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If you had an hour of school board time for SPARKS EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001009164
Sparks Elementary School
8200 OTIS DR, FRISCO, TX 75034 · (469) 633-3000 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
39 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 100 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 113 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 43% smaller than its 5th grade class (113).
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
84.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
81.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 84 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 62.0% | 22.0% | 12.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 54.0% | 27.0% | 13.0% | 6.0% |
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 | 84.0% | 81.0% |
| 2024-25 | 84.0% | 74.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 79.0% |
| 2022-23 | 78.0% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 87.0% | 72.0% |
| 2020-21 | 58.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
75.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% 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 →
Schools most like Sparks Elementary School
Sparks Elementary School's state test result (75.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparks Elementary School this school | 531 | 7.3% | 75.5% |
| Frances E Norton Elementary School ALLEN | 622 | 9.6% | 77.5% |
| Newman Elementary School FRISCO | 594 | 6.7% | 77.0% |
| Scott Elementary School MCKINNEY | 587 | 11.8% | 72.2% |
| Mockingbird Elementary School COPPELL | 441 | 8.6% | 67.7% |
| Austin Elementary School COPPELL | 541 | 11.8% | 63.3% |
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 Sparks Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.5% | #177 of 4,401 | #13 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #120 of 4,466 ▲ 161 | #5 of 138 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #134 of 4,466 ▲ 26 | #7 of 138 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,065 of 3,998 | #61 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #2,217 of 4,938 | #88 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,623 of 4,622 | #69 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.6% | #752 of 4,628 | #63 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.3% | #4,707 of 4,789 | #123 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.8% | #663 of 2,838 | #16 of 69 |
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
531
-152 (-22%) vs 2020
-29% since 2010-11, when it was 745
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 531 | 37.7 | 14.1:1 | 7% (39) |
| 2023-24 | 568 | 38.7 | 14.7:1 | 7% (42) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 37.4 | 16.0:1 | 7% (44) |
| 2020-21 | 683 | 44 | 15.5:1 | 4% (24) |
| 2017-18 | 725 | 39.7 | 18.3:1 | 3% (22) |
| 2015-16 | 712 | 40 | 17.8:1 | 4% (31) |
| 2010-11 | 745 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 3% (25) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sparks Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 27% (725 to 531); teachers down 5% (39.7 to 37.7).
About Sparks Elementary School
Sparks Elementary School is a public elementary school in FRISCO, Texas. It covers pre-K through 5, with a total enrollment of 531 students.
FRISCO ISD, which runs Sparks Elementary School, has 76 schools and 65,289 students.
Enrollment at Sparks Elementary School is mixed, with Asian students the largest group at 44%. Other reported shares: 34% White, 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 3% Black. That compares with about 11% Asian among all Denton County residents. Sparks Elementary School has a diversity index of 68%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1 at Sparks Elementary School, with 37.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 7%. For comparison, public schools in Denton County average 35%.
Sparks Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 87% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 75.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 70.5%.
Sparks Elementary School is located in Denton County, where median household income is about $111,498, about 49% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Sparks Elementary School is one of 267 public schools in Denton County, which together enroll about 175,222 students.
Pioneer Heritage Middle School is located about 0.5 miles from Sparks Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Sparks Elementary School comes in 4th of 7 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale: Suburb: Large. In NCES terms, the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count declined from 683 to 531. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.5:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.1:1.
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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 FRISCO ISD
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,996 students
Other schools in FRISCO
- Rock Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,442 students
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
Other Sparks Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sparks Elementary. Sparks Elementary School is the largest of the 4.
- Sparks Elementary SchoolPASADENA, TX · 370 students
- Sparks ElementarySparks, MD · 509 students
- Sparks ElementaryLa Puente, CA · 361 students
Nearby schools
- Pioneer Heritage Middle School0.5 mi · 1,037
- Nichols Elementary School0.7 mi · 635
- Corbell Elementary School1.0 mi · 509
- Leadership Prep School Secondary1.1 mi · 891
- Fisher Elementary School1.1 mi · 643
- Leadership Prep School1.2 mi · 500
Frequently asked questions
About Sparks Elementary SchoolHow large is Sparks Elementary School?
Sparks Elementary School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
Is Sparks Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sparks Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sparks Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sparks Elementary School is approximately 14.1:1 (38 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sparks Elementary School?
At Sparks Elementary School, the student body is approximately 34% White, 12% Hispanic, 3% Black, 44% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Sparks Elementary School public or private?
Sparks Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FRISCO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.