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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at VALLEY RANCH EL this year?
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Enrollment
577
Elementary
DISTRICT 499 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·COPPELL ISD·NCES 481521007263
Valley Ranch Elementary School
9800 RODEO DR, IRVING, TX 75063 · (214) 496-8500 · Dallas County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL577 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
5%
29 students
DISTRICT 10% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 84 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 93 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
22%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 61% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from COPPELL ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
85.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
83.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +4.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 60.0% | 25.0% | 10.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 56.0% | 27.0% | 11.0% | 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 | 85.0% | 83.0% |
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 85.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 76.0% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 86.0% | 81.0% |
| 2020-21 | 65.0% | 79.0% |
% 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
82.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 83% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Valley Ranch Elementary School
Valley Ranch Elementary School's state test result (82.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Valley Ranch Elementary School this school | 577 | 5.0% | 82.5% |
| Richard J Lee Elementary School DALLAS | 663 | 3.8% | 79.8% |
| Talley Elementary School FRISCO | 616 | 4.2% | 87.0% |
| Norris Elementary School FRISCO | 606 | 2.5% | 84.8% |
| Canyon Ranch Elementary School IRVING | 705 | 8.2% | 80.8% |
| Liscano Elementary School FRISCO | 654 | 3.7% | 81.0% |
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 Valley Ranch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.5% | #54 of 4,401 | #7 of 421 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #84 of 4,466 ▼ 57 | #9 of 429 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #111 of 4,466 ▼ 81 | #19 of 429 ▼ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,702 of 3,998 | #131 of 399 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 577 | #1,793 of 4,938 | #139 of 448 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,974 of 4,622 | #277 of 432 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 22.2% | #3,690 of 4,628 | #360 of 433 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 5.0% | #4,750 of 4,789 | #436 of 437 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.0% | #2,214 of 2,838 | #222 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
577
+79 (+16%) vs 2020
+33% since 2000-01, when it was 434
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 16.1:1
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 | 577 | 37 | 15.6:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2023-24 | 553 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 4% (23) |
| 2022-23 | 490 | 34.8 | 14.1:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2020-21 | 498 | 31 | 16.1:1 | 5% (25) |
| 2017-18 | 627 | 35.1 | 17.9:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 656 | 35 | 18.7:1 | 4% (29) |
| 2010-11 | 633 | 39 | 16.2:1 | 10% (65) |
| 2000-01 | 434 | 34 | 12.8:1 | 4% (17) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Valley Ranch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (627 to 577); teachers up 5% (35.1 to 37).
About Valley Ranch Elementary School
Valley Ranch Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school for students in IRVING, Texas. It educates 577 students in kindergarten through 5.
COPPELL ISD serves 13,233 students across 16 schools.
Asian students make up 88% of enrollment at Valley Ranch Elementary School. Smaller groups are 3% Hispanic, 3% White, and 3% Black. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 7% Asian. The school's diversity index is 22%, meaning two students picked at random have a 22% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its teaching staff equals 37 full-time positions, a ratio of 15.6:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 5%. The 77% average for public schools in Dallas County is 72 points higher.
Valley Ranch Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (82.5%) and its predicted rate (71.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Valley Ranch Elementary School is located in Dallas County, where the median household income is $76,547, roughly 36% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Valley Ranch Elementary School is one of 771 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Canyon Ranch Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Valley Ranch Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Valley Ranch Elementary School's average proficiency of 82.5% compares with 59.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The school enrolled 577 students in 2024-25, 79 more than the 498 it had in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 COPPELL ISD
- Coppell High SchoolHigh · 4,068 students
- Coppell Middle WestMiddle · 1,230 students
- Coppell Middle EastMiddle · 1,120 students
- Coppell Middle NorthMiddle · 1,006 students
- Canyon Ranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 705 students
- Richard J Lee Elementary SchoolElementary · 663 students
Other schools in IRVING
- Macarthur High SchoolHigh · 2,484 students
- Irving High SchoolHigh · 2,390 students
- Nimitz High SchoolHigh · 2,343 students
- Jack E Singley AcademyHigh · 1,697 students
- Brandenburg Elementary SchoolElementary · 947 students
- Great Hearts Irving UpperHigh · 937 students
Other Valley Ranch Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Valley Ranch Elementary. Valley Ranch Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Valley Ranch Elementary SchoolPORTER, TX · 790 students
Nearby schools
- Canyon Ranch Elementary School0.5 mi · 705
- Landry Elementary School0.7 mi · 474
- Bush Middle School0.7 mi · 675
- Freeman Elementary School0.8 mi · 651
- Richard J Lee Elementary School1.3 mi · 663
- Ranchview High School1.5 mi · 899
Frequently asked questions
About Valley Ranch Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Valley Ranch Elementary School?
Valley Ranch Elementary School enrolls approximately 577 students in grades KG-05.
Is Valley Ranch Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Valley Ranch Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Valley Ranch Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Valley Ranch Elementary School is approximately 15.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Valley Ranch Elementary School?
At Valley Ranch Elementary School, the student body is approximately 3% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 88% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Valley Ranch Elementary School public or private?
Valley Ranch Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by COPPELL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.