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Enrollment
635
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001012815
Nichols Elementary School
7411 NICHOLS TRAIL, FRISCO, TX 75034 · (469) 633-3950 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL635 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 93% 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.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
16.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
26 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 72 | 11% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 103 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 132 | 21% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (72) is 47% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
89.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
85.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 89 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 69.0% | 20.0% | 8.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 56.0% | 29.0% | 10.0% | 5.0% |
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 | 89.0% | 85.0% |
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 90.0% | 85.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 84.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 77.0% |
| 2020-21 | 57.0% | 61.0% |
% 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
82.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Nichols Elementary School
Nichols Elementary School's state test result (82.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nichols Elementary School this school | 635 | 4.1% | 82.8% |
| Isbell Elementary School FRISCO | 612 | 6.5% | 74.8% |
| Patsy Sommer Elementary School AUSTIN | 817 | 3.8% | 89.0% |
| Brenda Calhoun Early Childhood School MCKINNEY | 744 | 9.3% | N/A |
| Tarvin Elementary School LEANDER | 838 | 5.3% | 63.8% |
| Mary Evans Elementary School ALLEN | 621 | 10.0% | 84.2% |
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 Nichols Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.8% | #52 of 4,401 | #2 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #60 of 4,466 ▲ 3 | #1 of 138 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 89.0% | #37 of 4,466 ▲ 19 | #1 of 138 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,414 of 3,998 | #80 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 635 | #1,355 of 4,938 | #42 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #3,314 of 4,622 | #127 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #1,423 of 4,628 | #99 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.1% | #4,761 of 4,789 | #137 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.2% | #550 of 1,307 | #21 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
635
-108 (-15%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 635 | 39.6 | 16.0:1 | 4% (26) |
| 2023-24 | 689 | 41.8 | 16.5:1 | 2% (16) |
| 2022-23 | 714 | 39.4 | 18.1:1 | 2% (17) |
| 2020-21 | 743 | 45 | 16.5:1 | 3% (20) |
| 2017-18 | 551 | 35 | 15.7:1 | 3% (18) |
| 2015-16 | 736 | 43 | 17.1:1 | 1% (6) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nichols Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (551 to 635); teachers up 13% (35 to 39.6).
About Nichols Elementary School
Nichols Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in FRISCO, Texas. Federal data show 635 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
FRISCO ISD includes 76 schools. Together they enroll 65,289 students.
About 58% of the student body at Nichols Elementary School is Asian. Other students are 24% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, and 5% Black. By comparison, Denton County residents are about 11% Asian. A diversity index of 60% means there is a 60% chance two randomly chosen students at Nichols Elementary School are from different groups.
Based on 39.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, Nichols Elementary School has a ratio of 16.0:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Income data for the school show 4% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 35% average for public schools in Denton County, the school's rate is lower.
Nichols Elementary School holds an A allk12 Grade, placing it above 93% of Texas public elementary schools.
Test results at Nichols Elementary School are 10.9 points above what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (82.8% actual, 71.9% predicted).
The school is in Denton County, where the median household earns about $111,498 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Nichols Elementary School shares Denton County with 266 other public schools.
Nichols Elementary School is about 0.2 miles from Pioneer Heritage Middle School, its nearest public school. Nichols Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nichols Elementary School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 82.8% against a local average of 77.6%.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 15%, from 743 to 635.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Nichols Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 FRISCO ISD
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,996 students
Other schools in FRISCO
- Rock Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,442 students
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
Other Nichols Elementary schools
5 other US public schools in 5 states are named Nichols Elementary. Nichols Elementary School is the largest of the 6.
- Nichols Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 321 students
- Nichols ElementaryOceanside, CA · 522 students
- Nichols Elementary SchoolBarboursville, WV · 230 students
- Nichols Elementary SchoolBiloxi, MS · 203 students
- Nichols ElementaryWest Point, KY · 105 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Heritage Middle School0.2 mi · 1,037
- Sparks Elementary School0.7 mi · 531
- Pearson Middle School0.7 mi · 1,032
- Leadership Prep School Secondary0.7 mi · 891
- Bledsoe Elementary School0.7 mi · 663
- Reedy High School0.9 mi · 2,201
Frequently asked questions
About Nichols Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nichols Elementary School?
Nichols Elementary School enrolls approximately 635 students in grades PK-05.
Is Nichols Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Nichols Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Nichols Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Nichols Elementary School is approximately 16.0:1 (40 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Nichols Elementary School?
Student demographics at Nichols Elementary School are roughly 24% White, 6% Hispanic, 5% Black, 58% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Nichols Elementary School public or private?
Nichols Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FRISCO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.