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Pillow Elem

Travis County · Region 13: Austin · 276 students

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Current score
59/1002025-26
Change
−33 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
−19.4 ptsvs 78.4 average · 2,080 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,962 of 2,080tied with 43 others
F59

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 87 in 2021-22. The current score is below the 78.4 average for 2,080 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Pillow Elem is rated F by TEA, scoring 59 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 78.4 average for 2,080 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 33 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,962nd of 2,080 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 43 others).

1 consecutive year rated unacceptable.

Put the numbers in context

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averagePillow Elem 9259707059 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated B with 87 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26F5978.4 2,080 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25C7077.9 2,065 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24C7075.8 2,051 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23F5976.3 2,026 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9281.7 2,010 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement59 F−15.3 vs similar economic context · 1,935 reporting
  • School Progress59 F−20.6 vs similar economic context · 1,929 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps65 D−10.7 vs similar economic context · 1,914 reporting
  • Academic Growth59 F−13.6 vs similar economic context · 1,871 reporting
  • Relative Performance59 F−19.0 vs similar economic context · 1,929 reporting
  • Pillow Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,080 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement59F1
School Progress59F1
Closing the Gaps65D5
Academic Growth59F1
Relative Performance59F1

Closest to moving up: Student Achievement, 1 point below D in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level58%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
  • Meets grade level32%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
  • Masters grade level13%−5 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level61%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 reporting
  • Masters grade level17%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,932 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level60%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,924 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,924 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,924 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level45%−25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,777 reporting
  • Meets grade level8%−33 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,777 reporting
  • Masters grade level0%−17 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,777 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,080 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
276
Economically disadvantaged
74.9%±0.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
57.1%+33.1 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.0%−2.8 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.4%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
22.9%+3.9 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Pillow Elem

African American: 7.3%Hispanic: 67.6%White: 14.9%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 8.7%Two or More Races: 1.1%
  • African American 7.3%
  • Hispanic 67.6%
  • White 14.9%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 8.7%
  • Two or More Races 1.1%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,080 reporting for every category shown · 2,080 in full cohort

African American: 13.2%Hispanic: 61.7%White: 19.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.1%
  • African American 13.2%
  • Hispanic 61.7%
  • White 19.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
275
Economically disadvantaged students
206
Emergent bilingual students
157
Special education students
44

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
87
Students in TEA mobility denominator
302
TEA-published mobility rate
28.8%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 276 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 80 (22.5%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
276

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−80

Decrease · −22.5%

Change since 2021–22
−140

Decrease · −33.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
276
Selected comparison
638.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,050 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Pillow Elem
School yearStudents enrolledPillow ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 416 First available year 656.6
2022–23 386 Decrease of 30 (7.2%) 660.2
2023–24 365 Decrease of 21 (5.4%) 657.3
2024–25 356 Decrease of 9 (2.5%) 654.7
2025–26 276 Decrease of 80 (22.5%) 638.1

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
Suppressed

Rate not available

Disciplinary actions
Suppressed

Rate not available

Cumulative year-end enrollment
402

2024–25

TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Pillow Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 465 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2021–22 477 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 462 Not reported — Not reported — — —
2023–24 444 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2024–25 402 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Pillow Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$18k$28k20182020202220242025
  • Pillow Elem
  • Parent district: Austin ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$13,555
Selected comparison
$13,082

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,063 rated schools reporting

+$473 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $13,555 per student for this campus, $26,839 per student for its parent district, Austin ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearPillow ElemParent district: Austin ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$8,212$13,757$13,054$8,047 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,941 rated schools reporting
2019$8,492$14,067$13,108$8,184 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,958 rated schools reporting
2020$8,409$16,747$14,058$8,736 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,979 rated schools reporting
2021$9,768$18,042$14,797$9,298 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,991 rated schools reporting
2022$10,693$18,220$15,708$10,601 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,010 rated schools reporting
2023$9,287$16,721$16,792$11,181 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,026 rated schools reporting
2024$12,017$19,064$18,125$12,306 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,049 rated schools reporting
2025$13,555$26,839$18,972$13,082 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,063 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$65,058−$1,621 vs similar economic context
Teachers
25−18.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
11.2−2.9 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Pillow Elem

Beginning: 6.1%1 to 5 years: 44.9%6 to 10 years: 16.3%11 to 20 years: 24.5%21 to 30 years: 8.2%
  • Beginning 6.1%
  • 1 to 5 years 44.9%
  • 6 to 10 years 16.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 24.5%
  • 21 to 30 years 8.2%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,080 reporting for every category shown · 2,080 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 27.5%6 to 10 years: 19%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.2%Over 30 years: 3.7%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 19%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.2%
  • Over 30 years 3.7%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Pillow Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classPillow Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten1217.9
Grade 11418.2
Grade 214.518.3
Grade 31318.7
Grade 41418.9
Grade 514.119.9

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

Download the full dataset · this campus's district

Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 227901151.