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MCCOY EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MCCOY EL
As a cozy elementary school in CARROLLTON, Texas, MCCOY EL caters to 410 students from grades K through 5, one of the schools within CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 21% leaner than typical.
CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD comprises 39 schools with combined enrollment of 24,165 students; MCCOY EL is among them.
On the student-mix side, MCCOY EL reports that the largest single group is Asian at 36%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 21% White, 9% Black, 8% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 7%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Dallas County's rate of about 77%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MCCOY EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 62.9%; MCCOY EL posts 82.3%, +19.4 points above that line.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Dallas County) records that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), MCCOY EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SMITH H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MCCOY EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 7%: 441 students in 2018 compared to 410 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.
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