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If you could change one rule at PILOT POINT EL, what would it be?
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Enrollment
561
Elementary
DISTRICT 380 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PILOT POINT ISD·NCES 483492008199
PILOT POINT EL
501 E CARROLL ST, PILOT POINT, TX 76258 · (940) 686-8720 · Denton County
GRADES 01–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL561 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
248 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PILOT POINT ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 42.0% . -5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
38.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
561
+152 (+37%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.1:1
% White
36%
was 45%
% Hispanic
54%
was 51%
% Black
3%
was 2%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PILOT POINT EL
PILOT POINT EL is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in PILOT POINT, Texas, part of PILOT POINT ISD, with 561 students on its rolls from grades 1 through 5.
PILOT POINT EL is one of 4 schools operated by PILOT POINT ISD, a district that works with 1,619 students overall.
In terms of who attends, PILOT POINT EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 36% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 44% of students at PILOT POINT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is higher than Denton County's rate of about 35%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PILOT POINT EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.6%; actual is 38.8%, a gap of -15.8 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Denton County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which PILOT POINT EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: PILOT POINT H S, around 0.6 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, PILOT POINT EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.3%.
PILOT POINT EL operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. PILOT POINT EL's enrollment has edged up 37% since 2018, when it stood at 409 (now 561). The White share of enrollment edged down from 45% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has rose: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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 PILOT POINT ISD
- PILOT POINT H SHigh · 482 students
- PILOT POINT SELZ MIDDLEMiddle · 378 students
- PILOT POINT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 198 students
- DENTON CO J J A E PElementary
Other schools in PILOT POINT
- PILOT POINT H SHigh · 482 students
- PILOT POINT SELZ MIDDLEMiddle · 378 students
- PILOT POINT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 198 students
- DENTON CO J J A E PElementary
Nearby schools
- PILOT POINT H S0.6 mi · 482
- PILOT POINT SELZ MIDDLE1.0 mi · 378
- PILOT POINT EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER1.1 mi · 198
- TIOGA SCHOOL6.1 mi · 664
- TERRIE MCNABB MIDDLE7.3 mi · 978
- AUBREY H S7.4 mi · 1,135
Frequently asked questions
About PILOT POINT ELWhat is the total enrollment at PILOT POINT EL?
PILOT POINT EL enrolls approximately 561 students in grades 01-05.
What grades does PILOT POINT EL serve?
PILOT POINT EL serves grades 01-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at PILOT POINT EL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at PILOT POINT EL is approximately 14.4:1 (39 FTE teachers).
How diverse is PILOT POINT EL?
PILOT POINT EL reports a student body of 36% White, 54% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is PILOT POINT EL public or private?
PILOT POINT EL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PILOT POINT ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.