1
Enrollment
583
Elementary
DISTRICT 660 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYLIE ISD·NCES 484653006634
P M Akin Elementary School
1100 SPRINGWOOD, WYLIE, TX 75098 · (972) 429-3400 · Collin County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL583 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- 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
13.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
171 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 7 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 83 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 134 | 23% |
| Grade 3 | 122 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (83) is 34% smaller than its 4th grade class (126).
Student demographics
73%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
72.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 72 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady 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 | 45.0% | 25.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 42.0% | 30.0% | 13.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 72.0% |
| 2024-25 | 75.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 56.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 70.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
71.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+10.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 P M Akin Elementary School
P M Akin Elementary School's state test result (71.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| P M Akin Elementary School this school | 583 | 29.3% | 71.7% |
| Arlington Classics Academy - Arkansas Campus ARLINGTON | 473 | 28.1% | N/A |
| Arlington Classics Academy -Intermediate ARLINGTON | 524 | 30.3% | 60.6% |
| Rogers Elementary School FRISCO | 472 | 30.1% | 46.3% |
| Lone Star Elementary School KELLER | 569 | 30.2% | 63.4% |
| Benignus Elementary School KLEIN | 753 | 30.0% | 66.1% |
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 P M Akin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 71.7% | #271 of 4,401 | #47 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #365 of 4,466 ▼ 72 | #46 of 165 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #748 of 4,466 ▼ 228 | #78 of 165 ▼ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +27.0pp | #231 of 3,998 | #3 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 583 | #1,748 of 4,938 | #82 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,449 of 4,622 | #79 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.7% | #263 of 4,628 | #47 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.3% | #4,235 of 4,789 | #79 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +38.5% | #171 of 1,307 | #8 of 54 |
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
583
+47 (+9%) vs 2020
+41% since 1990-91, when it was 414
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 583 | 41.9 | 13.9:1 | 29% (171) |
| 2023-24 | 594 | 41.4 | 14.4:1 | 31% (182) |
| 2022-23 | 586 | 41.9 | 14.0:1 | 30% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 536 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 28% (152) |
| 2017-18 | 421 | 30.9 | 13.6:1 | 28% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 546 | 34 | 16.1:1 | 32% (175) |
| 2010-11 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 29% (161) |
| 2000-01 | 447 | 30 | 14.9:1 | 13% (60) |
| 1990-91 | 414 | 23 | 18.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for P M Akin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 38% (421 to 583); teachers up 36% (30.9 to 41.9).
About P M Akin Elementary School
P M Akin Elementary School is the name of a medium-sized elementary school in WYLIE, Texas. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 583 students in pre-K through 4.
P M Akin Elementary School belongs to WYLIE ISD, a district of 21 schools and 19,401 students.
At P M Akin Elementary School, the largest share of students is White, at 42%. The remaining shares are 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 13% Asian, and 7% multiracial. Collin County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school's share is lower. Pick two students at random and there is a 73% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 41.9 full-time equivalents, or about 13.9 students per teacher. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 13.9:1 here. About 29% of students, or 171, qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. That tracks the 30% average for public schools in Collin County.
allk12 grades P M Akin Elementary School an A+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Texas, P M Akin Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 71.7% actual against a predicted 61.2%.
Across Collin County, the median household income is $121,600, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 56% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Collin County is home to 338 public schools and about 227,575 public school students.
The closest public school to P M Akin Elementary School is Achieve Academy, about 0.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 71.7% is above the 70.0% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Suburb: Large.
Over 4 years, P M Akin Elementary School's enrollment grew 9%, to 583.
Parents and students can post about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater at P M Akin Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WYLIE ISD
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
Other schools in WYLIE
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
Nearby schools
- Achieve Academy0.7 mi · 133
- Grady Burnett Junior High School0.8 mi · 1,064
- Ab Harrison Intermediate School1.1 mi · 1,093
- R F Hartman Elementary School1.1 mi · 518
- Wally Watkins Elementary School1.3 mi · 832
- T F Birmingham Elementary School1.6 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About P M Akin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at P M Akin Elementary School?
P M Akin Elementary School enrolls approximately 583 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does P M Akin Elementary School serve?
P M Akin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many students per teacher at P M Akin Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at P M Akin Elementary School.
How diverse is P M Akin Elementary School?
P M Akin Elementary School reports a student body of 42% White, 21% Hispanic, 18% Black, 13% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees P M Akin Elementary School?
P M Akin Elementary School is overseen by WYLIE ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.