JIM AND BETTY HUGHES EL

Located at 1551 PRESTWICK HOLLOW DR, in MCKINNEY, Texas, JIM AND BETTY HUGHES EL is a big primary school that enrolls 839 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under PROSPER ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 62% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 27 schools in PROSPER ISD (31,651 students total), JIM AND BETTY HUGHES EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, JIM AND BETTY HUGHES EL reports that the most-represented group is Asian (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 20% White, 8% Hispanic, 8% Black, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 8% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, JIM AND BETTY HUGHES EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Collin County) shows 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. JIM AND BETTY HUGHES EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

Nearest neighbor: ROCK HILL H S, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JIM AND BETTY HUGHES EL. On composite proficiency, JIM AND BETTY HUGHES EL comes 3rd of 4 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 64.7%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 14%: 977 students in 2018 compared to 839 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 26% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 today.

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