PALOMA CREEK EL

Set in AUBREY, Texas, PALOMA CREEK EL is an average-sized K-5 school, operated by DENTON ISD. It works with 516 students across grades pre-K through 5.

DENTON ISD runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 33,329 students. PALOMA CREEK EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, PALOMA CREEK EL lists that the most-represented group is Black (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder breaks down as 19% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 15% White, 7% multiracial. That is noticeably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 55% of students at PALOMA CREEK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PALOMA CREEK EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.8%; actual is 27.0%, a gap of -22.8 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. PALOMA CREEK EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

NAVO MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALOMA CREEK EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 659 students in 2018 compared to 516 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 46% to 15% over that span.

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