Enrollment
328
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD·NCES 481305005740
Rainwater Elementary School
1408 E FRANKFORD, CARROLLTON, TX 75007 · (972) 968-2800 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL328 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
164 students
DISTRICT 63% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 39 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 53 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 43 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 41 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (53) is 29% larger than its 5th grade class (41).
Student demographics
77%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 41.0% | 29.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 28.0% | 21.0% | 19.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 70.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 64.0% | 64.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 35.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rainwater Elementary School
Rainwater Elementary School's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rainwater Elementary School this school | 328 | 50.0% | 58.4% |
| Forest North Elementary School AUSTIN | 319 | 48.6% | 53.4% |
| Kent Elementary School CARROLLTON | 416 | 46.2% | 71.3% |
| The Wildcat Way School HOUSTON | 268 | 51.1% | N/A |
| Keller Early Learning Center - North KELLER | 252 | 49.6% | N/A |
| Dooley Elementary School PLANO | 303 | 49.2% | 47.3% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rainwater Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #848 of 4,401 | #56 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #920 of 4,466 ▲ 202 | #54 of 138 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #714 of 4,466 ▼ 98 | #49 of 138 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #2,674 of 3,998 | #94 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 328 | #4,022 of 4,938 | #131 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #446 of 4,622 | #20 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 76.5% | #49 of 4,628 | #7 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 50.0% | #3,578 of 4,789 | #46 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.9% | #2,787 of 2,838 | #69 of 69 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
328
-19 (-5%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 471
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 13.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 328 | 26.7 | 12.3:1 | 50% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 351 | 29 | 12.1:1 | 53% (187) |
| 2022-23 | 336 | 26.8 | 12.6:1 | 54% (181) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 25 | 13.9:1 | 50% (175) |
| 2017-18 | 331 | 24 | 13.8:1 | 50% (166) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 25 | 15.7:1 | 55% (217) |
| 2010-11 | 451 | 30 | 15.0:1 | 41% (187) |
| 2000-01 | 471 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 17% (80) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rainwater Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (331 to 328); teachers up 11% (24 to 26.7).
About Rainwater Elementary School
Rainwater Elementary School is an elementary school in CARROLLTON, Texas, reachable at (972) 968-2800. Students in pre-K through 5 attend, and enrollment is 328 students. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
Federal data list 39 schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD, with 24,165 students enrolled.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Rainwater Elementary School is Hispanic (32%). Smaller groups are 27% White, 18% Asian, 14% Black, and 9% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Denton County is roughly 21% Hispanic. Rainwater Elementary School has a diversity index of 77%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Rainwater Elementary School employs 26.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 12.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. Rainwater Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 50%. The rate at public schools in Denton County averages 35%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Rainwater Elementary School an A-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 52.3% for Rainwater Elementary School. The school posts 58.4%, 6.1 points above the prediction.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Denton County show that median household income is about $111,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Rainwater Elementary School is one of 267 public schools in Denton County, which together enroll about 175,222 students.
The shortest distance from Rainwater Elementary School to another public school is about 0.5 miles, to Creekview High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. On state test proficiency, Rainwater Elementary School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 347 to 328. Students per teacher fell from 13.9 in 2020-21 to 12.3 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Rainwater Elementary School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD
- Turner High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,971 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
- Blalack Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Ranchview High SchoolHigh · 899 students
Other schools in CARROLLTON
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Turner High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,971 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
- Arbor Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 940 students
Nearby schools
- Creekview High School0.5 mi · 1,686
- Blalack Middle School0.6 mi · 931
- Rosemeade Elementary School0.7 mi · 360
- Kent Elementary School0.9 mi · 416
- Davis Elementary School1.0 mi · 451
- Harmony Science Academy - Carrollton1.0 mi · 564
Frequently asked questions
About Rainwater Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rainwater Elementary School?
Rainwater Elementary School enrolls approximately 328 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rainwater Elementary School serve?
Rainwater Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Rainwater Elementary School?
Approximately 12.3:1 students per teacher at Rainwater Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Rainwater Elementary School?
At Rainwater Elementary School, the student body is approximately 27% White, 32% Hispanic, 14% Black, 18% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Rainwater Elementary School public or private?
Rainwater Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.