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If you had an hour of school board time for MCAULIFFE EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
511
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWISVILLE ISD·NCES 482730006441
McAuliffe Elementary School
2300 BRIARHILL BLVD, HIGHLAND VILLAGE, TX 75077 · (469) 713-5959 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL511 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% 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.
- A-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
13.8:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
8%
39 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 3 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 100 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (100).
Student demographics
35%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
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
73.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -5.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 73 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 2021, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 46.0% | 35.0% | 13.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 41.0% | 32.0% | 20.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 81.0% | 73.0% |
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 60.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 78.0% |
% 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
74.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 McAuliffe Elementary School
McAuliffe Elementary School's state test result (74.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McAuliffe Elementary School this school | 511 | 7.6% | 74.2% |
| Overton Park Elementary School FORT WORTH | 510 | 6.1% | 81.2% |
| Brock Intermediate School BROCK | 530 | 7.9% | 65.0% |
| Stuard Elementary School ALEDO | 544 | 5.0% | 73.1% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School KINGWOOD | 581 | 9.1% | 76.1% |
| Gullett Elementary School AUSTIN | 544 | 7.7% | 67.8% |
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 McAuliffe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.2% | #211 of 4,401 | #15 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #325 of 4,466 ▼ 153 | #15 of 138 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #232 of 4,466 ▼ 34 | #16 of 138 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +17.0pp | #716 of 3,998 | #20 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 511 | #2,419 of 4,938 | #95 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #1,332 of 4,622 | #58 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.6% | #3,274 of 4,628 | #136 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.6% | #4,704 of 4,789 | #122 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.5% | #2,431 of 2,838 | #61 of 69 |
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
511
-24 (-4%) vs 2020
-30% since 1990-91, when it was 732
Student : Teacher
13.8:1
was 13.7:1
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 | 511 | 37.1 | 13.8:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 529 | 37.6 | 14.1:1 | 7% (37) |
| 2022-23 | 539 | 39 | 13.8:1 | 6% (34) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 39 | 13.7:1 | 6% (31) |
| 2017-18 | 541 | 37.3 | 14.5:1 | 6% (35) |
| 2015-16 | 512 | 36 | 14.2:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2010-11 | 508 | 36 | 14.1:1 | 5% (23) |
| 2000-01 | 578 | 36 | 16.1:1 | 0% (1) |
| 1990-91 | 732 | 36 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McAuliffe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (541 to 511); teachers down 1% (37.3 to 37.1).
About McAuliffe Elementary School
McAuliffe Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in HIGHLAND VILLAGE, Texas. The school teaches pre-K through 5 and enrolls 511 students.
Within LEWISVILLE ISD, McAuliffe Elementary School is one of 62 schools. The district enrolls 47,876 students.
The share of White students at McAuliffe Elementary School is 80%, a majority. The remaining students are 11% Hispanic and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Denton County is about 57% White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 35, compared with 70 nationally.
There are about 13.8 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at McAuliffe Elementary School, which has 37.1. The school's 13.8:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 8%. The rate at public schools in Denton County averages 35%, higher than here.
On the allk12 Grade, McAuliffe Elementary School lands at A, ahead of 91% of Texas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, McAuliffe Elementary School is 3.7 points above the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 74.2% actual, 70.4% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Census data for Denton County show the median household earns about $111,498 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Denton County number 267, with about 175,222 students.
Of the public schools around it, McAuliffe Elementary School is closest to Briarhill Middle School, about 0.4 miles away. McAuliffe Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 65.1% on proficiency, and McAuliffe Elementary School is above that at 74.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, McAuliffe Elementary School is Suburb: Large.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 4% decrease, from 535 to 511.
People who know McAuliffe Elementary School can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEWISVILLE ISD
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Flower Mound High SchoolHigh · 3,426 students
- Marcus High SchoolHigh · 2,998 students
- The Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,803 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
Other schools in HIGHLAND VILLAGE
- Briarhill Middle SchoolMiddle · 801 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · 476 students
- Highland Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 385 students
Other McAuliffe Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named McAuliffe Elementary. McAuliffe Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 6.
- McAuliffe Elementary SchoolMCALLEN, TX · 385 students
- McAuliffe Elementary SchoolChicago, IL · 523 students
- McAuliffe Elementary SchoolBroken Arrow, OK · 479 students
- McAuliffe ElementaryCOLORADO SPRINGS, CO · 448 students
- McAuliffe ElementaryGreen Bay, WI · 407 students
Nearby schools
- Briarhill Middle School0.4 mi · 801
- Heritage Elementary School0.4 mi · 476
- Marcus High School1.1 mi · 2,998
- Highland Village Elementary School1.2 mi · 385
- Prairie Trail Elementary School1.5 mi · 672
- STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School1.9 mi · 582
Frequently asked questions
About McAuliffe Elementary SchoolHow many students attend McAuliffe Elementary School?
McAuliffe Elementary School enrolls approximately 511 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does McAuliffe Elementary School serve?
McAuliffe Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at McAuliffe Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at McAuliffe Elementary School is approximately 13.8:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at McAuliffe Elementary School?
Student demographics at McAuliffe Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is McAuliffe Elementary School in?
McAuliffe Elementary School is part of LEWISVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.