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What's one thing ALVIS C STORY EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN ISD·NCES 480789006351
Alvis C Story Elementary School
1550 EDELWEISS DR, ALLEN, TX 75002 · (972) 727-0570 · Collin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 24% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
247 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 | 56 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 90 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 61 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 73 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 6 | 83 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (56) is 33% smaller than its 6th grade class (83).
Student demographics
74%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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 45.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 7.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
42.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Alvis C Story Elementary School
Alvis C Story Elementary School's state test result (42.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvis C Story Elementary School this school | 530 | 46.6% | 42.8% |
| Tarver Elementary School TEMPLE | 494 | 44.1% | 43.5% |
| Armand Bayou Elementary School HOUSTON | 518 | 45.4% | 45.4% |
| C J Harris Elementary School PEARLAND | 549 | 49.2% | 53.9% |
| Massey Ranch Elementary School PEARLAND | 541 | 43.3% | 55.4% |
| Bluebonnet Elementary School FORT WORTH | 546 | 46.7% | 47.0% |
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 Alvis C Story Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.8% | #2,225 of 4,401 | #133 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,940 of 4,466 ▼ 860 | #140 of 165 ▼ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,346 of 4,466 ▼ 686 | #129 of 165 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -15.0pp | #157 of 3,998 | #6 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,229 of 4,938 | #99 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #597 of 4,622 | #48 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 74.2% | #165 of 4,628 | #29 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.6% | #3,722 of 4,789 | #53 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.0% | #1,242 of 1,307 | #52 of 54 |
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
530
+82 (+18%) vs 2020
-2% since 1990-91, when it was 543
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 530 | 42 | 12.6:1 | 47% (247) |
| 2023-24 | 618 | 46.3 | 13.3:1 | 46% (286) |
| 2022-23 | 435 | 33.5 | 13.0:1 | 29% (124) |
| 2020-21 | 448 | 33 | 13.6:1 | 28% (125) |
| 2017-18 | 525 | 38.2 | 13.7:1 | 20% (103) |
| 2015-16 | 527 | 36 | 14.6:1 | 18% (97) |
| 2010-11 | 655 | 42 | 15.6:1 | 17% (111) |
| 2000-01 | 751 | 44 | 17.1:1 | 1% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 543 | 33 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alvis C Story Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 1% (525 to 530); teachers up 10% (38.2 to 42).
About Alvis C Story Elementary School
Alvis C Story Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school, is located in ALLEN, Texas. School enrollment was 530 students in 2024-25, in kindergarten through 6.
ALLEN ISD runs 23 schools with a combined 20,838 students. Alvis C Story Elementary School is one of them.
Federal enrollment data show White students as the largest group at Alvis C Story Elementary School, at 34%. Other groups make up 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Asian, and 8% multiracial. County-wide, 54% of Collin County residents are White. Pick two students at random and there is a 74% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Alvis C Story Elementary School counts 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 12.6 students for each one. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 12.6:1 here. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 30% for public schools in Collin County.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Alvis C Story Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Alvis C Story Elementary School is -11.0 points: 42.8% actual, 53.8% predicted.
Across Collin County, the median household income is $121,600, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. In all, Collin County has 338 public schools and roughly 227,575 students.
The shortest distance from Alvis C Story Elementary School to another public school is about 0.7 miles, to George J Anderson Early Childhood School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 62.2% proficiency; Alvis C Story Elementary School posts 42.8%.
Alvis C Story Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
Alvis C Story Elementary School's enrollment grew from 448 in 2020-21 to 530 in 2024-25.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
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
- George J Anderson Early Childhood School0.7 mi · 439
- Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School0.8 mi · 1,323
- Carlena Chandler Elementary School1.0 mi · 731
- Lovejoy High School1.1 mi · 1,581
- Bolin Elementary School1.1 mi · 605
- Gene M Reed Elementary School1.2 mi · 486
Frequently asked questions
About Alvis C Story Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Alvis C Story Elementary School?
Alvis C Story Elementary School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-06.
What grades does Alvis C Story Elementary School serve?
Alvis C Story Elementary School serves grades KG-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alvis C Story Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alvis C Story Elementary School is approximately 12.6:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Alvis C Story Elementary School?
Student demographics at Alvis C Story Elementary School are roughly 34% White, 32% Hispanic, 17% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Alvis C Story Elementary School in?
Alvis C Story Elementary School is part of ALLEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.