PECAN CREEK EL

As a mid-tier primary school in DENTON, Texas, PECAN CREEK EL educates 656 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within DENTON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so PECAN CREEK EL sits 26% bigger than that benchmark.

DENTON ISD comprises 46 schools with combined enrollment of 33,329 students; PECAN CREEK EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, PECAN CREEK EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 34% White, 10% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PECAN CREEK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.8%.

Across the wider county, census data for Denton County shows median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PECAN CREEK EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

STEPHENS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.5 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PECAN CREEK EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.9%.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 703 students in 2018 compared to 656 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 41% to 34% over that span.

Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.