PFLUGERVILLE, Texas — Pflugerville Pfamilies Pfirst today released a fiscal and educational analysis of the proposed annexation of Pflugerville ISD into the Austin Community College taxing district, a measure expected on the November 2026 ballot.
The analysis was built from the Travis Central Appraisal District's certified 2026 appraisal roll, covering all 62,489 properties in the school district, and from ACC's published materials, including the college's Fall 2025 Fact Book, its public hearing presentation, and its tuition and fee schedules. The property calculations were checked against the appraisal district's official totals and matched to the dollar.
The study's principal findings:
What it would cost. Once annexed, property inside Pflugerville ISD would pay ACC about $32 million a year in total. Roughly $9.8 million of that is already being paid by parts of the district that joined ACC through earlier City of Austin annexations. The new tax created by the vote applies to the remaining property, about $26 million a year at ACC's current rate before exemptions and roughly $23 million after ACC's exemptions are applied. For a home at the district average, ACC's own figures put the cost at $416 a year.
What it would deliver. Annexation removes ACC's out-of-district fee of $201 per credit hour. ACC reports 1,291 Pflugerville residents enrolled in Fall 2025. Because tuition is already free for recent PfISD graduates, and because dual credit and Early College High School students already attend without paying fees, the fee elimination is worth at most $4.31 million a year and, after accounting for students whose financial aid already covers the fee, closer to $3 million in out-of-pocket relief.
Whether enrollment would grow. The study examined enrollment in every Central Texas community in ACC's Fact Book, including four communities that joined the district by election, communities that have never joined, and the two halves of Pflugerville ISD that the current district boundary already separates. Over the last four years, enrollment growth tracked how fast each community was growing rather than whether it was in the district. Modeled against that record, annexation would add an estimated 100 to 330 Pflugerville students.
Other questions examined. The report also reviews ACC's tax rate structure and the voter-approved ceiling on its operating rate, the economic-impact case for community college investment, what the ballot does and does not commit ACC to build, and several alternatives to annexation, including a local scholarship fund and wider publicity for existing free programs.
We wanted to answer basic questions with public records rather than estimates. How much would this cost, who pays it, what do students get, and what happened in communities that already made this decision. We have published the full methodology, the sources, and the limitations so that anyone, on either side of this question, can check the work and reach their own conclusion.
The study does not make a voting recommendation. It is available in full below, along with the underlying data sources and a description of the calculations used.
Download the full analysis (PDF)
PPP can be reached for questions at info@pfpfpf.org.