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WINDSONG RANCH EL
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WINDSONG RANCH EL
Set in PROSPER, Texas, WINDSONG RANCH EL is a well-populated K-5 school, run under PROSPER ISD. It educates 887 students across grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 71% larger than the state mean of about 519.
PROSPER ISD runs 27 schools in total, collectively educating 31,651 students. WINDSONG RANCH EL is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, WINDSONG RANCH EL logs that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.
On the resource side, WINDSONG RANCH EL logs 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, WINDSONG RANCH EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 72.1%; this one delivers 72.7%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), WINDSONG RANCH EL is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is MRS JERRY BRYANT EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WINDSONG RANCH EL. On composite proficiency, WINDSONG RANCH EL comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.6%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 9%: 974 students in 2018 compared to 887 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment ticked up from 15% to 26% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.2:1 in 2025.
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