DON WHITT EL

Set in SACHSE, Texas, DON WHITT EL is a reasonably sized elementary school, operated by WYLIE ISD. It instructs 728 students across grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 40% bigger than typical.

WYLIE ISD comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 25,007 students; DON WHITT EL is among them.

Demographically, DON WHITT EL logs that 37% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest looks like 33% White, 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix noticeably more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DON WHITT EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 66.2%; this one delivers 83.7%, a residual of +17.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Collin County shows the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), DON WHITT EL is one campus in the mix.

DR AL DRAPER INTERMED is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DON WHITT EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 69.1%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DON WHITT EL has expanded 11%, going from 654 students in 2018 to 728 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 54% to 33% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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