Pflugerville, Texas is an average size city with 68,789 people. The city has just 2 nursing homes, which doesn't provide you with too many choices. Unfortunately, we gave the nursing homes here city grade of D, which is a very weak grade at the city level. We also looked at the facilities in the nearby city of Killeen, which received an alarming city grade of F. While neither city received a favorable grade, Pflugerville looks like the better choice. If you aren't deterred by this city's report card, you can continue reading to find out about its category grades. This city's nursing homes surprisingly fared well in the area of inspections for instance.
Despite receiving an abysmal overall grade, this city performed favorably in the area of inspections. In fact, many of its nursing homes received relatively impressive inspection reports this year. As a result, we awarded Pflugerville one of our higher grades in that area with a grade of B+. Our inspection scores are based on several pieces of information located in the a nursing home's recent inspection reports. Deficiencies are a key thing to look for on these inspections. Most importantly, you should avoid nursing homes that have severe deficiencies associated with risks to resident well being. Surprisingly, this city also performed respectably in our long-term care category, where it earned a B- in that area. In the last two categories, Pflugerville received grades of C and F for our short-term care and nursing categories respectively. Despite an otherwise respectable profile, a nursing rating in this range may be an ominous sign for levels of nurse staffing.