VAUGHN EL

Set in FRISCO, Texas, VAUGHN EL is a mid-sized K-5 school, overseen by FRISCO ISD. It hosts 629 students across grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 21% larger than typical.

FRISCO ISD runs 76 schools in total, collectively educating 65,289 students. VAUGHN EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, VAUGHN EL lists that the most-represented group is White (36%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 36% Asian, 11% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 11% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VAUGHN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.2%; this one delivers 66.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Denton County put the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), VAUGHN EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: REEDY H S, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VAUGHN EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 78.3%.

The campus sits in a residential setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 10%: 572 students in 2018 compared to 629 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 48% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 in 2025.

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