EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL

EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL, a small elementary-level community in CELINA, Texas, part of CELINA ISD, works with 241 students, covering grade pre-K. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.

EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL is one of 8 schools operated by CELINA ISD, a district that enrolls 5,324 students overall.

On demographics, EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL records that 52% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 17% Hispanic, 15% White, 10% Black, 5% Native American. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 20% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Collin County's rate of about 30%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Collin County put median household income runs about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL is one.

MARCY B LYKINS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 8%: 223 students in 2018 compared to 241 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 0% to 52% across the same window.

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