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Enrollment
530
Elementary
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOVEJOY ISD·NCES 482838008740
Joe V Hart Elementary School
450 COUNTRY CLUB RD, LUCAS, TX 75002 · (469) 742-8200 · Collin County
GRADES KG–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL530 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 98% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
19.6:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
21 students
DISTRICT 4% · 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 | 102 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 22% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (102) is 14% smaller than its 4th grade class (119).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Joe V Hart Elementary School→Sloan Creek Intermediate School→Willow Springs Middle School→Lovejoy High School
Based on grade levels within LOVEJOY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
84.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
81.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -4.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2023, while math scores are down about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 50.0% | 34.0% | 10.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 58.0% | 23.0% | 11.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 84.0% | 81.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 85.0% |
% 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
81.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Joe V Hart Elementary School
Joe V Hart Elementary School's state test result (81.2% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joe V Hart Elementary School this school | 530 | 4.0% | 81.2% |
| Lakeview Elementary School ROANOKE | 487 | 5.5% | 75.5% |
| Lakeway Elementary School AUSTIN | 524 | 6.9% | 65.6% |
| Blanton Elementary School LANTANA | 470 | 5.7% | 67.9% |
| Walsh Elementary School FORT WORTH | 550 | 4.2% | 76.0% |
| Taylor Elementary School COLLEYVILLE | 511 | 6.8% | 78.0% |
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 Joe V Hart Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.2% | #75 of 4,401 | #16 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #127 of 4,466 ▼ 19 | #19 of 165 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #141 of 4,466 ▲ 360 | #11 of 165 ▲ 53 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 530 | #2,236 of 4,938 | #100 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 19.6:1 | #4,421 of 4,622 | #175 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.9% | #2,424 of 4,628 | #163 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.0% | #4,765 of 4,789 | #170 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.0% | #591 of 1,307 | #27 of 54 |
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
530
+73 (+16%) vs 2020
+47% since 2000-01, when it was 361
Student : Teacher
19.6:1
was 14.7:1
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 | 530 | 27 | 19.6:1 | 4% (21) |
| 2023-24 | 533 | 38.1 | 14.0:1 | 5% (27) |
| 2022-23 | 575 | 36.6 | 15.7:1 | 4% (22) |
| 2020-21 | 457 | 31 | 14.7:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 465 | 35.7 | 13.0:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 32 | 13.9:1 | 4% (18) |
| 2010-11 | 522 | 38 | 13.7:1 | 1% (7) |
| 2000-01 | 361 | 28 | 12.9:1 | 3% (12) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Joe V Hart Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (465 to 530); teachers down 24% (35.7 to 27).
About Joe V Hart Elementary School
This page covers Joe V Hart Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school in LUCAS, Texas. Federal data show 530 students enrolled in kindergarten through 4 in 2024-25.
LOVEJOY ISD is the district for Joe V Hart Elementary School. It has 6 schools and 4,019 students.
The share of White students at Joe V Hart Elementary School is 69%, a majority. Other students are 13% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is higher than the 54% White share among all Collin County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 50%.
There are about 19.6 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Joe V Hart Elementary School, which has 27. The school's 19.6:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 4%. That is 26 points below the 30% average for public schools in Collin County.
Joe V Hart Elementary School earns an A+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 98% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 72.0% at Joe V Hart Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 81.2%.
Looking at the county, Collin County, median household income comes to about $121,600, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 338, with about 227,575 students.
Joe V Hart Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Willow Springs Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Joe V Hart Elementary School is 1st of 5 on proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 16%, from 457 to 530. By 2024-25, the school had 19.6 students per teacher, compared with 14.7 in 2020-21.
Anyone can start a thread about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Joe V Hart Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LOVEJOY ISD
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 1,581 students
- Willow Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
- Sloan Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 612 students
- Robert L Puster Elementary SchoolElementary · 548 students
- Lovejoy Childhood Development CenterElementary · 60 students
- Lovejoy DAEPElementary
Other schools in LUCAS
- Lovejoy High SchoolHigh · 1,581 students
- Willow Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 688 students
Nearby schools
- Willow Springs Middle School0.6 mi · 688
- Lovejoy High School1.5 mi · 1,581
- Carlena Chandler Elementary School2.1 mi · 731
- Alvis C Story Elementary School2.3 mi · 530
- Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School2.5 mi · 1,323
- David and Lynda Olson Elementary School2.6 mi · 678
Frequently asked questions
About Joe V Hart Elementary SchoolHow large is Joe V Hart Elementary School?
Joe V Hart Elementary School enrolls approximately 530 students in grades KG-04.
What age range does Joe V Hart Elementary School serve?
Joe V Hart Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 04.
How many teachers does Joe V Hart Elementary School have?
Joe V Hart Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 19.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Joe V Hart Elementary School?
Student demographics at Joe V Hart Elementary School are roughly 69% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 9% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Joe V Hart Elementary School in?
Joe V Hart Elementary School is part of LOVEJOY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.