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Florence Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 4 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 23% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 29% smaller than its 4th grade class (107).
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 1 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 44.0% | 35.0% | 12.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 45.0% | 32.0% | 13.0% | 10.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 79.0% | 77.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 76.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
Schools most like Florence Elementary School
Florence Elementary School's state test result (77.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Florence Elementary School this school | 475 | 9.5% | 77.4% |
| Glen Oaks Elementary School MCKINNEY | 478 | 9.0% | 69.9% |
| Ep Rayzor Elementary School LANTANA | 510 | 10.0% | 62.4% |
| Mohawk Elementary School RICHARDSON | 492 | 9.1% | 78.5% |
| Blanton Elementary School LANTANA | 470 | 5.7% | 67.9% |
| Nebbie Williams Elementary School ROCKWALL | 442 | 12.2% | 83.6% |
Where Florence Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 77.4% | #137 of 4,401 | #9 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #210 of 4,466 ▲ 351 | #16 of 339 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #300 of 4,466 ▲ 77 | #20 of 339 ▼ 1 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 475 | #2,772 of 4,938 | #195 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #2,737 of 4,622 | #219 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.3% | #2,625 of 4,628 | #271 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.5% | #4,665 of 4,789 | #335 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.9% | #2,711 of 2,838 | #230 of 242 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 475 | 31 | 15.3:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2023-24 | 501 | 33.9 | 14.8:1 | 9% (45) |
| 2022-23 | 489 | 34.8 | 14.0:1 | 11% (52) |
| 2020-21 | 469 | 33 | 14.2:1 | 9% (41) |
| 2017-18 | 484 | 32.9 | 14.7:1 | 4% (20) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 33 | 15.5:1 | 5% (26) |
| 2010-11 | 534 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2000-01 | 632 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 7% (45) |
| 1990-91 | 797 | 40 | 19.9:1 | N/A |
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (484 to 475); teachers down 6% (32.9 to 31).
About Florence Elementary School
Florence Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in SOUTHLAKE. The school counts 475 students across pre-K through 4.
KELLER ISD runs 42 schools with a combined 32,042 students. Florence Elementary School is one of them.
White students are the majority at Florence Elementary School, with 70% of enrollment. The school is also 16% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Asian, and 3% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 48%. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal data list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers at Florence Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.3:1. That is close to the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 9% of students at Florence Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 63% average for public schools in Tarrant County is 54 points.
Florence Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (77.4%) and its predicted rate (69.6%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
In Tarrant County (population about 2,167,390), the median household income is $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 639 public schools in Tarrant County, enrolling about 385,835 students in all.
The school nearest to Florence Elementary School is Carroll Senior High School, at a distance of about 1.4 miles. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. By average proficiency, Florence Elementary School is 4th among 6 schools close by.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 469 to 475. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.2:1 to 15.3:1.
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