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Enrollment
794
Elementary
DISTRICT 719 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·IRVING ISD·NCES 482442002732
Lively Elementary School
1800 E PLYMOUTH DR, IRVING, TX 75061 · (972) 600-6700 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL794 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
662 students
DISTRICT 87% · 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 | 60 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 121 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 127 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 120 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 116 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 127 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (121) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (127).
Student demographics
30%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 39% · 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
29.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 19.0% | 24.0% | 47.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 19.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% |
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 | 29.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 15.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 12.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
24.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lively Elementary School
Lively Elementary School's state test result (24.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lively Elementary School this school | 794 | 83.4% | 24.3% |
| Lost Pines Elementary School BASTROP | 896 | 82.3% | 21.7% |
| Calk-Wilson Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 746 | 79.9% | 41.6% |
| Southeast Elementary School HOUSTON | 816 | 84.7% | 46.9% |
| McLaughlin Strickland Elementary School FARMERS BRANCH | 706 | 85.0% | 39.0% |
| Charles Q Murphree PK-8 EL PASO | 846 | 87.0% | 22.3% |
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 Lively Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 24.3% | #4,093 of 4,401 | #385 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,208 of 4,466 ▲ 24 | #404 of 429 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #4,313 of 4,466 ▼ 57 | #409 of 429 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.0pp | #2,825 of 3,998 | #247 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 794 | #462 of 4,938 | #31 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #3,485 of 4,622 | #325 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.5% | #3,439 of 4,628 | #323 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.4% | #1,700 of 4,789 | #259 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #2,697 of 2,838 | #264 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
794
+24 (+3%) vs 2020
+5% since 1990-91, when it was 754
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 794 | 48.8 | 16.3:1 | 83% (662) |
| 2023-24 | 772 | 48.5 | 15.9:1 | 87% (674) |
| 2022-23 | 779 | 48.3 | 16.1:1 | 89% (693) |
| 2020-21 | 770 | 52 | 14.8:1 | 85% (652) |
| 2017-18 | 810 | 53 | 15.3:1 | 79% (636) |
| 2015-16 | 881 | 53 | 16.6:1 | 82% (725) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 65 | 12.5:1 | 86% (699) |
| 2000-01 | 878 | 57 | 15.4:1 | 60% (527) |
| 1990-91 | 754 | 42 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lively Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (810 to 794); teachers down 8% (53 to 48.8).
About Lively Elementary School
A large elementary school in IRVING, Texas, Lively Elementary School is part of IRVING ISD. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 794 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
IRVING ISD has 37 schools; together they serve 31,918 students.
Hispanic students are 83% of those enrolled at Lively Elementary School. Beyond that, enrollment is 9% White, 3% Black, and 2% Native American. In Dallas County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 30, compared with 70 nationally.
Based on 48.8 full-time-equivalent teachers, Lively Elementary School has a ratio of 16.3:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 83% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
In Texas, Lively Elementary School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 24.3% compared with a predicted 38.1%.
Dallas County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $76,547, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 771 public schools in the county, enrolling about 459,645, Lively Elementary School among them.
Lively Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Crockett Middle School, about 0.6 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Lively Elementary School ranks 8th of 9 nearby schools, at 24.3% versus a 32.3% average.
The federal government classifies Lively Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 794, compared with 770 in 2020-21. Students per teacher increased from 14.8 in 2020-21 to 16.3 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Lively Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 IRVING ISD
- 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
- Travis Middle SchoolMiddle · 936 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
- Crockett Middle School0.6 mi · 754
- Brandenburg Elementary School1.0 mi · 947
- Universal Academy1.0 mi · 623
- Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School1.1 mi · 832
- Barton Elementary School1.1 mi · 848
- Irving High School1.2 mi · 2,390
Frequently asked questions
About Lively Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lively Elementary School?
Lively Elementary School enrolls approximately 794 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Lively Elementary School serve?
Lively Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Lively Elementary School have?
Lively Elementary School employs 49 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lively Elementary School?
At Lively Elementary School, the student body is approximately 9% White, 83% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Lively Elementary School public or private?
Lively Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by IRVING ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.