Dessau Middle School is in the Pflugerville ISD and earned a 5/10 rating from Great School’s as of October 2026. Home of the Diamondbacks, Dessau Middle sits at 12900 Dessau Road in Austin’s 78754 zip code and serves 6th through 8th grade for families in Lisso, Gaston-Sheldon, Northtown Park, Harris Ridge, Edgebrooke, and the other neighborhoods along the Dessau Road and Pflugerville Parkway corridor. If you’re considering a home zoned to this school, this page covers the school’s official ratings, its attendance zone, and three years of real closed-sales data for homes zoned here from Unlock MLS.
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Dessau Middle School Snapshot
- Address: 12900 Dessau Road, Austin, TX 78754
- School District: Pflugerville ISD
- Grades Served: 6–8
- Enrollment: 615 students
- Student-Teacher Ratio: 10.6:1
- Principal: Alicia Ramirez
- School Hours: 8:05 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.
- Mascot: Diamondbacks
- Phone: (512) 594-2600
- GreatSchools Rating: It is 5/10 as of October 2026.
GreatSchools and the Texas Education Agency measure different things, which is worth knowing before comparing schools. GreatSchools weighs test performance against schools serving similar student populations. The Texas Education Agency’s rating, below, is the state’s own official measurement and the one used for school accountability purposes.
Academic Performance: Texas Education Agency Accountability Rating
In TEA’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, updated in September 2026, Dessau Middle School earned an overall C with a score of 74, its second straight C after a D in 2022-23 and an F in 2023-24. School Progress is the campus’s strongest domain, while Student Achievement, which is based on STAAR results, remains a D. About 83% of Dessau Middle’s students are economically disadvantaged.
- Overall TEA Rating (2025-26): C (74)
- Student Achievement: D (67), based on STAAR performance
- School Progress: C (75), with Academic Growth at D (62) and Relative Performance at C (75)
- Closing the Gaps: C (71)
- Prior Overall Ratings: C (71) in 2021-22, D (69) in 2022-23, F (59) in 2023-24, C (78) in 2024-25
For context, under TEA’s scale, an A rating reflects exemplary performance, B is recognized performance, C is acceptable, D needs improvement, and F is unacceptable.
Source: Texas Education Agency 2026 Accountability Rating Overall Summary for Dessau Middle School (campus 227904045), plus the 2022 through 2025 summaries for prior years. The 2022-23 and 2023-24 ratings were released late, in 2025, after litigation over TEA’s rating methodology. TEA issues updated ratings annually, so verify the current rating directly with Pflugerville ISD or TEA before making a decision based on it.
Programs at Dessau Middle School
- Band, including a Wind Ensemble that has earned three straight UIL Sweepstakes awards
- Choir, theatre, dance, and visual arts
- Junior Thespian Troupe 10450, which the campus says is the only theatre arts honor society at a Pflugerville ISD middle school
- Pre-AP advanced courses and a Gifted & Talented program
- Athletics: football, volleyball, basketball, cross country, soccer, and track and field
- National Junior Honor Society and Academic UIL, covering speaking, writing, and tested events
- Clubs including Garden Club, Step Team, and Girl Scouts
- Studio A109, a student broadcast team
- SkillBuilders after-school and Saturday tutoring, plus the Project LIT reading community
- A house system with four houses (Timbers, Crotalus, Sidewinders, and Mojave), each paired with a university partner
Contact Dessau Middle School or Pflugerville ISD directly for current course offerings, tryout dates, and program eligibility.
Where is Dessau Middle School?
Dessau Middle School is located at:
12900 Dessau Road
Austin, TX 78754
Dessau Middle School Attendance Zone Map
The map above shows where the Dessau Middle School campus sits. To confirm whether a specific home address is zoned to Dessau Middle, use Pflugerville ISD’s official address lookup: Pflugerville ISD Find My School Map.
Dessau Middle’s zone is built from five elementary zones: all of Barron, Wilhelmina Delco, and Wieland Elementary, plus parts of Dessau and Pflugerville Elementary. On the Pflugerville side, that covers Lisso, Gaston-Sheldon, Brookfield Estates, Northtown Park, Northtown West, the Village at Northtown, Wildflower, Fort Dessau, Hillcrest, the Retreat at Harris Ridge, Pflugerville Estates, Bluebonnet Acres, and Parco Estates. Farther south along Dessau Road and Howard Lane, it covers Harris Ridge, Harris Glen, Edgebrooke, and the Upper East End. Nearby Cantarra, Cantarra Meadow, Gatlinburg, and Cambridge Estates are zoned to Bohls Middle School, and Copperfield and the Retreat at Tech Ridge are zoned to Westview Middle School, even though some of their MLS listings say Dessau.
