STEM ACADEMY AT POLSER EL

As a mid-tier elementary school in CARROLLTON, Texas, STEM ACADEMY AT POLSER EL hosts 506 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of LEWISVILLE ISD.

Within LEWISVILLE ISD, which oversees 62 schools and 47,876 students, STEM ACADEMY AT POLSER EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, STEM ACADEMY AT POLSER EL records that the largest single group is Asian at 33%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 22% White, 16% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, STEM ACADEMY AT POLSER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 57.7%, a residual of -1.2 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Denton County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), STEM ACADEMY AT POLSER EL is one campus in the mix.

CASTLE HILLS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STEM ACADEMY AT POLSER EL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STEM ACADEMY AT POLSER EL has edged up 29%, going from 393 students in 2018 to 506 in 2025. Black enrollment moved from 31% to 16% across the same window.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.