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LIGHT FARMS EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LIGHT FARMS EL
Located at 1100 CYPRESS CREEK WAY, in CELINA, Texas, LIGHT FARMS EL is an expansive elementary campus that caters to 1,058 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by PROSPER ISD. That puts it 104% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.
PROSPER ISD runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 31,651 students. LIGHT FARMS EL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, LIGHT FARMS EL logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest comes out to 22% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black.
Looking at school resources, The school lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 3% of students at LIGHT FARMS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Collin County's rate of about 30%.
With demographic context factored in, LIGHT FARMS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 72.6%, the actual is 66.7%, a residual of -5.9 points.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Collin County indicate median household earnings sit near $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), LIGHT FARMS EL is one campus in the mix.
RALPH AND MARY LYNN BOYER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LIGHT FARMS EL at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 61.1%.
LIGHT FARMS EL operates from a commuter-belt location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIGHT FARMS EL has expanded 8%, going from 978 students in 2018 to 1,058 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 77% to 58%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.
On this page, members of the LIGHT FARMS EL community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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