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CARROLL EL
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 48 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 35 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CARROLL EL
CARROLL EL is one of the reasonably sized primary schools in FRISCO, Texas, operated by FRISCO ISD, with 551 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.
FRISCO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 65,289 students; CARROLL EL is among them.
Looking at the student body, CARROLL EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 66% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 16% White, 11% Asian, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, CARROLL EL records 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, CARROLL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.5%; this one delivers 60.8%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Denton County shows median household earnings sit near $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), CARROLL EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is WAKELAND H S, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CARROLL EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 71.9%.
CARROLL EL operates from a commuter-belt location.
Looking at the recent track record. CARROLL EL's enrollment has climbed 4% since 2018, when it stood at 528 (now 551). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 55% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the CARROLL EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Denton County at a glance
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