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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 482 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KELLER ISD·NCES 482526007727
Willis Lane Elementary School
1620 WILLIS LN, KELLER, TX 76248 · (817) 744-5700 · Tarrant County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
80 students
DISTRICT 36% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 90 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 20% |
| Grade 2 | 88 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 111 | 22% |
| Grade 4 | 119 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (90) is 24% smaller than its 4th grade class (119).
Student demographics
57%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
82.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +82.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
84.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +62.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 84 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 82 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 62 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 34.0% | 15.0% | 3.0% |
| Mathematics | 53.0% | 31.0% | 10.0% | 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 | 82.0% | 84.0% |
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 88.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 45.0% | 73.0% |
| 2021-22 | 60.0% | 67.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
85.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 67% 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 18 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 Willis Lane Elementary School
Willis Lane Elementary School's state test result (85.4% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Willis Lane Elementary School this school | 510 | 15.7% | 85.4% |
| Jo Ann Ford Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 504 | 14.7% | 61.9% |
| Cypress Elementary School CEDAR PARK | 506 | 18.2% | 54.6% |
| Westwood Elementary School FRIENDSWOOD | 497 | 17.5% | N/A |
| W A Porter Elementary School HURST | 538 | 16.9% | 66.8% |
| Shadow Forest Elementary School KINGWOOD | 584 | 20.0% | 58.8% |
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 Willis Lane Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 85.4% | #24 of 4,401 | #1 of 330 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 84.0% | #75 of 4,466 ▼ 44 | #6 of 339 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #199 of 4,466 ▼ 69 | #16 of 339 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.0pp | #323 of 3,998 | #19 of 320 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #2,432 of 4,938 | #166 of 353 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,954 of 4,622 | #244 of 348 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.8% | #1,712 of 4,628 | #216 of 348 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.7% | #4,533 of 4,789 | #330 of 341 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.4% | #2,758 of 2,838 | #233 of 242 |
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
510
-9 (-2%) vs 2020
-30% since 2000-01, when it was 727
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 510 | 32.8 | 15.6:1 | 16% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 516 | 35.9 | 14.4:1 | 16% (81) |
| 2022-23 | 509 | 35.8 | 14.2:1 | 15% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 519 | 39 | 13.3:1 | 16% (82) |
| 2017-18 | 517 | 34.7 | 14.9:1 | 12% (64) |
| 2015-16 | 507 | 33 | 15.4:1 | 12% (62) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 9% (50) |
| 2000-01 | 727 | 42 | 17.3:1 | 2% (18) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Willis Lane Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (517 to 510); teachers down 6% (34.7 to 32.8).
About Willis Lane Elementary School
Willis Lane Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school based in KELLER, Texas. In all, 510 students attend the school in pre-K through 4.
KELLER ISD runs Willis Lane Elementary School along with 41 other schools, enrolling 32,042 students in total.
About 61% of the student body at Willis Lane Elementary School is White. Smaller groups are 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Asian, and 4% Black. County-wide, 48% of Tarrant County residents are White. A diversity index of 57% means there is a 57% chance two randomly chosen students at Willis Lane Elementary School are from different groups.
Willis Lane Elementary School lists 32.8 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 15.6 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas is about 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 16% of the student body. The rate at public schools in Tarrant County averages 63%, higher than here.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 67.0% for Willis Lane Elementary School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 85.4%. The 18.4-point gap ranks in the top 10% of Texas schools.
In Tarrant County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $84,207 a year, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Willis Lane Elementary School, Tarrant County has 639 public schools.
Willis Lane Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Indian Springs Middle School, its nearest public school. Willis Lane Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Willis Lane Elementary School ranks 1st of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 85.4% against a local average of 64.6%.
Willis Lane Elementary School is coded as Suburb: Large in federal locale data.
The student count changed little between 2020-21 (519) and 2024-25 (510). The ratio was 13.3:1 in 2020-21 and 15.6:1 in 2024-25.
People who know Willis Lane Elementary School can post here about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KELLER ISD
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- Keller High SchoolHigh · 2,951 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Hillwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,126 students
- Parkwood Hill Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,022 students
Other schools in KELLER
- Keller High SchoolHigh · 2,951 students
- Central High SchoolHigh · 2,410 students
- Fossil Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,140 students
- Trinity Springs Middle SchoolMiddle · 931 students
- Bear Creek Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 904 students
- Keller Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
Nearby schools
- Indian Springs Middle School0.9 mi · 891
- Keller Collegiate Academy0.9 mi · 296
- Friendship Elementary School1.2 mi · 464
- Central High School1.3 mi · 2,410
- Hillwood Middle School1.4 mi · 1,126
- Freedom Elementary School1.4 mi · 639
Frequently asked questions
About Willis Lane Elementary SchoolHow large is Willis Lane Elementary School?
Willis Lane Elementary School enrolls approximately 510 students in grades PK-04.
What grades does Willis Lane Elementary School serve?
Willis Lane Elementary School serves grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Willis Lane Elementary School have?
Willis Lane Elementary School employs 33 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Willis Lane Elementary School?
At Willis Lane Elementary School, the student body is approximately 61% White, 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 6% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Willis Lane Elementary School public or private?
Willis Lane Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KELLER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.