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CORBELL EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 CORBELL EL
Set in FRISCO, Texas, CORBELL EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community, overseen by FRISCO ISD. It hosts 509 students across grades pre-K through 5.
CORBELL EL is one of 76 schools operated by FRISCO ISD, a district that instructs 65,289 students overall.
Demographically, CORBELL EL lists that the most-represented group is Asian (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 21% White, 17% Black, 14% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 11% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CORBELL EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 23% of students at CORBELL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Denton County's rate of about 35%.
With demographic context factored in, CORBELL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.6%.
Across the wider county, census data for Denton County shows the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CORBELL EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).
The closest other public school is FISHER EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CORBELL EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 68.2%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 30%: 722 students in 2018 compared to 509 in 2025. Over the same period, the Asian share expanded from 17% to 43%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
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