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Enrollment
669
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN ISD·NCES 480789012461
Beverly Cheatham Elementary School
1501 HOPEWELL DR, ALLEN, TX 75013 · (972) 396-3016 · Collin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL669 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
92 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 | 90 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 94 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 97 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 96 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 101 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 107 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 16% smaller than its 6th grade class (107).
Student demographics
66%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
82.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
81.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 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 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 59.0% | 23.0% | 10.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 56.0% | 25.0% | 13.0% | 6.0% |
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 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 88.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 79.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 66.0% |
| 2020-21 | 53.0% | 70.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
86.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 86% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Beverly Cheatham Elementary School
Beverly Cheatham Elementary School's state test result (86.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Beverly Cheatham Elementary School this school | 669 | 13.8% | 86.4% |
| Smith Elementary School FRISCO | 642 | 13.2% | 65.7% |
| Colony Meadows Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 653 | 17.3% | 73.3% |
| Gunstream Elementary School FRISCO | 725 | 11.7% | 67.3% |
| Jack and June Furr Elementary School MCKINNEY | 790 | 13.5% | 58.1% |
| Comstock Elementary School MCKINNEY | 680 | 8.4% | 75.0% |
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 Beverly Cheatham Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 86.4% | #20 of 4,401 | #3 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #115 of 4,466 ▼ 90 | #18 of 165 ▼ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #187 of 4,466 ▼ 127 | #20 of 165 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,183 of 3,998 | #63 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 669 | #1,127 of 4,938 | #49 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.0:1 | #3,872 of 4,622 | #155 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.3% | #863 of 4,628 | #108 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 13.8% | #4,567 of 4,789 | #127 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.4% | #455 of 1,307 | #22 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
669
-116 (-15%) vs 2020
-12% since 2010-11, when it was 762
Student : Teacher
17.0:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 669 | 39.4 | 17.0:1 | 14% (92) |
| 2023-24 | 671 | 40.4 | 16.6:1 | 12% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 804 | 44.6 | 18.0:1 | 13% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 785 | 48 | 16.4:1 | 20% (156) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 37.6 | 15.1:1 | 3% (19) |
| 2015-16 | 737 | 44 | 16.8:1 | 2% (12) |
| 2010-11 | 762 | 44 | 17.3:1 | 2% (14) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Beverly Cheatham Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (565 to 669); teachers up 5% (37.6 to 39.4).
About Beverly Cheatham Elementary School
Beverly Cheatham Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school with its address in ALLEN, Texas. The grade span is kindergarten through 6, and enrollment is 669 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
ALLEN ISD runs Beverly Cheatham Elementary School along with 22 other schools, enrolling 20,838 students in total.
Beverly Cheatham Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and Asian students are the largest at 48%. Other students are 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County residents are about 19% Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Beverly Cheatham Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Teacher staffing is 39.4 full-time equivalents, or about 17.0 students per teacher. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. About 14% of students, or 92, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Collin County, the average is 30%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Beverly Cheatham Elementary School would score about 67.8%. It scores 86.4%, a top-10% result among Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Collin County has these Census figures: median household income is about $121,600, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Beverly Cheatham Elementary School is among the 338 public schools in Collin County.
The closest other public school is Dr E T Boon Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Beverly Cheatham Elementary School ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 86.4% versus a 74.1% average.
NCES assigns Beverly Cheatham Elementary School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 669, 15% below the 785 of 2020-21.
The Beverly Cheatham Elementary School community page is open for posts about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. 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 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
- Dr E T Boon Elementary School0.7 mi · 789
- Kerr Elementary School0.9 mi · 654
- Flossie Floyd Green Elementary School1.3 mi · 553
- Jenny Preston Elementary School1.7 mi · 726
- Allen High School1.8 mi · 5,206
- Emerson High School1.8 mi · 1,844
Frequently asked questions
About Beverly Cheatham Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Beverly Cheatham Elementary School?
Beverly Cheatham Elementary School enrolls approximately 669 students in grades KG-06.
What age range does Beverly Cheatham Elementary School serve?
Beverly Cheatham Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 06.
How many teachers does Beverly Cheatham Elementary School have?
Beverly Cheatham Elementary School employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Beverly Cheatham Elementary School?
Student demographics at Beverly Cheatham Elementary School are roughly 29% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 48% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Beverly Cheatham Elementary School in?
Beverly Cheatham Elementary School is part of ALLEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.