on housing activity within the district and enrollment projections over the next decade.
Cash said the number of housing starts and closings within PfISD are already on track to be higher this year than in 2025. The Carpenter Elementary zone has the most starting and closing activity, followed by Mott Elementary and Pflugerville Elementary.
PfISD also has over 2,000 vacant developed lots—which are prepared and ready for building—and over 10,000 future lots, which could still be several years away from being ready to build.
There are also several active and future subdivisions underway in various attendance zones, each slated to bring hundreds of lots.
Largest active subdivisions: Blackhawk Park, Carmel Trails, Greenwood and Lisso
Largest future subdivisions: Bohl's Tract, Villages of New Sweden, Steeple View and Fossil Creek
There are also 1,200 multifamily units under construction within PfISD and nearly 8,400 future rental units in various stages of planning.
Student yield is down statewide as families are not buying or moving as frequently, Cash said. PfISD's current enrollment of 24,704 shows a decrease of 342 students from 2025-26. While 12th grade enrollment remains steady, kindergarten numbers continue to drop.
Cash projected a 1.1% decrease in enrollment over the next five years—reaching 23,376 students in 2031-32—largely driven by declining kindergarten enrollment, a trend that he said is happening statewide.
"School choice seems to be one of the reasons why that is happening more, and I think that is—again—us and our marketing and attraction that needs to grab those students and create the space that really makes parents want to have their children enrolled with us, versus an alternative," trustee Jean Mayer said.
