JUDY RUCKER EL

As a moderately sized elementary school in PROSPER, Texas, JUDY RUCKER EL caters to 681 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within PROSPER ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 31% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

PROSPER ISD comprises 27 schools with combined enrollment of 31,651 students; JUDY RUCKER EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, JUDY RUCKER EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 44%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 37% White, 7% Asian, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 13% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JUDY RUCKER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.1%, the actual is 58.9%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the area at large, Collin County reports that median household earnings sit near $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JUDY RUCKER EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

Nearest neighbor: REYNOLDS MIDDLE, around 0.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JUDY RUCKER EL.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Trend over the last 7 years. JUDY RUCKER EL's enrollment has fell 19% since 2018, when it stood at 839 (now 681). Hispanic enrollment moved from 23% to 44% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

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