WAYNE A COX EL

As a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in ROANOKE, Texas, WAYNE A COX EL educates 701 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of NORTHWEST ISD. That puts it 35% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within NORTHWEST ISD, which oversees 37 schools and 32,098 students, WAYNE A COX EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, WAYNE A COX EL reports that the most-represented group is White (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 17% Hispanic, 14% Asian, 12% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WAYNE A COX EL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WAYNE A COX EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Denton County's rate of about 35%.

With demographic context factored in, WAYNE A COX EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.3%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Denton County shows median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which WAYNE A COX EL is one.

The closest other public school is JAMES M STEELE EARLY COLLEGE H S, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WAYNE A COX EL. On composite proficiency, WAYNE A COX EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 68.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 13%: 620 students in 2018 compared to 701 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 72% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.7:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.

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