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CARROLLTON EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CARROLLTON EL
CARROLLTON EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in CARROLLTON, Texas, overseen by CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD. The school teaches 505 students in grades pre-K through 5.
CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD runs 39 schools in total, collectively educating 24,165 students. CARROLLTON EL is one of those campuses.
On demographics, CARROLLTON EL logs that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 41% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, CARROLLTON EL logs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 91% of students at CARROLLTON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Dallas County (around 77%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CARROLLTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.1%, the actual is 45.9%, a residual of +11.8 points.
Across the wider county, Dallas County reports that median household income runs about $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Dallas County runs 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), of which CARROLLTON EL is one.
The closest other public school is HUIE SPECIAL EDUC CTR, roughly 0.1 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), CARROLLTON EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.5%.
CARROLLTON EL operates from a residential location.
Five-year trend. CARROLLTON EL's enrollment has fell 15% since 2018, when it stood at 591 (now 505). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 88% to 93%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 in 2025.
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