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Enrollment
527
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENTON ISD·NCES 481674011447
Nelson Elementary School
3909 TEASLEY LN, DENTON, TX 76210 · (940) 369-1400 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL527 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
39%
204 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 49 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 73 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (73).
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 57.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
50.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Nelson Elementary School
Nelson Elementary School's state test result (50.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nelson Elementary School this school | 527 | 38.7% | 50.0% |
| Corinth Elementary School CORINTH | 537 | 41.0% | 37.8% |
| Howard Norman Elementary School HUTTO | 554 | 40.8% | 40.8% |
| Grand Oaks Elementary School TOMBALL | 548 | 40.1% | 64.8% |
| Nadine Johnson Elementary School HUTTO | 547 | 38.8% | 41.4% |
| Christine Camacho Elementary School LEANDER | 622 | 37.3% | 31.2% |
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 Nelson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,428 of 4,401 | #71 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,398 of 4,466 ▼ 799 | #85 of 138 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,720 of 4,466 ▼ 311 | #77 of 138 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #1,112 of 3,998 | #31 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 527 | #2,262 of 4,938 | #90 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #744 of 4,622 | #36 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.5% | #567 of 4,628 | #48 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 38.7% | #3,982 of 4,789 | #73 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.7% | #1,459 of 2,838 | #33 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
527
-50 (-9%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 527 | 40.9 | 12.9:1 | 39% (204) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 39.1 | 13.4:1 | 42% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 520 | 41 | 12.7:1 | 42% (220) |
| 2020-21 | 577 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 41% (236) |
| 2017-18 | 633 | 45 | 14.1:1 | 32% (205) |
| 2015-16 | 616 | 44 | 14.0:1 | 34% (208) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 40 | 14.7:1 | 33% (193) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nelson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (633 to 527); teachers down 9% (45 to 40.9).
About Nelson Elementary School
Nelson Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in DENTON, Texas, administered by DENTON ISD. Grades offered run from pre-K through 5, with 527 students enrolled.
Nelson Elementary School falls under DENTON ISD, which has 46 schools enrolling 33,329 students.
White students are the largest group at Nelson Elementary School, with 40% of enrollment. Beyond that, enrollment is 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 8% multiracial, and 5% Asian. The White share of the county population is higher, at 57%. Nelson Elementary School has a diversity index of 70%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Staffing totals 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 12.9:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 39%.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Nelson Elementary School would score about 57.2%. It scores 50.0%, 7.2 points below that figure.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Denton County show that median household income is about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 267 public schools in Denton County, with a combined enrollment of about 175,222.
The next-closest public school is Houston Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Nelson Elementary School. On proficiency, Nelson Elementary School is behind the 54.6% nearby average, ranking 7th of 9.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
Nelson Elementary School had 577 students in 2020-21 and 527 in 2024-25, a 9% decrease. The ratio of students to teachers went from 14.1:1 to 12.9:1 over the same years.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss science fairs, picture day, and bus routes at Nelson Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 DENTON ISD
- Ray Braswell High SchoolHigh · 2,812 students
- Guyer High SchoolHigh · 2,577 students
- Denton High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Ryan High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Strickland Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Crownover Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in DENTON
- Guyer High SchoolHigh · 2,577 students
- Denton High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Ryan High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Strickland Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Calhoun Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- Nette ShultzElementary · 748 students
Other Nelson Elementary schools
7 other US public schools in 7 states are named Nelson Elementary. Nelson Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 8.
- NELSON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLDOVER, FL · 630 students
- Nelson Elementary SchoolGraham, WA · 497 students
- Nelson ElementaryPinedale, CA · 466 students
- Nelson ElemHaysville, KS · 442 students
- Nelson ElementaryLa Puente, CA · 291 students
Nearby schools
- Houston Elementary School1.1 mi · 537
- McNair Elementary School1.5 mi · 599
- Hawk Elementary School1.6 mi · 610
- Crownover Middle School1.7 mi · 891
- Ryan Elementary School1.8 mi · 551
- Guyer High School1.9 mi · 2,577
Frequently asked questions
About Nelson Elementary SchoolHow large is Nelson Elementary School?
Nelson Elementary School enrolls approximately 527 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Nelson Elementary School serve?
Nelson Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nelson Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nelson Elementary School is approximately 12.9:1 (41 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nelson Elementary School?
Student demographics at Nelson Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 34% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Nelson Elementary School?
Nelson Elementary School is overseen by DENTON ISD in Denton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.