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SAVANNAH EL
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SAVANNAH EL
SAVANNAH EL operates as a mid-sized elementary-level community in AUBREY, Texas, operated by DENTON ISD. Current enrollment sits at 728 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SAVANNAH EL sits 40% bigger than that benchmark.
SAVANNAH EL is one of 46 schools operated by DENTON ISD, a district that works with 33,329 students overall.
On demographics, SAVANNAH EL lists that the most-represented group is White (31%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 30% Black, 24% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 6% Asian. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
Looking at school resources, On paper, SAVANNAH EL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, SAVANNAH EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 56.0%; SAVANNAH EL posts 29.5%, -26.5 points below that line.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Denton County put median household income runs about $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. SAVANNAH EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).
Nearest neighbor: UNION PARK EL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAVANNAH EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.7%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 719 students in 2018 compared to 728 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 60% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for SAVANNAH EL typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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