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Which teacher or staff member at STARK EL deserves more recognition?
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Enrollment
626
Elementary
DISTRICT 509 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD·NCES 481305000805
Stark Elementary School
12400 JOSEY LN, FARMERS BRANCH, TX 75234 · (972) 968-3300 · Dallas County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL626 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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
15.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
57%
356 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 | 40 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 80 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 122 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (80) is 27% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 59% · 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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
38.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 29.0% | 20.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 24.0% | 28.0% | 34.0% |
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 | 59.0% | 38.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 28.0% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 Stark Elementary School
Stark Elementary School's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stark Elementary School this school | 626 | 56.9% | 44.8% |
| Ott Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 606 | 58.3% | 38.5% |
| Mora Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 569 | 54.3% | 41.8% |
| Hemphill Elementary School KYLE | 651 | 60.2% | 35.5% |
| Wells Branch Elementary School AUSTIN | 558 | 55.2% | 37.2% |
| IDEA Burke Academy SAN ANTONIO | 730 | 59.9% | 50.8% |
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 Stark Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,982 of 4,401 | #125 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 38.0% | #3,069 of 4,466 ▼ 269 | #273 of 429 ▼ 35 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,500 of 4,466 ▼ 101 | #104 of 429 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #1,570 of 3,998 | #119 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 626 | #1,414 of 4,938 | #106 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #2,835 of 4,622 | #259 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.1% | #2,843 of 4,628 | #226 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.9% | #3,277 of 4,789 | #368 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.0% | #1,512 of 2,838 | #155 of 274 |
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
626
-75 (-11%) vs 2020
+40% since 1990-91, when it was 447
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 626 | 40.6 | 15.4:1 | 57% (356) |
| 2023-24 | 701 | 49.3 | 14.2:1 | 59% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 729 | 46.7 | 15.6:1 | 60% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 701 | 43 | 16.3:1 | 57% (399) |
| 2017-18 | 745 | 44.5 | 16.7:1 | 49% (363) |
| 2015-16 | 719 | 42 | 17.1:1 | 56% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 533 | 32 | 16.7:1 | 57% (304) |
| 2000-01 | 518 | 34 | 15.2:1 | 50% (258) |
| 1990-91 | 447 | 31 | 14.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Stark Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (745 to 626); teachers down 9% (44.5 to 40.6).
About Stark Elementary School
Stark Elementary School is a public elementary school run by CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD in FARMERS BRANCH, Texas. The school serves pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 626 students. That is 21% larger than the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD is the district for Stark Elementary School. It has 39 schools and 24,165 students.
Hispanic students are 73% of those enrolled at Stark Elementary School. The next largest groups are 12% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. In Dallas County overall, about 41% of residents are Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 44, compared with 70 nationally.
Stark Elementary School has 40.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.4:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch, often used to gauge student poverty, is 57%. For comparison, public schools in Dallas County average 77%.
Stark Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of Texas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 49.4% for a school in Texas with Stark Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Stark Elementary School posts 44.8%.
American Community Survey estimates for Dallas County show that the median household earns about $76,547 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 36%, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Across Dallas County, 771 public schools serve about 459,645 students.
Marcus Leadership Academy is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Within five miles of Stark Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Stark Elementary School ranks 4th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 626, compared with 701 in 2020-21.
People can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips and other school topics. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD
- Turner High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Smith High SchoolHigh · 1,971 students
- Creekview High SchoolHigh · 1,686 students
- Polk Middle SchoolMiddle · 974 students
- Blalack Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Ranchview High SchoolHigh · 899 students
Other schools in FARMERS BRANCH
- Field Middle SchoolMiddle · 864 students
- McLaughlin Strickland Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Blair Elementary SchoolElementary · 520 students
- Farmers Branch Elementary SchoolElementary · 468 students
- Texans Can Academy - Carrollton-Farmers BranchHigh · 214 students
Other Stark Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Stark Elementary. Stark Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Stark Elementary SchoolJackson, GA · 678 students
- STARK ELEM.FULTON, MO · 19 students
Nearby schools
- Marcus Leadership Academy0.9 mi · 718
- Chapel Hill Preparatory-A Personalized Lrning School0.9 mi · 404
- Farmers Branch Elementary School0.9 mi · 468
- Field Middle School1.0 mi · 864
- Everette Lee Degolyer Elementary School1.4 mi · 413
- Blair Elementary School1.5 mi · 520
Frequently asked questions
About Stark Elementary SchoolHow large is Stark Elementary School?
Stark Elementary School enrolls approximately 626 students in grades PK-05.
Is Stark Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Stark Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Stark Elementary School have?
Stark Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Stark Elementary School?
Student demographics at Stark Elementary School are roughly 12% White, 73% Hispanic, 9% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Stark Elementary School in?
Stark Elementary School is part of CARROLLTON-FARMERS BRANCH ISD.
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