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.

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