HACKBERRY EL

HACKBERRY EL is a reasonably sized elementary school in FRISCO, Texas, part of LITTLE ELM ISD. The school works with 601 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within LITTLE ELM ISD, which oversees 10 schools and 8,036 students, HACKBERRY EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, HACKBERRY EL logs that 39% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 26% White, 18% Black, 11% Asian, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, HACKBERRY EL has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at HACKBERRY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, HACKBERRY EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.8%; actual is 38.4%, a gap of -16.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Denton County) records that median household earnings sit near $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which HACKBERRY EL is one.

The closest other public school is ZELLARS EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HACKBERRY EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HACKBERRY EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 47.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 4%: 627 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment declined from 52% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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