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Enrollment
832
Elementary
DISTRICT 660 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYLIE ISD·NCES 484653012333
Wally Watkins Elementary School
1301 ELM RD, WYLIE, TX 75098 · (972) 429-2580 · Collin County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL832 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
149 students
DISTRICT 30% · 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 | 5 | 1% |
| Kindergarten | 139 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 149 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 168 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 184 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 187 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (139) is 26% smaller than its 4th grade class (187).
Student demographics
69%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
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
86.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 86 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 51.0% | 32.0% | 11.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 63.0% | 23.0% | 8.0% | 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 | 83.0% | 86.0% |
| 2024-25 | 82.0% | 82.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 73.0% | 67.0% |
| 2020-21 | 48.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
81.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 66% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Wally Watkins Elementary School
Wally Watkins Elementary School's state test result (81.4% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wally Watkins Elementary School this school | 832 | 17.9% | 81.4% |
| North Creek Elementary School MELISSA | 885 | 18.6% | 64.5% |
| Ruth and Harold Frazier Elementary School MCKINNEY | 792 | 17.0% | 57.5% |
| Wayne A Cox Elementary School ROANOKE | 701 | 14.1% | 68.1% |
| Billie Stevenson Elementary School FATE | 805 | 18.1% | 60.4% |
| Scanlan Oaks Elementary School MISSOURI CITY | 714 | 19.7% | 68.8% |
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 Wally Watkins Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 81.4% | #70 of 4,401 | #13 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 86.0% | #57 of 4,466 ▲ 56 | #8 of 165 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #178 of 4,466 ▲ 76 | #18 of 165 ▲ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,556 of 3,998 | #39 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 832 | #350 of 4,938 | #12 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,648 of 4,622 | #91 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.7% | #646 of 4,628 | #93 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.9% | #4,489 of 4,789 | #110 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +48.0% | #114 of 1,307 | #4 of 54 |
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
832
+48 (+6%) vs 2020
+112% since 2010-11, when it was 393
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 832 | 58.9 | 14.1:1 | 18% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 850 | 58 | 14.7:1 | 18% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 904 | 59 | 15.3:1 | 22% (201) |
| 2020-21 | 784 | 50 | 15.7:1 | 19% (150) |
| 2017-18 | 562 | 36.1 | 15.6:1 | 14% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 41 | 14.9:1 | 30% (184) |
| 2010-11 | 393 | 27 | 14.6:1 | 27% (105) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wally Watkins Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 48% (562 to 832); teachers up 63% (36.1 to 58.9).
About Wally Watkins Elementary School
The public elementary school Wally Watkins Elementary School is located in WYLIE, Texas. Students in pre-K through 4 attend the school, which enrolls 832 students. The average among elementary schools in Texas is roughly 519 students; this school is 60% bigger than that.
WYLIE ISD has a total of 21 schools and 19,401 students, Wally Watkins Elementary School among them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Wally Watkins Elementary School is White (49%). Other groups make up 17% Black, 14% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 6% multiracial. The chance that two students picked at random at Wally Watkins Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 69%.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.1:1, with 58.9 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Wally Watkins Elementary School is 18%. The average for public schools in Collin County is 30%.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests, 81.4%, is 15.4 points above the 66.0% the model predicts from its free or reduced-price lunch share. That result is in the top 10% of Texas schools.
In the county around the school, Collin County, median household income is about $121,600, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 56% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. A total of 338 public schools operate in Collin County, serving about 227,575 students.
Nearest public school: Grady Burnett Junior High School, about 1.0 miles away. The five-mile area around Wally Watkins Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wally Watkins Elementary School at 1st of 8.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Wally Watkins Elementary School saw enrollment rise 6% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. Its ratio of students to teachers was 15.7:1 in 2020-21, and 14.1:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Wally Watkins Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WYLIE ISD
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
Other schools in WYLIE
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Wylie East High SchoolHigh · 2,709 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
Nearby schools
- Grady Burnett Junior High School1.0 mi · 1,064
- Achieve Academy1.0 mi · 133
- Ab Harrison Intermediate School1.2 mi · 1,093
- P M Akin Elementary School1.3 mi · 583
- R F Hartman Elementary School1.6 mi · 518
- T F Birmingham Elementary School2.4 mi · 522
Frequently asked questions
About Wally Watkins Elementary SchoolHow large is Wally Watkins Elementary School?
Wally Watkins Elementary School enrolls approximately 832 students in grades PK-04.
Is Wally Watkins Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wally Watkins Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many students per teacher at Wally Watkins Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Wally Watkins Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Wally Watkins Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wally Watkins Elementary School are roughly 49% White, 14% Hispanic, 17% Black, 13% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Wally Watkins Elementary School?
Wally Watkins Elementary School is overseen by WYLIE ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.