KENT EL

Located at 1800 W ROSEMEADE PKWY, in CARROLLTON, Texas, KENT EL is a cozy primary school that teaches 416 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD.

Across the 39 schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD (24,165 students total), KENT EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, KENT EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 19% Asian, 14% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KENT EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 46% of students at KENT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Denton County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KENT EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 53.7%; KENT EL posts 73.4%, +19.7 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Denton County shows median household income runs about $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. KENT EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

Nearest neighbor: CREEKVIEW H S, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KENT EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.0%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. KENT EL's enrollment has expanded 10% since 2018, when it stood at 377 (now 416). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 19% to 32% over that span.

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