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Enrollment
674
Elementary
DISTRICT 576 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENTON ISD·NCES 481674001452
Newton Rayzor Elementary School
1400 MALONE, DENTON, TX 76201 · (940) 369-3700 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL674 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 38% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
14.1:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
340 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 | 60 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 27% larger than its 5th grade class (85).
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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 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 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 21.0% | 15.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 Newton Rayzor Elementary School
Newton Rayzor Elementary School's state test result (42.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Newton Rayzor Elementary School this school | 674 | 50.4% | 42.0% |
| Wedgewood Elementary School FRIENDSWOOD | 637 | 52.4% | 43.0% |
| City View Elementary School AMARILLO | 698 | 45.8% | 56.5% |
| Blanton Elementary School AUSTIN | 748 | 46.4% | 50.3% |
| Pecan Creek Elementary School DENTON | 656 | 47.0% | 48.9% |
| Freiheit Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 662 | 45.6% | 48.9% |
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 Newton Rayzor Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.0% | #2,320 of 4,401 | #93 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,328 of 4,466 ▼ 398 | #109 of 138 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,817 of 4,466 ▼ 230 | #82 of 138 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #642 of 3,998 | #18 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 674 | #1,091 of 4,938 | #26 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,615 of 4,622 | #68 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.4% | #935 of 4,628 | #81 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.4% | #3,564 of 4,789 | #45 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.0% | #838 of 1,307 | #39 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
674
+59 (+10%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 673
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 674 | 47.9 | 14.1:1 | 50% (340) |
| 2023-24 | 606 | 55.7 | 10.9:1 | 56% (338) |
| 2022-23 | 641 | 50 | 12.8:1 | 57% (366) |
| 2020-21 | 615 | 54 | 11.4:1 | 56% (342) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 51.2 | 12.2:1 | 55% (345) |
| 2015-16 | 675 | 53 | 12.7:1 | 54% (364) |
| 2010-11 | 584 | 47 | 12.4:1 | 62% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 621 | 44 | 14.1:1 | 56% (350) |
| 1990-91 | 673 | 40 | 16.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Newton Rayzor Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 8% (624 to 674); teachers down 7% (51.2 to 47.9).
About Newton Rayzor Elementary School
Students in DENTON, Texas, attend Newton Rayzor Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 5 and enrolls 674 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
DENTON ISD is the local district for Newton Rayzor Elementary School. It runs 46 schools with 33,329 students.
At Newton Rayzor Elementary School, Hispanic students make up the biggest share, 42%. Other groups make up 39% White, 8% Black, 7% multiracial, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 21% of Denton County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 65%.
The student-to-teacher ratio at Newton Rayzor Elementary School is 14.1:1, based on 47.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. Lunch program data show 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Denton County is 35%.
Newton Rayzor Elementary School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 38% of Texas public elementary schools.
Newton Rayzor Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 42.0%, compared with a predicted 52.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school's county is Denton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, 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%. Newton Rayzor Elementary School shares Denton County with 266 other public schools.
A public school about 0.4 miles away, Calhoun Middle School, is the closest to Newton Rayzor Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Newton Rayzor Elementary School is ahead of the 41.0% nearby average, ranking 3rd of 6.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
A 10% gain took enrollment from 615 in 2020-21 to 674 in 2024-25. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.4:1 to 14.1:1.
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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
Nearby schools
- Calhoun Middle School0.4 mi · 852
- Ki Charter - Denton0.5 mi · 24
- Evers Park Elementary School1.6 mi · 732
- Strickland Middle School1.6 mi · 956
- Denton High School1.8 mi · 2,083
- North Texas Collegiate Academy-North Campus1.9 mi · 237
Frequently asked questions
About Newton Rayzor Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Newton Rayzor Elementary School?
Newton Rayzor Elementary School enrolls approximately 674 students in grades PK-05.
Is Newton Rayzor Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Newton Rayzor Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Newton Rayzor Elementary School have?
Newton Rayzor Elementary School employs 48 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is Newton Rayzor Elementary School?
Newton Rayzor Elementary School reports a student body of 39% White, 42% Hispanic, 8% Black, 3% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Newton Rayzor Elementary School public or private?
Newton Rayzor Elementary School 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.