Pflugerville ISD will close Dessau Elementary and Pflugerville Elementary after the 2026-27 school year and is redrawing elementary boundaries for 2027-28. Dessau Middle School is not closing, but which elementary schools feed it will change once the new map is adopted, so confirm a specific address’s assigned schools directly with the district before writing an offer.
Homes Zoned to Dessau Middle School: Market Stats
Here is what actually happened in Dessau Middle School’s attendance zone over the past three years, pulled directly from Unlock MLS for single-family homes in Pflugerville ISD whose listings assign them to Dessau Middle, checked against the district’s boundary map. Most of these sales are in Lisso, Gaston-Sheldon, Edgebrooke, the Upper East End, Harris Ridge, and Northtown Park.
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 | 175 | $408,650 | $214.90 | 97% | 29 days |
| Sept 2023 – Aug 2024 | 234 | $409,655 | $208.17 | 97% | 44 days |
| Sept 2024 – Aug 2025 | 207 | $391,270 | $213.83 | 99% | 50 days |
| Trailing 12 Months (Sept 2025 – Aug 2026) | 195 | $374,000 | $203.46 | 99% | 49 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Sales in Cantarra, Cantarra Meadow, Gatlinburg, Cambridge Estates, Copperfield, and the Retreat at Tech Ridge are excluded, along with a handful of other addresses and three duplicate listings: those homes are tagged Dessau Middle in the MLS, but Pflugerville ISD’s 2025-26 boundary map zones them to Bohls, Westview, or other middle schools.
The median sale price in the Dessau Middle zone has slipped from $408,650 in 2022-23 to $374,000 over the trailing twelve months, a drop of about 8.5%. Median price per square foot fell less, about 5.3%, from $214.90 to $203.46. Sales volume is up about 11% from 2022-23, to 195 homes, though below the 234 sold in 2023-24. Homes are taking longer to sell, with median days on market up from 29 to 49, yet the sale-to-list ratio improved from 97% to 99%, so homes that are priced right still sell close to asking. The zone splits into two price tiers: over the past year, homes in Lisso, Edgebrooke, and the Upper East End, which feed Weiss High School, sold for a median of $415,000, while homes in the Connally High School portion sold for a median of about $326,000.
Current Inventory Snapshot
As of September 30, 2026
| Status | Count | Median List Price | Median Days on Market |
| Active | 60 | $357,000 | 78 days |
| Active Under Contract | 2 | $317,250 | 111 days |
| Pending | 26 | $399,695 | 65 days |
Data sourced from Unlock MLS. Statistics deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Listings outside the Dessau Middle zone are excluded, as noted above.
88 homes are currently active, under contract, or pending in the Dessau Middle zone. With 60 active listings against about 16 sales a month over the past year, the zone has under four months of inventory, close to a balanced market. The median active list price of $357,000 sits below last year’s median sale price of $374,000, largely because more of the current listings are in the lower-priced Connally High School portion of the zone. The 26 pending homes skew higher, with a median list price of $399,695.
Homes for Sale Near Dessau Middle School
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Neighborhoods Zoned to Dessau Middle School
The neighborhoods below have homes zoned to Dessau Middle School. Lisso, Gaston-Sheldon, the Upper East End, Brookfield Estates, Northtown Park, Fort Dessau, Hillcrest, and the Retreat at Harris Ridge are zoned here in full. Several other communities in the zone, including Edgebrooke, Harris Ridge, the Village at Northtown, Northtown West, Wildflower, and Pflugerville Estates, don’t have their own guide yet. Click through to each one’s own guide for more detail.
