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What's one thing ALTON BOYD EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
393
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN ISD·NCES 480789000119
Alton Boyd Elementary School
800 JUPITER RD, ALLEN, TX 75002 · (972) 727-0560 · Collin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL393 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
59%
233 students
DISTRICT 24% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 48 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 49 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 18% larger than its 6th grade class (49).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 34.0% | 21.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 31.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 34.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 35.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alton Boyd Elementary School
Alton Boyd Elementary School's state test result (37.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alton Boyd Elementary School this school | 393 | 59.3% | 37.1% |
| Elizabeth Lopez Hatley Elementary School FORT WORTH | 440 | 58.2% | 34.9% |
| Charlotte Anderson Preparatory Academy ARLINGTON | 373 | 63.0% | 50.8% |
| R F Patterson Elementary School ARLINGTON | 331 | 60.4% | 41.9% |
| Amanda Rochell Elementary School ROCKWALL | 423 | 63.1% | 35.8% |
| Hettie Halstead Elementary School COPPERAS COVE | 390 | 61.5% | 42.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alton Boyd Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.1% | #2,937 of 4,401 | #146 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,916 of 4,466 ▲ 1,302 | #116 of 165 ▲ 30 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,692 of 4,466 ▲ 1,094 | #116 of 165 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #1,439 of 3,998 | #35 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 393 | #3,536 of 4,938 | #150 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #99 of 4,622 | #10 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.4% | #95 of 4,628 | #19 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.3% | #3,150 of 4,789 | #27 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.5% | #157 of 2,838 | #2 of 94 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
393
-222 (-36%) vs 2020
-21% since 1990-91, when it was 500
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 11.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 393 | 36.4 | 10.8:1 | 59% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 430 | 39.2 | 11.0:1 | 57% (243) |
| 2022-23 | 572 | 47.9 | 11.9:1 | 69% (395) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 55 | 11.2:1 | 70% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 660 | 54.8 | 12.1:1 | 67% (445) |
| 2015-16 | 685 | 55 | 12.4:1 | 66% (452) |
| 2010-11 | 597 | 50 | 11.9:1 | 63% (376) |
| 2000-01 | 522 | 37 | 14.1:1 | 17% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alton Boyd Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (660 to 393); teachers down 33% (54.8 to 36.4).
About Alton Boyd Elementary School
In ALLEN, Texas, Alton Boyd Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school. Students in kindergarten through 6 make up the school's enrollment of 393 students. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 24% lower.
In ALLEN ISD, 23 schools enroll a combined 20,838 students.
Black students account for 30% of enrollment at Alton Boyd Elementary School, more than any other group. Other groups make up 28% Hispanic, 26% White, 8% multiracial, and 7% Asian. County-wide, 11% of Collin County residents are Black. The diversity index for Alton Boyd Elementary School is 75%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Its staff includes 36.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for about 10.8 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. There are 233 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 59% of enrollment. The 30% average for public schools in Collin County is 29 points lower.
Alton Boyd Elementary School is 11.3 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (37.1% versus 48.4%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Collin County show that median household income comes to about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The county's public schools total 338, with about 227,575 students.
Max O Vaughan Elementary School is the nearest public school to Alton Boyd Elementary School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Alton Boyd Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Alton Boyd Elementary School had a net loss of 222 students, or 36%.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALLEN ISD
- Allen High SchoolHigh · 5,206 students
- Lowery Freshman CenterHigh · 1,674 students
- Walter & Lois Curtis Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,323 students
- Ereckson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,263 students
- Lois Lindsey Elementary SchoolElementary · 792 students
- Dr E T Boon Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
Other schools in ALLEN
- Allen High SchoolHigh · 5,206 students
- Lowery Freshman CenterHigh · 1,674 students
- Walter & Lois Curtis Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,323 students
- Ereckson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,263 students
- Dr E T Boon Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Carlena Chandler Elementary SchoolElementary · 731 students
Nearby schools
- Max O Vaughan Elementary School0.6 mi · 691
- W E Pete Ford Middle School0.8 mi · 702
- Lowery Freshman Center1.5 mi · 1,674
- McCall Elementary School1.5 mi · 490
- Frances E Norton Elementary School1.6 mi · 622
- Bolin Elementary School1.7 mi · 605
Frequently asked questions
About Alton Boyd Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Alton Boyd Elementary School?
Alton Boyd Elementary School enrolls approximately 393 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Alton Boyd Elementary School serve?
Alton Boyd Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Alton Boyd Elementary School have?
Alton Boyd Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Alton Boyd Elementary School?
Student demographics at Alton Boyd Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 28% Hispanic, 30% Black, 7% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Alton Boyd Elementary School public or private?
Alton Boyd Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALLEN ISD.
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