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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD·NCES 481305000793
Carrollton Elementary School
1805 PEARL ST, CARROLLTON, TX 75006 · (972) 968-1200 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
460 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 55 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 70 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 33% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
12%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 34.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 →
Schools most like Carrollton Elementary School
Carrollton Elementary School's state test result (42.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carrollton Elementary School this school | 505 | 91.1% | 42.9% |
| McWhorter Elementary School LUBBOCK | 527 | 90.7% | 45.8% |
| Sanchez Elementary School AUSTIN | 479 | 90.2% | 15.6% |
| Mary McLeod Bethune Elementary School DALLAS | 538 | 91.6% | 52.5% |
| Stephens Elementary School HOUSTON | 517 | 90.9% | 32.9% |
| Bussey Elementary School HOUSTON | 489 | 90.2% | 37.5% |
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 Carrollton Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.9% | #2,220 of 4,401 | #154 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,564 of 4,466 ▲ 20 | #109 of 429 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,104 of 4,466 ▼ 113 | #246 of 429 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.0pp | #654 of 3,998 | #90 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #2,481 of 4,938 | #207 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #872 of 4,622 | #58 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 12.5% | #4,009 of 4,628 | #401 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.1% | #943 of 4,789 | #162 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #1,630 of 2,838 | #162 of 274 |
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
505
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 631
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 505 | 38.6 | 13.1:1 | 91% (460) |
| 2023-24 | 519 | 44.4 | 11.7:1 | 92% (477) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 40.7 | 12.7:1 | 92% (475) |
| 2020-21 | 502 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 93% (466) |
| 2017-18 | 591 | 36 | 16.4:1 | 88% (518) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 39 | 16.6:1 | 88% (568) |
| 2010-11 | 650 | 38 | 17.1:1 | 91% (594) |
| 2000-01 | 537 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 77% (415) |
| 1990-91 | 631 | 43 | 14.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carrollton Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (591 to 505); teachers up 7% (36 to 38.6).
About Carrollton Elementary School
Carrollton Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in CARROLLTON, Texas. It has an enrollment of 505 students in pre-K through 5.
Carrollton Elementary School is one school in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, a system of 39 schools with 24,165 students.
Roughly 93% of students at Carrollton Elementary School are Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 4% Black. Among people living in Dallas County, the Hispanic share is about 41%. The diversity index for Carrollton Elementary School is 12%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 13.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Carrollton Elementary School, which has 38.6. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Carrollton Elementary School is about 91%. That is higher than the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Carrollton Elementary School is 8.1 points above its prediction. Actual: 42.9%. Predicted: 34.8%.
In the surrounding county, Dallas County, median household income comes to about $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. The county has 771 public schools and about 459,645 students.
Huie Special Educ Center is the nearest public school to Carrollton Elementary School, less than a tenth of a mile away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 7 nearby schools with scores, Carrollton Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Carrollton Elementary School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Carrollton Elementary School had 502 students in 2020-21 and 505 in 2024-25, nearly the same.
This page collects posts and questions about Carrollton Elementary School, such as open houses, carpools, and field trips. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD
- Turner High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,971 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
- Blalack Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Ranchview High SchoolHigh · 899 students
Other schools in CARROLLTON
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Turner High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,971 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
- Arbor Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 940 students
Other Carrollton Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Carrollton Elementary. Carrollton Elementary School is the 6th largest of the 7.
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolCarrollton, GA · 1,894 students
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolCarrollton, OH · 804 students
- Carrollton Elementary SchoolSAGINAW, MI · 662 students
- Carrollton ElementaryCarrollton, VA · 569 students
- Carrollton ElementaryNew Carrollton, MD · 539 students
Nearby schools
- Huie Special Educ Center0.1 mi · 111
- Perry Middle School0.2 mi · 825
- Turner High School0.6 mi · 2,035
- Central Elementary School0.8 mi · 455
- Texans Can Academy - Carrollton-Farmers Branch1.0 mi · 214
- Polk Middle School1.0 mi · 974
Frequently asked questions
About Carrollton Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Carrollton Elementary School?
Carrollton Elementary School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Carrollton Elementary School serve?
Carrollton Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Carrollton Elementary School?
Approximately 13.1:1 students per teacher at Carrollton Elementary School.
How diverse is Carrollton Elementary School?
Carrollton Elementary School reports a student body of 1% White, 93% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Carrollton Elementary School public or private?
Carrollton Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.