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Enrollment
541
Elementary
DISTRICT 536 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LITTLE ELM ISD·NCES 482772008770
D H Brent Elementary School
500 WITT RD, LITTLE ELM, TX 75068 · (972) 947-9451 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL541 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 43% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
312 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 20% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 49.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 24.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
45.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 D H Brent Elementary School
D H Brent Elementary School's state test result (45.1% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| D H Brent Elementary School this school | 541 | 57.7% | 45.1% |
| Bay Colony Elementary School DICKINSON | 509 | 55.2% | 58.5% |
| Calder Road Elementary School DICKINSON | 534 | 54.5% | 62.8% |
| Christie Elementary School PLANO | 568 | 57.6% | 39.5% |
| Durham Elementary School HOUSTON | 547 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| Webb Elementary School MCKINNEY | 475 | 56.6% | 31.4% |
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 D H Brent Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.1% | #1,958 of 4,401 | #82 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,887 of 4,466 ▼ 941 | #100 of 138 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,037 of 4,466 ▼ 997 | #122 of 138 ▼ 29 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,703 of 3,998 | #97 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 541 | #2,123 of 4,938 | #81 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,843 of 4,622 | #76 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.5% | #1,020 of 4,628 | #86 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 57.7% | #3,234 of 4,789 | #34 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.7% | #1,050 of 2,838 | #25 of 69 |
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
541
-165 (-23%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 466
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 15.0:1
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 | 541 | 37.7 | 14.3:1 | 58% (312) |
| 2023-24 | 582 | 37.7 | 15.4:1 | 60% (349) |
| 2022-23 | 670 | 42.1 | 15.9:1 | 61% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 706 | 47 | 15.0:1 | 58% (413) |
| 2017-18 | 691 | 42.2 | 16.4:1 | 45% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 38% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 529 | 32 | 16.5:1 | 45% (240) |
| 2000-01 | 466 | 32 | 14.6:1 | 34% (159) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for D H Brent Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (691 to 541); teachers down 11% (42.2 to 37.7).
About D H Brent Elementary School
D H Brent Elementary School is an elementary school located in LITTLE ELM, Texas, in Denton County. The school counted 541 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
D H Brent Elementary School is one of 10 schools in LITTLE ELM ISD, which enrolls 8,036 students in total.
The largest group at D H Brent Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 51%. The remaining students are 26% White, 15% Black, 5% multiracial, and 2% Asian. Among people living in Denton County, the Hispanic share is about 21%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, D H Brent Elementary School scores 65%.
The school's 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Income data for the school show 58% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Denton County average 35%.
On the allk12 Grade, D H Brent Elementary School lands at C+, ahead of 43% of Texas public elementary schools.
D H Brent Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 45.1%, compared with a predicted 49.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Denton County, median household income comes to about $111,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. The county's public schools total 267, with about 175,222 students.
Measured in a straight line, Corbell Elementary School is about 1.2 miles from D H Brent Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 57.6% proficiency; D H Brent Elementary School posts 45.1%.
NCES describes the area around D H Brent Elementary School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, D H Brent Elementary School had a net loss of 165 students, or 23%.
People who know D H Brent Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LITTLE ELM ISD
- Little Elm High SchoolHigh · 2,519 students
- Oak Point Elementary SchoolElementary · 998 students
- Jerry R Walker Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Lowell H Strike Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- Hackberry Elementary SchoolElementary · 601 students
- Lakeview Elementary SchoolElementary · 531 students
Other schools in LITTLE ELM
- Little Elm High SchoolHigh · 2,519 students
- Jerry R Walker Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
- Lowell H Strike Middle SchoolMiddle · 881 students
- Robertson Elementary SchoolElementary · 624 students
- Miller Elementary SchoolElementary · 573 students
- Catherine Bell Elementary SchoolElementary · 560 students
Nearby schools
- Corbell Elementary School1.2 mi · 509
- Little Elm High School1.3 mi · 2,519
- Cesar Chavez Elementary School1.4 mi · 424
- Hackberry Elementary School1.5 mi · 601
- Sparks Elementary School1.5 mi · 531
- Lakeview Elementary School1.9 mi · 531
Frequently asked questions
About D H Brent Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at D H Brent Elementary School?
D H Brent Elementary School enrolls approximately 541 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does D H Brent Elementary School serve?
D H Brent Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at D H Brent Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at D H Brent Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at D H Brent Elementary School?
Student demographics at D H Brent Elementary School are roughly 26% White, 51% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is D H Brent Elementary School in?
D H Brent Elementary School is part of LITTLE ELM ISD.
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