NORRIS EL

Located at 10101 SHEPTON LN, in FRISCO, Texas, NORRIS EL is an average-sized K-5 school that hosts 606 students (grades K through 5), one of the schools within FRISCO ISD.

FRISCO ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 65,289 students. NORRIS EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, NORRIS EL reports that nearly all students (83%) are Asian. Other groups include 5% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black, 3% Native American. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school employs 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 2% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Collin County's rate of about 30%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORRIS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.8%; this one delivers 85.7%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Collin County) records that the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), NORRIS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NELSON MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORRIS EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 77.0%.

NORRIS EL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORRIS EL has declined 26%, going from 817 students in 2018 to 606 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 64% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for NORRIS EL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.