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What's something SILVER LAKE EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
450
Elementary
DISTRICT 496 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD·NCES 482166007117
Silver Lake Elementary School
1301 N DOOLEY, GRAPEVINE, TX 76051 · (817) 251-5750 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL450 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
269 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 45 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 76 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (76) is 6% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +47.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
61.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +48.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 47 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 48 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 38.0% | 30.0% | 19.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 35.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 68.0% | 61.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 34.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 13.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
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
48.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 →
Schools most like Silver Lake Elementary School
Silver Lake Elementary School's state test result (48.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Silver Lake Elementary School this school | 450 | 59.8% | 48.0% |
| College Park Elementary School DEER PARK | 432 | 62.0% | 61.9% |
| Martin De Leon Elementary School VICTORIA | 531 | 58.6% | 46.2% |
| Weinert Elementary School SEGUIN | 443 | 64.6% | 35.4% |
| Glenmore Elementary School SAN ANGELO | 415 | 64.6% | 45.8% |
| Durham Elementary School HOUSTON | 547 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Silver Lake Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,637 of 4,401 | #99 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #879 of 4,466 ▲ 653 | #49 of 339 ▲ 43 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #829 of 4,466 ▲ 282 | #51 of 339 ▲ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +28.5pp | #188 of 3,998 | #10 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 450 | #3,019 of 4,938 | #223 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.9:1 | #737 of 4,622 | #43 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.2% | #2,024 of 4,628 | #235 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.8% | #3,129 of 4,789 | #227 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #764 of 2,838 | #75 of 242 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
450
-32 (-7%) vs 2020
-1% since 2000-01, when it was 454
Student : Teacher
12.9:1
was 10.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 450 | 35 | 12.9:1 | 60% (269) |
| 2023-24 | 451 | 40 | 11.3:1 | 59% (267) |
| 2022-23 | 462 | 41.1 | 11.2:1 | 57% (264) |
| 2020-21 | 482 | 45 | 10.7:1 | 55% (263) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 47 | 12.8:1 | 49% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 645 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 48% (310) |
| 2010-11 | 625 | 47 | 13.3:1 | 39% (242) |
| 2000-01 | 454 | 36 | 12.6:1 | 18% (81) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Silver Lake Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (601 to 450); teachers down 26% (47 to 35).
About Silver Lake Elementary School
GRAPEVINE, Texas, is home to Silver Lake Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 450 students.
GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD enrolls 13,541 students in 20 schools, including Silver Lake Elementary School.
Roughly 61% of students at Silver Lake Elementary School are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 28% White, 7% Black, and 2% Asian. Tarrant County's residents are about 30% Hispanic, 31 points below the school's share. The school's diversity index is 54%, meaning two students picked at random have a 54% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 35 full-time positions, a ratio of 12.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 12.9:1 here. Around 60% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
In Texas, Silver Lake Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 48.0% actual against a predicted 48.2%.
Silver Lake Elementary School is located in Tarrant County, where the median household income is $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Besides Silver Lake Elementary School, Tarrant County has 638 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Grapevine Middle School, at about 1.0 miles. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among 5 nearby schools that report test results, Silver Lake Elementary School ranks 4th on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Small, or inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
The school enrolled 450 students in 2024-25, 32 fewer than the 482 it had in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 10.7:1; by 2024-25 it was 12.9:1.
Discussions about Silver Lake Elementary School may include science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD
- Colleyville Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,837 students
- Grapevine High SchoolHigh · 1,624 students
- Iuniversity PrepHigh · 1,415 students
- Cross Timbers Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Heritage Middle SchoolMiddle · 724 students
- Grapevine Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
Other schools in GRAPEVINE
- Grapevine High SchoolHigh · 1,624 students
- Iuniversity PrepHigh · 1,415 students
- Cross Timbers Middle SchoolMiddle · 820 students
- Grapevine Middle SchoolMiddle · 635 students
- Timberline Elementary SchoolElementary · 593 students
- Heritage Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
Other Silver Lake Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 8 states are named Silver Lake Elementary. Silver Lake Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 9.
- Silver Lake ElementaryEAGLE MOUNTAIN, UT · 870 students
- Silver Lake Elementary SchoolMiddletown, DE · 552 students
- Silver Lake ElementaryEverett, WA · 550 students
- Silver Lake ElementaryRENO, NV · 491 students
- Silver Lake Elementary SchoolFEDERAL WAY, WA · 382 students
Nearby schools
- Grapevine Middle School1.0 mi · 635
- Dove Elementary School1.3 mi · 411
- Cannon Elementary School1.4 mi · 465
- George Dawson Middle School2.8 mi · 569
- Eubanks Intermediate School2.8 mi · 611
- Carroll Middle School2.8 mi · 713
Frequently asked questions
About Silver Lake Elementary SchoolHow large is Silver Lake Elementary School?
Silver Lake Elementary School enrolls approximately 450 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Silver Lake Elementary School serve?
Silver Lake Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Silver Lake Elementary School?
Approximately 12.9:1 students per teacher at Silver Lake Elementary School.
How diverse is Silver Lake Elementary School?
Silver Lake Elementary School reports a student body of 28% White, 61% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Silver Lake Elementary School?
Silver Lake Elementary School is overseen by GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD in Tarrant County.
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