Summary
Weiss High School in Pflugerville, TX, is a large public high school serving approximately 1,985 students in grades 9-12 within the Pflugerville Independent School District (Isd). Over the past five years, the school has shown remarkable improvement, climbing from the 40th percentile statewide in 2021-2022 to the 70th percentile in 2025-2026, earning a 4-star rating. This rapid ascent makes it the second-highest ranked comprehensive high school in the district, trailing only Hendrickson High School (85th percentile), and significantly outperforming nearby John B Connally High School (17th percentile) and Pflugerville High School (38th percentile).
Weiss consistently achieves proficiency rates well above the district and state averages in core subjects like Biology, English I & II Reading, and U.S. History. For example, in 2025-2026, 77.2% of students were proficient in Biology, compared to the district average of 67.7% and the state average of 70.5%. The school also boasts a strong graduation rate of 95.1% and a very low dropout rate of 0.7%. However, there is one notable exception: Algebra I proficiency is a persistent challenge, with only 39.3% of students proficient in 2025-2026, which is below both the district (46.0%) and state (54.0%) averages. This is a district-wide issue, as all Pflugerville ISD high schools, including Hendrickson, score below the state average in this subject.
Interestingly, Weiss achieves these results with the lowest per-student spending among the district's four comprehensive high schools at $9,030, suggesting efficient resource allocation. The school also shows strong support for diverse student groups, with White students ranking in the 80th percentile and African American students in the 68th percentile. While Weiss is performing very well, it still trails Hendrickson, which has a lower percentage of economically disadvantaged students (24% vs. 36%) and higher spending per student. The key question for the district is how Weiss can learn from Hendrickson's success, particularly in closing the Algebra I gap, to continue its impressive upward trajectory.
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