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PUREFOY EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PUREFOY EL
As a mid-sized primary school in FRISCO, Texas, PUREFOY EL teaches 606 students from grades pre-K through 5, operated by FRISCO ISD.
FRISCO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 65,289 students; PUREFOY EL is among them.
In terms of who attends, PUREFOY EL logs that the most-represented group is White (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 21% Asian, 15% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, PUREFOY EL reports 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 10% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Denton County's rate of about 35%.
With demographic context factored in, PUREFOY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 69.3%, the actual is 63.7%, a residual of -5.6 points.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Denton County put the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which PUREFOY EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: PINK EL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PUREFOY EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PUREFOY EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 71.2%.
PUREFOY EL operates from a bedroom-community location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 585 students in 2018 compared to 606 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 74% to 47% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
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