Pickle Elementary is in the Austin ISD and earned a 2/10 rating from Great School’s as of October 2026. The campus sits at 1101 Wheatley Ave. in the St. John area of Austin’s 78752 zip code and serves Pre-K through 5th grade. Pickle’s attendance zone did not change for 2026-27, but it gained a program in Austin ISD’s consolidation: Ridgetop Elementary closed, and its dual language program became a two-way dual language program at Pickle. The entire zone feeds Webb Middle School and Northeast Early College High School. Scroll down to read more about homes near Pickle Elementary School.
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Pickle Elementary School Snapshot
- Address: 1101 Wheatley Ave., Austin, TX 78752
- Phone: (512) 841-8400
- School District: Austin ISD
- Grades Served: Pre-K through 5th grade
- Enrollment: 349 students (2025-26)
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 11.2:1 (TEA, 2025-26)
- Principal: Kara Schultz (new for 2026-27)
- School Hours: 7:40 a.m. to 3:10 p.m.
- Mascot: the Penguins
- Opened: 2001
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 2/10 as of October 2026.
Pickle opened in 2001 and is named for U.S. Rep. J.J. “Jake” Pickle, who gave the school a flag flown over the U.S. Capitol at its first assembly. The building is a joint venture between Austin ISD and the City of Austin and is shared with the St. John Community Center, a community clinic, a recreation center and a public library. In 2025-26, Pickle enrolled 349 students, with 98.3% economically disadvantaged, 84.0% emergent bilingual and 24.9% receiving special education services, according to TEA. For 2026-27, Pickle has a new principal, Kara Schultz, and is implementing a state-mandated turnaround plan with added staffing and academic supports. GreatSchools and TEA measure different things. GreatSchools weighs test results against schools with similar student populations, while TEA’s rating, below, is the state’s official accountability measure.
Academic Performance: Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating
In TEA’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, released in August 2026, Pickle Elementary earned an overall F with a score of 55. That is down 1 point from an F (56) in 2024-25 and its third straight F, after an F (50) in 2023-24. Pickle was a D (69) in 2022-23 and a B (84) in 2021-22.
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): F (55)
- Student Achievement: F, 51 out of 100 (based on STAAR performance)
- School Progress: F, 57 out of 100 (Academic Growth F/57, Relative Performance F/53)
- Closing the Gaps: F, 51 out of 100
- Prior Overall Ratings: B (84) in 2021-22, D (69) in 2022-23, F (50) in 2023-24, F (56) in 2024-25
- Austin ISD (2025-26): B (81) district-wide
Under TEA’s scale, an A reflects exemplary performance, B is recognized, C is acceptable, D needs improvement, and F is unacceptable. All of Pickle’s 2025-26 domain scores were in the F range. Student Achievement, the share of students meeting STAAR standards, held at 51. School Progress slipped from a D (60) to an F (57), with Academic Growth at 57 and Relative Performance, which compares results with schools serving similar shares of economically disadvantaged students, at 53. Closing the Gaps, which measures results for student groups, improved from 46 to 51 but remained an F. TEA identified Pickle for comprehensive support and improvement in 2023-24 and reidentified it in 2024-25 and 2025-26. Because of two years of unacceptable ratings, Pickle is implementing a state-mandated turnaround plan in 2026-27. The campus earned no distinction designations in the years shown.
Source: Texas Education Agency accountability summaries for Pickle Elementary (campus 227901164), 2022 through 2026 (2025-26 ratings released August 2026). The 2022-23 and 2023-24 ratings were delayed by litigation and released in 2025. TEA issues updated ratings annually, so verify the current rating directly with Austin ISD or TEA before making a decision based on it.
Programs at Pickle Elementary
These are the programs Austin ISD and the Pickle campus list for this school. Pickle describes itself as a 90% dual language campus, and Austin ISD lists it as a Community School because of its shared site with the St. John Community Center.
