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Enrollment
748
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENTON ISD·NCES 481674001454
Nette Shultz
1502 HANOVER ST, DENTON, TX 76209 · (940) 369-4500 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL748 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 78% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats 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
14.4:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
350 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 | 25 | 3% |
| Kindergarten | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 117 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 138 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (128) is 8% larger than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
65%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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 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 | 35.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 65.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 54.0% | 39.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
56.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Nette Shultz
Nette Shultz's state test result (56.1% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nette Shultz this school | 748 | 46.8% | 56.1% |
| City View Elementary School AMARILLO | 698 | 45.8% | 56.5% |
| Piney Woods Elementary School SPLENDORA | 832 | 47.2% | 33.3% |
| Gordon-Reed Elementary School MONTGOMERY | 705 | 46.7% | 51.2% |
| Blanton Elementary School AUSTIN | 748 | 46.4% | 50.3% |
| Wilkinson Elementary School CONROE | 755 | 52.1% | 52.4% |
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 Nette Shultz ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.1% | #987 of 4,401 | #59 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,472 of 4,466 ▼ 495 | #61 of 138 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,013 of 4,466 ▲ 84 | #65 of 138 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,018 of 3,998 | #29 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 748 | #641 of 4,938 | #13 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,860 of 4,622 | #77 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.8% | #998 of 4,628 | #85 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.8% | #3,710 of 4,789 | #56 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +25.1% | #315 of 1,307 | #13 of 48 |
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
748
+181 (+32%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 721
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 748 | 52.1 | 14.4:1 | 47% (350) |
| 2023-24 | 704 | 51.5 | 13.7:1 | 48% (335) |
| 2022-23 | 690 | 50.7 | 13.6:1 | 46% (315) |
| 2020-21 | 567 | 44 | 12.9:1 | 46% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 598 | 45.2 | 13.2:1 | 45% (270) |
| 2015-16 | 609 | 48 | 12.7:1 | 45% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 632 | 51 | 12.4:1 | 46% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 570 | 43 | 13.3:1 | 13% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 721 | 38 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nette Shultz.
Since 2017-18: students up 25% (598 to 748); teachers up 15% (45.2 to 52.1).
About Nette Shultz
Nette Shultz is an elementary school with a street address in DENTON, Texas. Its enrollment is 748 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Nette Shultz is one of the 46 schools that make up DENTON ISD (33,329 students in total).
The student body at Nette Shultz has no majority group. White students lead at 45%. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. The county population is about 57% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
Nette Shultz reports a ratio of 14.4 students per teacher, from 52.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school's 14.4:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Lunch program data show 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 35% average among public schools in Denton County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Nette Shultz outscored 78%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Nette Shultz lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.1%; the prediction is 53.7%.
Census data for Denton County show median household income comes to about $111,498, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. There are 267 public schools in the county, enrolling about 175,222, Nette Shultz among them.
Of the public schools around it, Nette Shultz is closest to Strickland Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 33.4%; Nette Shultz's is 56.1%, ranking 1st of 7.
NCES describes the area around Nette Shultz as City: Mid-size, meaning inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 567 to 748, a 32% rise. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.4:1) than in 2020-21 (12.9:1).
Use the discussion section to ask about special education services, counseling, and support programs at Nette Shultz. You can also rate the school on this page.
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
- Evers Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 732 students
Nearby schools
- Strickland Middle School0.8 mi · 956
- Ginnings Elementary School0.8 mi · 614
- Evers Park Elementary School1.2 mi · 732
- The Ann Windle School for Young Children1.4 mi · 274
- The Lagrone Academy1.4 mi · 212
- Emilio & Guadalupe Gonzalez Pre-K Center1.5 mi · 255
Frequently asked questions
About Nette ShultzWhat is the total enrollment at Nette Shultz?
Nette Shultz enrolls approximately 748 students in grades PK-05.
Is Nette Shultz an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nette Shultz is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nette Shultz?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nette Shultz is approximately 14.4:1 (52 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Nette Shultz?
At Nette Shultz, the student body is approximately 45% White, 37% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Nette Shultz public or private?
Nette Shultz is a public K-12 school, overseen by DENTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.