FRANCES E NORTON EL

FRANCES E NORTON EL is a primary school of medium-sized scale in ALLEN, Texas, part of ALLEN ISD, educateing 622 students in grades K through 6.

Across the 23 schools in ALLEN ISD (20,838 students total), FRANCES E NORTON EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, FRANCES E NORTON EL logs that 41% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 37% White, 8% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Black. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

On the resource side, On paper, FRANCES E NORTON EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 10% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRANCES E NORTON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.7%; this one delivers 75.3%.

Across the wider county, Collin County reports that median household earnings sit near $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. FRANCES E NORTON EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

Nearest neighbor: ERECKSON MIDDLE, around 0.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FRANCES E NORTON EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 63.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRANCES E NORTON EL has expanded 21%, going from 513 students in 2018 to 622 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment rose from 19% to 41% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.

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