INDEPENDENCE EL

As a sprawling elementary-level community in LEWISVILLE, Texas, INDEPENDENCE EL enrolls 830 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of LEWISVILLE ISD. That puts it 60% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

INDEPENDENCE EL is one of 62 schools operated by LEWISVILLE ISD, a district that works with 47,876 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, INDEPENDENCE EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 26% Asian, 8% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 56 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. An estimated 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, INDEPENDENCE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 51.9%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Denton County) logs that median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. INDEPENDENCE EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

The closest other public school is KILLIAN MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around INDEPENDENCE EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), INDEPENDENCE EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 57.2%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 5%: 874 students in 2018 compared to 830 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 15% to 8% across the same window.

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