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Enrollment
582
Elementary
DISTRICT 527 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWISVILLE ISD·NCES 482730007266
STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School
1604 N GARDEN RIDGE BLVD, LEWISVILLE, TX 75077 · (469) 713-5982 · Denton County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL582 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest 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.
- 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
13.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
233 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 26 | 4% |
| Kindergarten | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 108 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 81 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (92) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
75%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 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 | 57.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 47.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 59.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
48.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School
STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School's state test result (48.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School this school | 582 | 40.0% | 48.9% |
| Keeley Elementary School ROWLETT | 582 | 37.8% | 62.9% |
| Alan and Andra Perrin Elementary School FORT WORTH | 565 | 39.6% | 30.7% |
| Kuehnle Elementary School KLEIN | 687 | 39.9% | 62.0% |
| Lovett Elementary School HOUSTON | 700 | 40.4% | 65.8% |
| O A Peterson FORT WORTH | 655 | 40.3% | 44.8% |
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 STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.9% | #1,540 of 4,401 | #77 of 136 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,527 of 4,466 ▼ 582 | #89 of 138 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,752 of 4,466 ▼ 136 | #79 of 138 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,936 of 3,998 | #53 of 129 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 582 | #1,754 of 4,938 | #61 of 145 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,195 of 4,622 | #55 of 141 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.1% | #109 of 4,628 | #12 of 141 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.0% | #3,942 of 4,789 | #70 of 143 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +23.6% | #343 of 1,307 | #14 of 48 |
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
582
+52 (+10%) vs 2020
-16% since 2000-01, when it was 697
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 582 | 42.9 | 13.6:1 | 40% (233) |
| 2023-24 | 550 | 42.2 | 13.1:1 | 40% (220) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 39.3 | 13.3:1 | 41% (216) |
| 2020-21 | 530 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 35% (188) |
| 2017-18 | 471 | 36.7 | 12.8:1 | 31% (144) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 39 | 13.4:1 | 32% (168) |
| 2010-11 | 645 | 47 | 13.7:1 | 23% (148) |
| 2000-01 | 697 | 43 | 16.2:1 | 3% (20) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 24% (471 to 582); teachers up 17% (36.7 to 42.9).
About STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School
STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in LEWISVILLE, Texas, administered by LEWISVILLE ISD. The school counted 582 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
LEWISVILLE ISD runs 62 schools with a combined 47,876 students. STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School is one of them.
The student body at STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School has no majority group. White students lead at 31%. Enrollment also includes 30% Hispanic, 22% Black, 8% Asian, and 8% multiracial. The school's White share is 26 points below the 57% share among Denton County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 75%.
Classroom staffing at STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School totals 42.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 13.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School is about 40%.
STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 47% of Texas public elementary schools.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.9%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 56.6%.
For Denton County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $111,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 267 public schools in the county, enrolling about 175,222, STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School is closest to Huffines Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 52.3% on proficiency, and STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School is below that at 48.9%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
A 10% rise took enrollment from 530 in 2020-21 to 582 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School lets the school community talk about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. You can also rate the school on this page.
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 LEWISVILLE ISD
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
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- Flower Mound High SchoolHigh · 3,426 students
- Marcus High SchoolHigh · 2,998 students
- The Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,803 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
Other schools in LEWISVILLE
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
- Premier H S OnlineHigh · 2,728 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
- Founders Classical Academy - LewisvilleCombined · 912 students
- STEM Academy at Hedrick Middle SchoolMiddle · 872 students
- Independence Elementary SchoolElementary · 830 students
Nearby schools
- Huffines Middle School0.8 mi · 612
- Prairie Trail Elementary School1.0 mi · 672
- Highland Village Elementary School1.1 mi · 385
- Delay Middle School1.2 mi · 598
- Degan Elementary School1.3 mi · 396
- Lamar Middle School1.4 mi · 716
Frequently asked questions
About STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary SchoolHow large is STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School?
STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School enrolls approximately 582 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School serve?
STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School have?
STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the student diversity at STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School?
Student demographics at STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School are roughly 31% White, 30% Hispanic, 22% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School in?
STEM Academy at Valley Ridge Elementary School is part of LEWISVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.