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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ASHLEY EL this year?
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Enrollment
572
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001010500
ASHLEY EL
15601 CHRISTOPHER LN, FRISCO, TX 75035 · (469) 633-3700 · Collin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL572 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
62 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
77.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
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
68.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
572
-86 (-13%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.9:1
% White
24%
was 36%
% Hispanic
6%
was 6%
% Black
11%
was 5%
% Asian
51%
was 48%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ASHLEY EL
As an average-sized elementary-level community in FRISCO, Texas, ASHLEY EL educates 572 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of FRISCO ISD.
Within FRISCO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 65,289 students, ASHLEY EL is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, ASHLEY EL records that 51% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 24% White, 11% Black, 6% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, ASHLEY EL reports 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 11% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, ASHLEY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.1%; this one delivers 68.7%.
Across the wider county, census data for Collin County shows median household earnings sit near $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ASHLEY EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).
Nearest neighbor: NORRIS EL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ASHLEY EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 75.9%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ASHLEY EL has edged down 13%, going from 658 students in 2018 to 572 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 36% to 24%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the ASHLEY EL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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 FRISCO ISD
- WAKELAND H SHigh · 2,230 students
- REEDY H SHigh · 2,201 students
- LEBANON TRAIL H SHigh · 2,173 students
- CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,018 students
- LONE STAR H SHigh · 2,004 students
- HERITAGE H SHigh · 1,996 students
Other schools in FRISCO
- ROCK HILL H SHigh · 2,442 students
- WAKELAND H SHigh · 2,230 students
- REEDY H SHigh · 2,201 students
- LEBANON TRAIL H SHigh · 2,173 students
- CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,018 students
- LONE STAR H SHigh · 2,004 students
Nearby schools
- NORRIS EL0.8 mi · 606
- INDEPENDENCE H S0.9 mi · 1,698
- NELSON MIDDLE0.9 mi · 1,094
- HERITAGE H S1.1 mi · 1,996
- OGLE EL1.1 mi · 531
- ROACH MIDDLE1.1 mi · 953
Frequently asked questions
About ASHLEY ELHow large is ASHLEY EL?
ASHLEY EL enrolls approximately 572 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does ASHLEY EL serve?
ASHLEY EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at ASHLEY EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at ASHLEY EL is approximately 14.7:1 (39 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at ASHLEY EL?
At ASHLEY EL, the student body is approximately 24% White, 6% Hispanic, 11% Black, 51% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees ASHLEY EL?
ASHLEY EL is overseen by FRISCO ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.