RYAN EL

Located at 201 W RYAN RD, in DENTON, Texas, RYAN EL is a mid-tier K-5 school that serves 551 students (grades pre-K through 5), part of DENTON ISD.

RYAN EL is one of 46 schools operated by DENTON ISD, a district that teaches 33,329 students overall.

In terms of who attends, RYAN EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 35% White, 9% Asian, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, RYAN EL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting RYAN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold 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 above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RYAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), RYAN EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DENTON CLASSICAL ACADEMY, around 0.4 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RYAN EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 18%: 672 students in 2018 compared to 551 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 51% to 45%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.7:1 in 2025.

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