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GUNSTREAM EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GUNSTREAM EL
As a medium-sized elementary campus in FRISCO, Texas, GUNSTREAM EL instructs 725 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within FRISCO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so GUNSTREAM EL sits 40% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 76 schools in FRISCO ISD (65,289 students total), GUNSTREAM EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, GUNSTREAM EL records that the most-represented group is Asian (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 24% White, 11% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 12% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, GUNSTREAM EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 68.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.8%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Collin County) reports that median household income runs about $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GUNSTREAM EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).
WESTER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GUNSTREAM EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 74.0%.
The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 11%: 651 students in 2018 compared to 725 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 17% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 today.
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Collin County at a glance
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