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Enrollment
663
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COPPELL ISD·NCES 481521012980
Richard J Lee Elementary School
8808 CHAPARRAL WATERS WAY, DALLAS, TX 75019 · (214) 496-7900 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL663 STUDENTS
A+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 97% 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.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
14.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
25 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 88 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 87 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 108 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 134 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 120 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 126 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (88) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (126).
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from COPPELL ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
87.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
86.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 87 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 66.0% | 21.0% | 9.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 62.0% | 24.0% | 10.0% | 4.0% |
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 | 87.0% | 86.0% |
| 2024-25 | 89.0% | 85.0% |
| 2023-24 | 86.0% | 83.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 68.0% |
| 2021-22 | 71.0% | 61.0% |
| 2020-21 | 56.0% | 62.0% |
% 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
79.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 80% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Richard J Lee Elementary School
Richard J Lee Elementary School's state test result (79.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Richard J Lee Elementary School this school | 663 | 3.8% | 79.8% |
| Talley Elementary School FRISCO | 616 | 4.2% | 87.0% |
| Norris Elementary School FRISCO | 606 | 2.5% | 84.8% |
| Canyon Ranch Elementary School IRVING | 705 | 8.2% | 80.8% |
| Valley Ranch Elementary School IRVING | 577 | 5.0% | 82.5% |
| Liscano Elementary School FRISCO | 654 | 3.7% | 81.0% |
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 Richard J Lee Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 79.8% | #94 of 4,401 | #11 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #47 of 4,466 ▲ 13 | #5 of 429 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 87.0% | #73 of 4,466 ▼ 20 | #13 of 429 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +22.0pp | #396 of 3,998 | #20 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 663 | #1,164 of 4,938 | #85 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,899 of 4,622 | #162 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.3% | #3,553 of 4,628 | #340 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 3.8% | #4,769 of 4,789 | #437 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -19.5% | #1,212 of 2,838 | #124 of 274 |
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
663
-31 (-4%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 663 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 4% (25) |
| 2023-24 | 728 | 49.7 | 14.6:1 | 6% (43) |
| 2022-23 | 719 | 47.3 | 15.2:1 | 6% (42) |
| 2020-21 | 694 | 43 | 16.1:1 | 5% (34) |
| 2017-18 | 824 | 43 | 19.1:1 | 7% (58) |
| 2015-16 | 667 | 39 | 17.1:1 | 6% (41) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Richard J Lee Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (824 to 663); teachers up 7% (43 to 46).
About Richard J Lee Elementary School
Richard J Lee Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in DALLAS, Texas. The latest federal count shows 663 students in kindergarten through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 28% higher.
COPPELL ISD includes 16 schools. Together they enroll 13,233 students.
Asian students are the large majority at Richard J Lee Elementary School, with 86% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 6% White, 4% Black, and 2% Hispanic. Census estimates put the Asian share of Dallas County's population at about 7%. Richard J Lee Elementary School has a diversity index of 26%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
At Richard J Lee Elementary School, 46 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 14.4:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 15.1:1. Roughly 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 73 points below the 77% average for public schools in Dallas County.
The allk12 Grade for Richard J Lee Elementary School is A+. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 97% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Richard J Lee Elementary School is 7.8 points above its prediction. Actual: 79.8%. Predicted: 72.1%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Dallas County, median household income is about $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Richard J Lee Elementary School is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County, which together enroll about 459,645 students.
Nearest public school: Coppell Middle West, about 0.4 miles away. The five-mile area around Richard J Lee Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Richard J Lee Elementary School ranks 3rd of 8 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 79.8% against a local average of 58.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment was 694 in 2020-21 and 663 in 2024-25, a decrease of 31 students. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 16.1:1 to 14.4:1.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in COPPELL ISD
- Coppell High SchoolHigh · 4,068 students
- Coppell Middle WestMiddle · 1,230 students
- Coppell Middle EastMiddle · 1,120 students
- Coppell Middle NorthMiddle · 1,006 students
- Canyon Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Valley Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 577 students
Other schools in DALLAS
- Skyline High SchoolHigh · 3,837 students
- Lake Highlands High SchoolHigh · 2,972 students
- Oak Cliff Faith Family AcademyCombined · 2,670 students
- Bryan Adams H S Leadership AcademyHigh · 2,208 students
- W T White High SchoolHigh · 2,204 students
- Sunset High SchoolHigh · 2,164 students
Nearby schools
- Coppell Middle West0.4 mi · 1,230
- Las Colinas Elementary School0.8 mi · 505
- Canyon Ranch Elementary School0.9 mi · 705
- Freeman Elementary School0.9 mi · 651
- Valley Ranch Elementary School1.3 mi · 577
- Landry Elementary School1.6 mi · 474
Frequently asked questions
About Richard J Lee Elementary SchoolHow large is Richard J Lee Elementary School?
Richard J Lee Elementary School enrolls approximately 663 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Richard J Lee Elementary School serve?
Richard J Lee Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Richard J Lee Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Richard J Lee Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Richard J Lee Elementary School?
At Richard J Lee Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 2% Hispanic, 4% Black, 86% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Richard J Lee Elementary School in?
Richard J Lee Elementary School is part of COPPELL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.