KERR EL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in ALLEN, Texas, KERR EL enrolls 654 students from grades K through 6, overseen by ALLEN ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 26% larger than the state mean of about 519.

KERR EL is one of 23 schools operated by ALLEN ISD, a district that hosts 20,838 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KERR EL logs that 44% of students identify as Asian, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 24% White, 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 16% of students at KERR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Collin County's rate of about 30%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KERR EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.9%, the actual is 74.3%, a residual of +7.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, Collin County reports that median household earnings sit near $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which KERR EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DR E T BOON EL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KERR EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.9%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KERR EL has stayed largely flat, going from 658 students in 2018 to 654 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 39% to 24% over that span.

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