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PINK EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PINK EL
Set in FRISCO, Texas, PINK EL is a reasonably sized elementary school, part of FRISCO ISD. It works with 593 students across grades pre-K through 6.
FRISCO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 65,289 students; PINK EL is among them.
On the student-mix side, PINK EL logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 32% Asian, 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
In terms of school funding signals, PINK EL shows 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 10% of students at PINK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, PINK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 75.4%.
Across the wider county, Denton County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. PINK EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).
GRIFFIN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINK EL. On composite proficiency, PINK EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 70.1%.
The campus sits in a suburban setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 23%: 481 students in 2018 compared to 593 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 71% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.
On allk12, the feed for PINK EL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Denton County at a glance
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