- Dual Language: Pickle describes itself as a 90% dual language campus and now hosts a two-way Spanish dual language program that took in Ridgetop’s former program in 2026-27. Two-way classes serve both native Spanish and native English speakers. About 78% of students were in Bilingual/ESL programs in 2025-26 (TEA).
- Pre-K: Pickle enrolls Pre-K. TEA counted 29 Pre-K 4 students and no Pre-K 3 students in 2025-26.
- Community school: Austin ISD lists Pickle as a Community School, with health, wellness and other services through its shared St. John Community Center site.
- After-school: The YMCA offers free after-school care inside the school, Creative Action offers after-care on site, and the Virginia L. Brown Recreation Center next door runs an after-school program. More than 100 students take part in UT’s Neighborhood Longhorns Program.
- Cultural events and SEL: The campus celebrates Hispanic Heritage Month, Pickle Day, Black History Month and Cinco de Mayo, and reports SEL lessons in every classroom.
- Gifted and Talented: Identified students are served within the general education classroom through Austin ISD’s cluster grouping model led by GT-trained teachers. All 2nd graders take a nonverbal universal screener each fall, and families can refer students during the fall referral window.
- Student and family support: Communities In Schools, breakfast in the classroom, after-school meals, free breakfast and lunch for all students, a parent support specialist, PTA and more than 20 parent workshops a year.
For 2026-27, Ridgetop Elementary’s former school-wide dual language program was converted to a two-way program at Pickle that is not school-wide. Former Ridgetop students and Reilly students have priority transfer, and other families can apply through general transfer. For current details, contact Pickle Elementary at (512) 841-8400.
Where is Pickle Elementary School?
Pickle Elementary is located at:
1101 Wheatley Ave.
Austin, TX 78752
Pickle Elementary Attendance Zone Map
Pickle’s zone covers the area around the campus on Wheatley Ave. in the 78752 zip code. It is a small zone for single-family homes: most of its sales since September 2022 were in St. John’s College Addition and the A.K. Black subdivisions, with a few in Cameron Park and small condominium regimes. Pickle’s attendance zone did not change for 2026-27.
Austin ISD plans Phase 1 boundary changes for 2027-28, with a board vote expected in fall 2026, and a district-wide boundary and feeder realignment for fall 2028, so confirm any address with Austin ISD’s school finder before buying.
Homes Zoned to Pickle Elementary: Market Stats
The figures below cover single-family homes sold through Unlock MLS whose addresses fall inside Pickle Elementary’s 2026-27 attendance zone, based on Austin ISD’s official SY 2026-27 boundary map, not the school typed into each listing. Only 45 homes sold in the zone from September 2022 through August 2026, mainly in St. John’s College Addition and the A.K. Black subdivisions. With 9 to 14 sales a year, the medians below rest on small samples and can swing a lot from year to year.
3-Year Closed Sales Trend
| Period | Homes Sold | Median Sale Price | Median $/Sq Ft | Sale-to-List Ratio | Median Days on Market |
| Sept 2022 – Aug 2023 | 9 | $435,000 | $384.62 | 96.3% | 34 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 14 | $443,900 | $352.58 | 96.1% | 28 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 13 | $390,000 | $272.92 | 97.5% | 22 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 9 | $309,000 | $256.60 | 93.2% | 122 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only. Each Austin ISD listing was geocoded and matched to Austin ISD’s SY 2026-27 Pickle Elementary attendance boundary, so the figures reflect today’s zone rather than the school typed into each listing.
The median sale price in the Pickle zone fell from $435,000 in 2022-23 to $309,000 over the trailing twelve months, a change of about -29.0%. Median price per square foot fell from $384.62 to $256.60 (-33.3%). Both periods had only 9 sales, so treat these changes as a rough signal rather than a precise measure.
Homes have taken much longer to sell recently. Median days on market was 34 days in 2022-23 and 122 days over the past year, and sellers received a median of 93.2% of their final list price, down from 96.3%.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of October 2, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 6 | $245,000 | 88 days |
| Active Under Contract | 0 | – | – |
| Pending | 3 | $250,000 | 52 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Single-family homes only, same zone method as above.
