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Enrollment
792
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN ISD·NCES 480789012806
Lois Lindsey Elementary School
5730 WILFORD DR, MCKINNEY, TX 75070 · (972) 908-4007 · Collin County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL792 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 79% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
113 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 103 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 99 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 143 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 105 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (103) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (105).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
66.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 53.0% | 25.0% | 13.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 75.0% |
| 2023-24 | 79.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 77.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 64.0% | 70.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 54.0% |
% 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
71.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Lois Lindsey Elementary School
Lois Lindsey Elementary School's state test result (71.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lois Lindsey Elementary School this school | 792 | 14.3% | 71.2% |
| Gunstream Elementary School FRISCO | 725 | 11.7% | 67.3% |
| Hosp Elementary School FRISCO | 666 | 11.6% | 64.4% |
| Jim and Betty Hughes Elementary School MCKINNEY | 839 | 8.2% | 58.3% |
| Great Hearts Irving IRVING | 719 | 19.7% | 48.1% |
| Brenda Calhoun Early Childhood School MCKINNEY | 744 | 9.3% | N/A |
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 Lois Lindsey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.2% | #283 of 4,401 | #50 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #568 of 4,466 ▼ 316 | #65 of 165 ▼ 27 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #319 of 4,466 ▼ 104 | #44 of 165 ▼ 14 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.0pp | #823 of 3,998 | #39 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 792 | #471 of 4,938 | #16 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.5:1 | #3,598 of 4,622 | #147 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #839 of 4,628 | #106 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.3% | #4,552 of 4,789 | #124 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +18.4% | #456 of 1,307 | #23 of 54 |
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
792
-46 (-5%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.5:1
was 16.8:1
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 | 792 | 48.1 | 16.5:1 | 14% (113) |
| 2023-24 | 820 | 48.6 | 16.9:1 | 15% (126) |
| 2022-23 | 809 | 48.7 | 16.6:1 | 19% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 838 | 50 | 16.8:1 | 22% (184) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 42.5 | 15.7:1 | 18% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 880 | 51 | 17.3:1 | 9% (80) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lois Lindsey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 18% (669 to 792); teachers up 13% (42.5 to 48.1).
About Lois Lindsey Elementary School
Federal records list Lois Lindsey Elementary School as an elementary school in MCKINNEY, Texas. It teaches 792 students in pre-K through 6. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 53% higher.
Besides Lois Lindsey Elementary School, ALLEN ISD runs 22 other schools. The district enrolls 20,838 students.
More than half of the students at Lois Lindsey Elementary School are Asian (52%). Beyond that, enrollment is 17% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 7% multiracial. In Collin County overall, about 19% of residents are Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lois Lindsey Elementary School scores 67%.
Its ratio of 16.5:1 is based on 48.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 1.4 fewer students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 14%. For comparison, public schools in Collin County average 30%.
Lois Lindsey Elementary School holds an A- allk12 Grade, placing it above 79% of Texas public elementary schools.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 67.6% at Lois Lindsey Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 71.2%.
In Collin County, median household income comes to about $121,600, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 56% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. The county's public schools total 338, with about 227,575 students.
Of the public schools around it, Lois Lindsey Elementary School is closest to Emerson High School, about 0.6 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Lois Lindsey Elementary School places 4th out of 9 schools in its immediate area.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
By 2024-25, enrollment had dropped to 792, from 838 in 2020-21.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALLEN ISD
- Allen High SchoolHigh · 5,206 students
- Lowery Freshman CenterHigh · 1,674 students
- Walter & Lois Curtis Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,323 students
- Ereckson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,263 students
- Dr E T Boon Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Carlena Chandler Elementary SchoolElementary · 731 students
Other schools in MCKINNEY
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Emerson High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Imagine International Academy of North TexasCombined · 1,445 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
Nearby schools
- Emerson High School0.6 mi · 1,844
- Jesse McGowen Elementary School1.0 mi · 570
- Reuben Johnson Elementary School1.0 mi · 378
- Scoggins Middle School1.1 mi · 809
- Elliott Elementary School1.1 mi · 421
- Comstock Elementary School1.3 mi · 680
Frequently asked questions
About Lois Lindsey Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lois Lindsey Elementary School?
Lois Lindsey Elementary School enrolls approximately 792 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Lois Lindsey Elementary School serve?
Lois Lindsey Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many teachers does Lois Lindsey Elementary School have?
Lois Lindsey Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Lois Lindsey Elementary School?
Student demographics at Lois Lindsey Elementary School are roughly 17% White, 12% Hispanic, 10% Black, 52% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Lois Lindsey Elementary School in?
Lois Lindsey Elementary School is part of ALLEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.