JAMES AND MARGIE MARION EL

As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in ALLEN, Texas, JAMES AND MARGIE MARION EL educates 688 students from grades K through 6, overseen by ALLEN ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 33% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

JAMES AND MARGIE MARION EL is one of 23 schools operated by ALLEN ISD, a district that enrolls 20,838 students overall.

On the student-mix side, JAMES AND MARGIE MARION EL lists that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 29% Asian, 16% Hispanic, 12% Black, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 19% of students at JAMES AND MARGIE MARION EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, JAMES AND MARGIE MARION EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.7%; this one delivers 68.5%.

Across the wider county, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JAMES AND MARGIE MARION EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

Nearest neighbor: GENE M REED EL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JAMES AND MARGIE MARION EL comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 65.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 6%: 729 students in 2018 compared to 688 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 52% to 36%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the JAMES AND MARGIE MARION EL community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.