LACY EL

LACY EL is a reasonably sized elementary campus in PRINCETON, Texas, one of the schools within PRINCETON ISD. The school instructs 595 students in grades pre-K through 5.

PRINCETON ISD runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 9,956 students. LACY EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LACY EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 28% White, 23% Black, 6% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LACY EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LACY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.2%; this one delivers 44.7%.

Across the wider county, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $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 LACY EL is one.

GODWIN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LACY EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LACY EL has grew 9%, going from 545 students in 2018 to 595 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 8% to 23% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.