D H BRENT EL

D H BRENT EL, a medium-sized elementary school in LITTLE ELM, Texas, operated by LITTLE ELM ISD, hosts 541 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Within LITTLE ELM ISD, which oversees 10 schools and 8,036 students, D H BRENT EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, D H BRENT EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 26% White, 15% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, D H BRENT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.7%, the actual is 45.0%, a residual of -3.7 points.

In the broader community, Denton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. D H BRENT EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

Nearest neighbor: CORBELL EL, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around D H BRENT EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts D H BRENT EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.3%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 691 students in 2018 compared to 541 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 33% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for D H BRENT EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.