DAVID AND LYNDA OLSON EL

DAVID AND LYNDA OLSON EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus in ALLEN, Texas, overseen by ALLEN ISD. The school educates 678 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 31% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

ALLEN ISD runs 23 schools in total, collectively educating 20,838 students. DAVID AND LYNDA OLSON EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, DAVID AND LYNDA OLSON EL logs that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 19% Asian, 18% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, DAVID AND LYNDA OLSON EL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Collin County's rate of about 30%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), DAVID AND LYNDA OLSON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.1%; this one delivers 63.3%.

Across the wider county, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), DAVID AND LYNDA OLSON EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is WALTER & LOIS CURTIS MIDDLE, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DAVID AND LYNDA OLSON EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 61.4%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DAVID AND LYNDA OLSON EL has grew 4%, going from 651 students in 2018 to 678 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 54% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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