WALLY WATKINS EL

WALLY WATKINS EL is a high-enrollment elementary school in WYLIE, Texas, operated by WYLIE ISD. The school hosts 832 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 60% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

WYLIE ISD comprises 29 schools with combined enrollment of 25,007 students; WALLY WATKINS EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WALLY WATKINS EL records that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 17% Black, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WALLY WATKINS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 18% of students at WALLY WATKINS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Collin County's rate of about 30%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WALLY WATKINS EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 66.0%; WALLY WATKINS EL posts 80.7%, +14.6 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Collin County shows the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which WALLY WATKINS EL is one.

GRADY BURNETT J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WALLY WATKINS EL comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 69.0%.

WALLY WATKINS EL operates from a suburban location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALLY WATKINS EL has rose 48%, going from 562 students in 2018 to 832 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 62% to 49% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On the community side, members of the WALLY WATKINS EL community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.