LEE EL

Set in IRVING, Texas, LEE EL is a medium-sized primary school, overseen by IRVING ISD. It works with 717 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so LEE EL sits 38% larger than that benchmark.

Across the 37 schools in IRVING ISD (31,918 students total), LEE EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, LEE EL records that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 30% Black, 5% White, 3% Native American, 3% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 41%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LEE EL records 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 83% of students at LEE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LEE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.5%; this one delivers 27.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Dallas County indicate the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), LEE EL is one campus in the mix.

TRAVIS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 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), LEE EL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LEE EL has edged up 7%, going from 668 students in 2018 to 717 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 58% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.9:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the LEE EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.