PINKERTON EL

PINKERTON EL is one of the intimate elementary schools in COPPELL, Texas, overseen by COPPELL ISD, with 368 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 29% leaner than typical.

COPPELL ISD comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 13,233 students; PINKERTON EL is among them.

Demographically, PINKERTON EL logs that the most-represented group is White (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 35% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PINKERTON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 7% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Dallas County's rate of about 77%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PINKERTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 70.8%, the actual is 69.4%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), PINKERTON EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WILSON EL, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PINKERTON EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PINKERTON EL at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 63.2%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Looking at the recent track record. PINKERTON EL's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 420 (now 368). The Asian share of enrollment decreased from 46% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.