DEGAN EL

Set in LEWISVILLE, Texas, DEGAN EL is a close-knit elementary campus, run under LEWISVILLE ISD. It teaches 396 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 24% below the state mean of about 519.

LEWISVILLE ISD runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 47,876 students. DEGAN EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, DEGAN EL logs that 32% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 25% Black, 21% White, 14% Asian, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, DEGAN EL records 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 69% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DEGAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 31.5%.

Zooming out to the county, Denton County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. DEGAN EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

The closest other public school is HUFFINES MIDDLE, roughly 0.7 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DEGAN EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DEGAN EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.8%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 37%: 628 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 33% to 21%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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