Lisso
3-5 beds, 2-4 baths, 1,500-3,000 sqft, Mid $300,000s – High $500,000s
Gaston Sheldon
2-5 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,100-2,500 sqft, High $200,000s – Low $300,000s
Upper East End
3-4 beds, 3 baths, 1,800-2,200 sqft, High $300,000s – Low $400,000s
Northtown Park
2-4 beds, 1-4 baths, 900-2,500 sqft, Low $200,000s – Mid $400,000s
Brookfield Estates
2-4 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,100-2,800 sqft, High $200,000s – High $300,000s
Fort Dessau
3-5 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,400-3,000 sqft, Mid $300,000s – Low $400,000s
Hillcrest
3-5 beds, 2-3 baths, 1,500-2,700 sqft, High $300,000s – Low $400,000s
Retreat at Harris Ridge
2-6 beds, 2-5 baths, 1,400-5,400 sqft, High $300,000s – High $400,000s
Feeder Elementary and High Schools
Dessau Middle School draws students from these Pflugerville ISD elementary schools:
- Ruth Barron Elementary, 14850 Harris Ridge Boulevard, Pflugerville, TX 78660 (entire zone)
Great Schools Rating: 4/10 - Wilhelmina Delco Elementary, 12900-A Dessau Road, Austin, TX 78754 (entire zone)
Great Schools Rating: 5/10 - Wieland Elementary, 900 Tudor House Road, Pflugerville, TX 78660 (entire zone)
Great Schools Rating: 6/10 - Dessau Elementary, 1501 Dessau Ridge Lane, Austin, TX 78754 (part of its zone; closing after 2026-27)
Great Schools Rating: 3/10 - Pflugerville Elementary, 701 Immanuel Road, Pflugerville, TX 78660 (part of its zone; closing after 2026-27)
Great Schools Rating: 5/10
Dessau Middle students then feed into one of two high schools, depending on home address:
- John B. Connally High School, 13212 North Lamar Boulevard, Austin, TX 78753 (Barron, Delco, and Wieland neighborhoods, plus Harris Ridge, Fort Dessau, Pflugerville Estates, and Bluebonnet Acres)
Great Schools Rating: 2/10 - Weiss High School, 5201 Wolf Pack Drive, Pflugerville, TX 78660 (Lisso, Edgebrooke, and the Upper East End)
Great Schools Rating: 6/10
Source: Pflugerville ISD’s 2025-26 School Attendance Boundaries map. Most of the Dessau Middle zone by area feeds Connally High School, but Lisso, Edgebrooke, and the Upper East End, which account for about half of the zone’s recent home sales, feed Weiss High School. Feeder patterns will shift with the 2027-28 rezoning, so confirm directly with Pflugerville ISD for any specific address.
Frequently Asked Questions
Ratings & Zoning
Dessau Middle School earned an overall C (74) from the Texas Education Agency for 2025-26, its second straight C. It scored a C (75) in School Progress and a C (71) in Closing the Gaps, while Student Achievement, based on STAAR results, was a D (67). The rating has improved from an F (59) in 2023-24. Many families weigh the rating alongside programs such as its award-winning band and its theatre honor society.
It is 5/10 as of October 2026.
Dessau Middle received an overall C (74) in TEA’s 2025-26 accountability ratings, updated in September 2026. By domain, it scored a D (67) in Student Achievement, a C (75) in School Progress, and a C (71) in Closing the Gaps. Its prior overall scores were 71 in 2021-22, 69 in 2022-23, 59 in 2023-24, and 78 in 2024-25.
Lisso, Gaston-Sheldon, Brookfield Estates, Northtown Park, Northtown West, the Village at Northtown, Wildflower, Fort Dessau, Hillcrest, the Retreat at Harris Ridge, Pflugerville Estates, Bluebonnet Acres, Parco Estates, Harris Ridge, Edgebrooke, and the Upper East End are all zoned to Dessau Middle School under Pflugerville ISD’s 2025-26 boundary map.
No. Some Cantarra and Cantarra Meadow listings are tagged Dessau Middle in the MLS, but Pflugerville ISD’s 2025-26 boundary map zones both to Bohls Middle School and Weiss High School. Copperfield and the Retreat at Tech Ridge are also sometimes tagged Dessau but are zoned to Westview Middle School. Confirm with the district’s Find My School map before relying on a listing’s school fields.
Pflugerville ISD’s Find My School map lets you search any address directly. Because the district is closing Dessau Elementary and Pflugerville Elementary after 2026-27 and redrawing boundaries for 2027-28, check the exact address rather than relying on the neighborhood name or the MLS listing.
Programs, Feeder Schools & the Local Market
Dessau Middle serves 6th through 8th grade. The school day runs from 8:05 a.m. to 3:35 p.m.
Dessau Middle offers band, choir, theatre, dance, and visual arts, including a Wind Ensemble with three straight UIL Sweepstakes awards and Junior Thespian Troupe 10450. It also offers Pre-AP and Gifted and Talented courses, football, volleyball, basketball, cross country, soccer, and track, National Junior Honor Society, Academic UIL, a student broadcast team, and clubs such as Garden Club and Step Team.
Dessau Middle had about 615 students in its most recent state data, with a student-teacher ratio of about 10.6 to 1.
Over the trailing 12 months, the median closed sale price for single-family homes zoned to Dessau Middle was $374,000, based on Unlock MLS data. Homes in Lisso, Edgebrooke, and the Upper East End sold for a median of $415,000, while homes in the Connally High School portion of the zone sold for a median of about $326,000.
Median prices in the zone are about 8.5% below their 2022-23 level, and homes that sold in the past year took a median of 49 days to sell, up from 29 days three years ago. With 60 active listings and under four months of inventory, buyers have more choice than a few years ago, though well-priced homes still sell at about 99% of list price.
It depends on the address. Most of the zone, including the Barron, Delco, and Wieland Elementary neighborhoods and Harris Ridge, feeds John B. Connally High School. Lisso, Edgebrooke, and the Upper East End feed Weiss High School, according to Pflugerville ISD’s 2025-26 attendance boundary map.
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