9 homes are currently active or pending in the Pickle Elementary zone, with none under contract. With 6 active listings against about 0.75 sales a month over the past year, the zone has roughly 8.0 months of inventory, a buyer’s market, though with so few sales that figure can change quickly.
The median active list price of $245,000 is below the trailing-twelve-month median sale price of $309,000, and active listings have been on the market a median of 88 days.
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Neighborhoods Zoned to Pickle Elementary
These are the main neighborhoods inside Pickle Elementary’s 2026-27 attendance zone, with price ranges from closed single-family sales through Unlock MLS from September 2022 through August 2026, mapped by address to Austin ISD’s official boundary map:
- A.K. Black subdivisions: 20 sales from $203,000 to $710,000, for homes of about 800 to 2,070 sq ft. 8 of them were built in 2022 or later.
- St. John’s College Addition: 16 sales from $150,000 to $715,000, for homes of about 570 to 2,430 sq ft. Most were built between 1940 and 2023.
- Cameron Park: 3 sales from $400,000 to $495,000, for homes of about 1,310 to 1,640 sq ft. Most were built in 1965.
Several of these neighborhoods are split between attendance zones, and the counts above include only the homes inside Pickle Elementary’s zone. Confirm the zoned school for a specific address with Austin ISD before you buy.
Feeder Middle and High Schools
For 2026-27, the entire Pickle zone feeds Webb Middle School and Northeast Early College High School.
Feeder Middle School
- Webb Middle School
601 E. St. Johns Ave., Austin, TX 78752
Great Schools Rating: 2/10
Feeder High School
- Northeast Early College High School
7104 Berkman Dr., Austin, TX 78752
Great Schools Rating: 3/10
Source: Austin ISD’s official SY 2026-27 attendance boundary and school reassignment layers (updated July 30, 2026); shares are based on where the zone’s single-family home sales since Sept 2022 fall. Feeder patterns can change, and Austin ISD plans boundary changes for 2027-28 and a district-wide realignment for fall 2028, so confirm with the district.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings and Zoning
Pickle earned an F with a score of 55 in TEA’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, released in August 2026. It was an F (56) in 2024-25 and an F (50) in 2023-24, after a D (69) in 2022-23 and a B (84) in 2021-22.
Yes. Because of two years of unacceptable ratings, Pickle is implementing a state-mandated turnaround plan in 2026-27, with added staffing and academic supports. It also has a new principal, Kara Schultz.
Pickle’s zone did not change, but it gained a program: Ridgetop Elementary closed, and its dual language program was converted to a two-way program at Pickle.
Most single-family sales in the zone are in St. John’s College Addition and the A.K. Black subdivisions near the campus, with a few in Cameron Park. Only 45 single-family homes sold in the zone from September 2022 through August 2026.
Use Austin ISD’s school finder, then confirm with the district. Austin ISD plans Phase 1 boundary changes for 2027-28 and a district-wide realignment for fall 2028.
Programs, Feeder Schools and Home Prices
Pickle’s two-way dual language program accepts transfer students. Former Ridgetop students and Reilly students have priority transfer, and other families can apply through Austin ISD’s general transfer process.
The YMCA offers free after-school care inside the school, Creative Action offers after-care on site, and the Virginia L. Brown Recreation Center next door runs an after-school program. More than 100 students take part in UT’s Neighborhood Longhorns Program.
The entire Pickle zone feeds Webb Middle School and Northeast Early College High School.
Over the trailing twelve months, 9 single-family homes sold in the Pickle zone at a median of $309,000, compared with $435,000 in 2022-23. With so few sales, the median can swing widely from year to year.
As of October 2, 2026, there were 6 active single-family listings in the Pickle zone with a median list price of $245,000, plus 3 pending sales.
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