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Enrollment
728
Elementary
DISTRICT 660 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYLIE ISD·NCES 484653011373
Don Whitt Elementary School
7520 WOODCREEK WAY, SACHSE, TX 75048 · (972) 429-2560 · Collin County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL728 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
51 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
128 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 6 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 126 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 158 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 161 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 154 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (123) is 20% smaller than its 4th grade class (154).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
84.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
86.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 56.0% | 28.0% | 10.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 65.0% | 21.0% | 9.0% | 5.0% |
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 | 84.0% | 86.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 86.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 87.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 69.0% | 83.0% |
| 2020-21 | 52.0% | 73.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
84.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 84% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Don Whitt Elementary School
Don Whitt Elementary School's state test result (84.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Don Whitt Elementary School this school | 728 | 17.6% | 84.3% |
| Roberts Elementary School HOUSTON | 721 | 17.6% | 82.0% |
| Boals Elementary School FRISCO | 635 | 16.9% | 65.3% |
| Horn Elementary School BELLAIRE | 750 | 15.5% | 77.2% |
| Max O Vaughan Elementary School ALLEN | 691 | 19.4% | 74.7% |
| Robertson Elementary School LITTLE ELM | 624 | 11.9% | 65.5% |
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 Don Whitt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 84.3% | #36 of 4,401 | #9 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #56 of 4,466 ▼ 2 | #7 of 165 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #147 of 4,466 ▲ 32 | #14 of 165 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #893 of 3,998 | #22 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 728 | #758 of 4,938 | #30 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,782 of 4,622 | #97 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #308 of 4,628 | #55 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #4,496 of 4,789 | #112 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.3% | #706 of 1,307 | #32 of 54 |
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
728
+68 (+10%) vs 2020
+36% since 2010-11, when it was 536
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 | 728 | 50.9 | 14.3:1 | 18% (128) |
| 2023-24 | 769 | 54 | 14.2:1 | 20% (157) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 49.7 | 16.1:1 | 19% (152) |
| 2020-21 | 660 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 15% (96) |
| 2017-18 | 654 | 40.5 | 16.1:1 | 11% (72) |
| 2015-16 | 587 | 36 | 16.3:1 | 12% (73) |
| 2010-11 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 15% (78) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Don Whitt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (654 to 728); teachers up 26% (40.5 to 50.9).
About Don Whitt Elementary School
Don Whitt Elementary School runs as a medium-sized elementary school in SACHSE, Texas. Classes run from pre-K through 4, and the school has 728 students. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students, so this school is 40% bigger than average.
Across its 21 schools, WYLIE ISD enrolls 19,401 students. Don Whitt Elementary School is one of those schools.
Asian students form the largest group at Don Whitt Elementary School, 37% of enrollment. The next largest groups are 33% White, 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, and 6% multiracial. In Collin County overall, about 19% of residents are Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Don Whitt Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 72%.
The school reports 50.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to about 14.3 students per teacher. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. The free or reduced-price lunch share, often used to gauge student poverty, is 18%. Among public schools in Collin County, the average eligibility rate is 30%.
Don Whitt Elementary School ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools after adjusting test results for student poverty. Actual: 84.3%. Predicted: 66.2%. Difference: 18.1 points.
Census Bureau estimates for Collin County show that median household income is about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Don Whitt Elementary School is one of 338 public schools in Collin County, which together enroll about 227,575 students.
Dr Al Draper Intermed is the public school closest to Don Whitt Elementary School, about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Don Whitt Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 on average proficiency.
For locale, NCES codes Don Whitt Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Don Whitt Elementary School went from 660 students to 728.
Discussions about Don Whitt Elementary School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WYLIE ISD
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
Other schools in SACHSE
- Sachse High SchoolHigh · 2,935 students
- B G Hudson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,099 students
- John W Armstrong Elementary SchoolElementary · 724 students
- Robert B Sewell Elementary SchoolElementary · 709 students
- Cheri Cox Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
Nearby schools
- Dr Al Draper Intermed0.9 mi · 963
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High School1.0 mi · 1,019
- Cheri Cox Elementary School1.1 mi · 670
- Wylie High School1.6 mi · 3,189
- Miller Elementary School1.7 mi · 315
- John W Armstrong Elementary School1.8 mi · 724
Frequently asked questions
About Don Whitt Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Don Whitt Elementary School?
Don Whitt Elementary School enrolls approximately 728 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Don Whitt Elementary School serve?
Don Whitt Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at Don Whitt Elementary School?
Approximately 14.3:1 students per teacher at Don Whitt Elementary School.
How diverse is Don Whitt Elementary School?
Don Whitt Elementary School reports a student body of 33% White, 12% Hispanic, 13% Black, 37% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Don Whitt Elementary School public or private?
Don Whitt Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by WYLIE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.