SHADY SHORES EL

SHADY SHORES EL is an elementary-level community of average-sized scale in SHADY SHORES, Texas, one of the schools within LAKE DALLAS ISD, serveing 554 students in grades pre-K through 5.

SHADY SHORES EL is one of 5 schools operated by LAKE DALLAS ISD, a district that works with 3,717 students overall.

Looking at the student body, SHADY SHORES EL lists that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 34% Hispanic, 10% Black, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 38% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, SHADY SHORES EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.1%; this one delivers 46.5%.

Across the wider county, census data for Denton County shows median household earnings sit near $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), SHADY SHORES EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FOUNDERS CLASSICAL ACADEMY CORINTH - UPPER SCHOOL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, SHADY SHORES EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SHADY SHORES EL's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 543 (now 554). The Black share of enrollment rose from 4% to 10% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.