BOALS EL

Set in FRISCO, Texas, BOALS EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus, overseen by FRISCO ISD. It educates 635 students across grades K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BOALS EL sits 22% bigger than that benchmark.

FRISCO ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 65,289 students. BOALS EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, BOALS EL reports that the largest single group is Asian at 33%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 32% White, 14% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 11% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BOALS EL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Denton County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BOALS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.5%; this one delivers 65.5%.

Across the wider county, Denton County reports that median household income runs about $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), BOALS EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LONE STAR H S, around 0.5 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), BOALS EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Over the past 7-year window. BOALS EL's enrollment has shrank 8% since 2018, when it stood at 689 (now 635). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 54% to 32%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.

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