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How has FLOYD EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 507 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MESQUITE ISD·NCES 483039003404
Floyd Elementary School
3025 HICKORY TREE RD, BALCH SPRINGS, TX 75180 · (972) 882-7100 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 11% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
512 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 | 87 | 16% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 67 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
26.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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%.
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 Floyd Elementary School
Floyd Elementary School's state test result (26.5% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Floyd Elementary School this school | 552 | 92.8% | 26.5% |
| Seabourn Elementary School MESQUITE | 573 | 91.1% | 43.6% |
| De Santiago Ec/PK/K HOUSTON | 575 | 93.0% | N/A |
| Johns Elementary School ARLINGTON | 560 | 93.6% | 24.8% |
| Crouch Elementary School GRAND PRAIRIE | 516 | 90.9% | 21.8% |
| Jimmie Tyler Brashear Elementary School DALLAS | 598 | 91.8% | 45.4% |
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 Floyd Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.5% | #3,961 of 4,401 | #367 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,130 of 4,466 ▲ 353 | #284 of 429 ▲ 44 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #3,377 of 4,466 ▲ 584 | #299 of 429 ▲ 63 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,711 of 3,998 | #235 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #2,019 of 4,938 | #158 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.7:1 | #2,209 of 4,622 | #198 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.5% | #3,309 of 4,628 | #304 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.8% | #765 of 4,789 | #139 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.8% | #471 of 2,838 | #63 of 274 |
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
552
+94 (+21%) vs 2020
-25% since 1990-91, when it was 736
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 552 | 37.5 | 14.7:1 | 93% (512) |
| 2023-24 | 491 | 34.7 | 14.2:1 | 97% (474) |
| 2022-23 | 443 | 31.4 | 14.1:1 | 97% (428) |
| 2020-21 | 458 | 35 | 13.1:1 | 95% (434) |
| 2017-18 | 798 | 51.9 | 15.4:1 | 93% (742) |
| 2015-16 | 863 | 54 | 16.0:1 | 95% (819) |
| 2010-11 | 675 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 92% (619) |
| 2000-01 | 589 | 38 | 15.5:1 | 75% (444) |
| 1990-91 | 736 | 33 | 22.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Floyd Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (798 to 552); teachers down 28% (51.9 to 37.5).
About Floyd Elementary School
Floyd Elementary School is an elementary school in BALCH SPRINGS, Texas, reachable at (972) 882-7100. It enrolls 552 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
Floyd Elementary School is among 51 schools run by MESQUITE ISD, which serves 37,930 students.
Of every 100 students at Floyd Elementary School, about 80 are Hispanic. Smaller groups are 14% Black and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 33%.
Floyd Elementary School reported 37.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 14.7:1. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 93% of students at Floyd Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 77% average among public schools in Dallas County.
On the allk12 Grade, Floyd Elementary School lands at D, ahead of 11% of Texas public elementary schools.
Floyd Elementary School scores 26.5% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 34.1%.
In Dallas County, median household income comes to about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Dallas County counts 771 public schools with about 459,645 students.
Among nearby public schools, Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs Middl is closest at about 0.8 miles. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Floyd Elementary School is 7th on average proficiency.
Floyd Elementary School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment figures show a increase of 94 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.1:1 to 14.7:1 over the same years.
The allk12 page for Floyd Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MESQUITE ISD
- Horn High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,294 students
- North Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 2,099 students
- West Mesquite High SchoolHigh · 1,997 students
- Vroonland - Vanguard High SchoolHigh · 1,605 students
- Poteet High SchoolHigh · 1,523 students
Other schools in BALCH SPRINGS
- Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs MiddlMiddle · 751 students
- KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership AcademyHigh · 618 students
- Hodges Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Mackey Elementary SchoolElementary · 478 students
- Gray Elementary SchoolElementary · 409 students
Other Floyd Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Floyd Elementary. Floyd Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Floyd Elementary SchoolPahrump, NV · 578 students
- Floyd ElementaryFloyd, VA · 448 students
- Floyd Elementary SchoolGadsden, AL · 384 students
- FLOYD ELEMENTARYFLOYD, NM · 92 students
Nearby schools
- Young Women's Steam Academy at Balch Springs Middl0.8 mi · 751
- McWhorter Elementary School1.3 mi · 501
- Gray Elementary School1.3 mi · 409
- John W Runyon Elementary School1.3 mi · 417
- Gilbert Cuellar Sr Elementary School1.3 mi · 715
- KIPP Pleasant Grove Leadership Academy1.4 mi · 618
Frequently asked questions
About Floyd Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Floyd Elementary School?
Floyd Elementary School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Floyd Elementary School serve?
Floyd Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Floyd Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Floyd Elementary School is approximately 14.7:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Floyd Elementary School?
At Floyd Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 80% Hispanic, 14% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Floyd Elementary School in?
Floyd Elementary School is part of MESQUITE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.