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SAMUEL BECK EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About 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.
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