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What's the one class at SAMUEL BECK EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
642
Elementary
DISTRICT 677 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NORTHWEST ISD·NCES 483318007875
SAMUEL BECK EL
401 PARKVIEW DR, TROPHY CLUB, TX 76262 · (817) 215-0450 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL642 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
44 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
37 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
85.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
74.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
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
77.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 77% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
642
-196 (-23%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
14.7:1
was 15.7:1
% White
72%
was 74%
% Hispanic
13%
was 13%
% Black
3%
was 3%
% Asian
7%
was 8%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SAMUEL BECK EL
As a mid-tier K-5 school in TROPHY CLUB, Texas, SAMUEL BECK EL serves 642 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under NORTHWEST ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 24% larger than the state mean of about 519.
SAMUEL BECK EL is one of 37 schools operated by NORTHWEST ISD, a district that caters to 32,098 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, SAMUEL BECK EL reports that 72% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 13% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 57% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 6% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SAMUEL BECK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 71.3%, the actual is 77.0%, a residual of +5.7 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which SAMUEL BECK EL is one.
The closest other public school is MEDLIN MIDDLE, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SAMUEL BECK EL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 66.0%.
SAMUEL BECK EL operates from a commuter-belt location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAMUEL BECK EL has shrank 23%, going from 838 students in 2018 to 642 in 2025.
On allk12, members of the SAMUEL BECK EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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 NORTHWEST ISD
- V R EATON H SHigh · 3,288 students
- BYRON NELSON H SHigh · 2,969 students
- NORTHWEST H SHigh · 2,672 students
- CW WORTHINGTON MIDDLEMiddle · 1,201 students
- GENE PIKE MIDDLEMiddle · 1,137 students
- MEDLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 1,109 students
Other schools in TROPHY CLUB
- BYRON NELSON H SHigh · 2,969 students
- MEDLIN MIDDLEMiddle · 1,109 students
Nearby schools
- MEDLIN MIDDLE0.4 mi · 1,109
- LAKEVIEW EL0.4 mi · 487
- BYRON NELSON H S0.7 mi · 2,969
- ROANOKE EL1.0 mi · 705
- JAMES M STEELE EARLY COLLEGE H S1.0 mi · 309
- WESTLAKE ACADEMY1.7 mi · 877
Frequently asked questions
About SAMUEL BECK ELWhat is the total enrollment at SAMUEL BECK EL?
SAMUEL BECK EL enrolls approximately 642 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does SAMUEL BECK EL serve?
SAMUEL BECK EL serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at SAMUEL BECK EL?
Approximately 14.7:1 students per teacher at SAMUEL BECK EL.
How diverse is SAMUEL BECK EL?
SAMUEL BECK EL reports a student body of 72% White, 13% Hispanic, 3% Black, 7% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees SAMUEL BECK EL?
SAMUEL BECK EL is overseen by NORTHWEST ISD in Denton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.