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What advice would you give to incoming students at HOMESTEAD EL?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
470
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWISVILLE ISD·NCES 482730008198
Homestead Elementary School
1830 E BRANCH HOLLOW DR, CARROLLTON, TX 75007 · (469) 713-5181 · Denton County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL470 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 76% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
13.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
112 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 81 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 84 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (84).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 55.0% | 21.0% | 10.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 36.0% | 14.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 71.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 70.0% | 67.0% |
| 2020-21 | 63.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
66.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Homestead Elementary School
Homestead Elementary School's state test result (66.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homestead Elementary School this school | 470 | 23.8% | 66.5% |
| Independence Elementary School KELLER | 447 | 28.0% | 60.5% |
| Brushy Creek Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 463 | 29.8% | 63.4% |
| Aldridge Elementary School RICHARDSON | 462 | 22.3% | 53.9% |
| Keller-Harvel Elementary School KELLER | 464 | 28.7% | 74.8% |
| James L Burrell Elementary School TEMPLE | 466 | 27.3% | 44.1% |
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 Homestead Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.5% | #438 of 4,401 | #31 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #593 of 4,466 ▼ 227 | #32 of 138 ▼ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #430 of 4,466 ▼ 156 | #36 of 138 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #860 of 3,998 | #26 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 470 | #2,826 of 4,938 | #109 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,352 of 4,622 | #60 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.7% | #358 of 4,628 | #32 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.8% | #4,352 of 4,789 | #93 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #1,593 of 2,838 | #36 of 69 |
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
470
-33 (-7%) vs 2020
-4% since 2000-01, when it was 492
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 470 | 34.1 | 13.8:1 | 24% (112) |
| 2023-24 | 459 | 34.9 | 13.2:1 | 24% (109) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 36.6 | 12.6:1 | 23% (104) |
| 2020-21 | 503 | 37 | 13.6:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 553 | 40.5 | 13.7:1 | 16% (86) |
| 2015-16 | 593 | 43 | 13.8:1 | 15% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 607 | 40 | 15.2:1 | 16% (96) |
| 2000-01 | 492 | 31 | 15.9:1 | 2% (9) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Homestead Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (553 to 470); teachers down 16% (40.5 to 34.1).
About Homestead Elementary School
Homestead Elementary School is a public elementary school run by LEWISVILLE ISD in CARROLLTON, Texas. The school enrolls 470 students, from kindergarten through 5.
Homestead Elementary School is a school in LEWISVILLE ISD. The district has 62 schools and 47,876 students.
At Homestead Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 43%. It is also 24% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 11% Black, and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Denton County is roughly 57% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 72% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 13.8:1 comes from the school's 34.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 24% of students at Homestead Elementary School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Among public schools in Denton County, the average eligibility rate is 35%.
Homestead Elementary School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 76% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Homestead Elementary School is +3.0 points: 66.5% actual, 63.5% predicted.
Federal survey data for Denton County show that the median household income is $111,498, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Denton County is home to 267 public schools and about 175,222 public school students.
The shortest distance from Homestead Elementary School to another public school is about 0.9 miles, to STEM Academy at Polser Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Homestead Elementary School ranks 3rd on average proficiency.
Homestead Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
2024-25 enrollment was 470, a 7% decrease from 503 in 2020-21.
The discussion area below is open to posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEWISVILLE ISD
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Flower Mound High SchoolHigh · 3,426 students
- Marcus High SchoolHigh · 2,998 students
- The Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,803 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
Other schools in CARROLLTON
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Turner High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,971 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
- Arbor Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 940 students
Other Homestead Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Homestead Elementary. Homestead Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 5.
- Homestead Elementary SchoolCrossville, TN · 737 students
- Homestead Elementary SchoolAurora, IL · 511 students
- Homestead Elementary SchoolCENTENNIAL, CO · 334 students
- Homestead ElementaryEagle River, AK · 255 students
Nearby schools
- STEM Academy at Polser Elementary School0.9 mi · 506
- Davis Elementary School0.9 mi · 451
- Castle Hills Elementary School1.0 mi · 604
- Indian Creek Elementary School1.1 mi · 490
- Blalack Middle School1.2 mi · 931
- Furneaux Elementary School1.2 mi · 415
Frequently asked questions
About Homestead Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Homestead Elementary School?
Homestead Elementary School enrolls approximately 470 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Homestead Elementary School serve?
Homestead Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Homestead Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Homestead Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (34 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Homestead Elementary School?
At Homestead Elementary School, the student body is approximately 43% White, 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Homestead Elementary School?
Homestead Elementary School is overseen by LEWISVILLE ISD in Denton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.