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Enrollment
505
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD·NCES 481305006231
Las Colinas Elementary School
2200 KINWEST PKWY, IRVING, TX 75063 · (972) 968-2200 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL505 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
22%
109 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 63 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (79) is 23% larger than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +47.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 47 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 62.0% | 21.0% | 6.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 46.0% | 29.0% | 12.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 83.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 62.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
68.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Las Colinas Elementary School
Las Colinas Elementary School's state test result (68.9% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Las Colinas Elementary School this school | 505 | 21.6% | 68.9% |
| Early Childhood School FRISCO | 480 | 21.0% | N/A |
| Miller Elementary School LITTLE ELM | 573 | 12.7% | 63.9% |
| Mooneyham Elementary School MCKINNEY | 553 | 13.2% | 72.8% |
| Jollyville Elementary School AUSTIN | 638 | 23.4% | 60.0% |
| Corbell Elementary School FRISCO | 509 | 23.0% | 59.6% |
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 Las Colinas Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 68.9% | #344 of 4,401 | #25 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #253 of 4,466 ▲ 293 | #26 of 429 ▲ 16 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #155 of 4,466 ▲ 139 | #22 of 429 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #781 of 3,998 | #48 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 505 | #2,482 of 4,938 | #208 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #2,868 of 4,622 | #264 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.0% | #800 of 4,628 | #56 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.6% | #4,402 of 4,789 | #416 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #2,213 of 2,838 | #221 of 274 |
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
505
-75 (-13%) vs 2020
+123% since 1990-91, when it was 226
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 505 | 32.7 | 15.5:1 | 22% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 551 | 37 | 14.9:1 | 21% (116) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 38.8 | 15.3:1 | 23% (138) |
| 2020-21 | 580 | 38 | 15.3:1 | 29% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 549 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 24% (134) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 32 | 16.9:1 | 28% (152) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 31 | 16.3:1 | 24% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 33 | 17.5:1 | 24% (137) |
| 1990-91 | 226 | 43 | 5.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Las Colinas Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (549 to 505); teachers down 7% (35 to 32.7).
About Las Colinas Elementary School
Las Colinas Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in IRVING, Texas. The school reports 505 students in pre-K through 5.
CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD has 24,165 students spread across 39 schools.
At 51%, Asian students outnumber all other groups at Las Colinas Elementary School combined. Smaller groups are 16% Black, 15% Hispanic, 12% White, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 7% of Dallas County residents are Asian. The chance that two students picked at random at Las Colinas Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 67%.
Staffing totals 32.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.5:1. Elementary schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 15.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 22%. The rate at public schools in Dallas County averages 77%, higher than here.
Las Colinas Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 68.9%, compared with a predicted 64.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Las Colinas Elementary School is located in Dallas County, where median household income is about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 771 public schools in Dallas County, with a combined enrollment of about 459,645.
The closest public school to Las Colinas Elementary School is Richard J Lee Elementary School, about 0.8 miles away. Within five miles of Las Colinas Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Las Colinas Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
A comparison of 2020-21 and 2024-25 shows enrollment down 13%, from 580 to 505.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD
- Turner High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,971 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
- Blalack Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Ranchview High SchoolHigh · 899 students
Other schools in IRVING
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 2,484 students
- Irving High SchoolHigh · 2,390 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,343 students
- Jack E Singley AcademyHigh · 1,697 students
- Brandenburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 947 students
- Great Hearts Irving UpperHigh · 937 students
Nearby schools
- Richard J Lee Elementary School0.8 mi · 663
- Coppell Middle West0.9 mi · 1,230
- Freeman Elementary School1.3 mi · 651
- Canyon Ranch Elementary School1.6 mi · 705
- Manara Leadership Academy1.6 mi · 125
- Manara Academy1.6 mi · 275
Frequently asked questions
About Las Colinas Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Las Colinas Elementary School?
Las Colinas Elementary School enrolls approximately 505 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Las Colinas Elementary School serve?
Las Colinas Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Las Colinas Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Las Colinas Elementary School is approximately 15.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Las Colinas Elementary School?
Student demographics at Las Colinas Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 15% Hispanic, 16% Black, 51% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Las Colinas Elementary School?
Las Colinas Elementary School is overseen by CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD in Dallas County.
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