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Sparks Elem

Collin County · Region 10: Richardson · 488 students

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Current score
93/1002025-26
Change
−3 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+1.6 ptsvs 91.4 average · 529 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
163 of 529tied with 83 others
A93

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving down; under the rules in force back then it scored 97 in 2021-22. The current score is above the 91.4 average for 529 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Recent domain gain

Relative Performance rose 4 points

79 to 83 2024-25 to 2025-26

  • 83 is 4.5 points above the 78.5 average among 518 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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STAAR result

All Subjects above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
80%vs 75.8% avg · +4.2 pts
Masters
55%vs 46.2% avg · +8.8 pts

Among 520 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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STAAR result

Math above similar-context averages at Meets and Masters

Meets
81%vs 72.3% avg · +8.7 pts
Masters
54%vs 41.8% avg · +12.2 pts

Among 518 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.

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Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Sparks Elem is rated A by TEA, scoring 93 out of 100 for 2025-26 — above the 91.4 average for 529 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is down 3 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 163rd of 529 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 83 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. 5 years of ratings
  3. Where the score comes from
  4. Student outcomes
  5. Who this school serves
  6. Student counts behind the percentages
  7. Enrollment over time
  8. Discipline and removal from class
  9. Spending per student
  10. Teachers and actual class size
  11. Where this school ranks best
  12. Where this comes from

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
908070 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageSparks Elem 9694949293 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated A with 97 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26A9391.4 529 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25A9291.9 518 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24A9491.0 504 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23A9491.4 492 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22A9692.0 482 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement94 A+1.5 vs similar economic context · 520 reporting
  • School Progress94 A+6.3 vs similar economic context · 518 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps92 A+3.0 vs similar economic context · 515 reporting
  • Academic Growth94 A+7.9 vs similar economic context · 515 reporting
  • Relative Performance83 B+4.5 vs similar economic context · 518 reporting
  • Sparks Elem
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (529 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement94A—
School Progress94A—
Closing the Gaps92A—
Academic Growth94A—
Relative Performance83B7

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level94%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 520 reporting
  • Meets grade level80%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 520 reporting
  • Masters grade level55%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 520 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level96%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 520 reporting
  • Meets grade level84%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 520 reporting
  • Masters grade level62%+13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 520 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level94%+4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 518 reporting
  • Meets grade level81%+9 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 518 reporting
  • Masters grade level54%+12 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 518 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level92%+3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 481 reporting
  • Meets grade level65%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 481 reporting
  • Masters grade level40%−3 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 481 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (529 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
488
Economically disadvantaged
8.8%−2.0 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
14.2%+3.6 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
16.0%+0.6 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
95.8%−0.1 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
5.6%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Sparks Elem

African American: 3.3%Hispanic: 11.7%White: 31%American Indian: 0.4%Asian: 46.2%Two or More Races: 7.4%
  • African American 3.3%
  • Hispanic 11.7%
  • White 31%
  • American Indian 0.4%
  • Asian 46.2%
  • Two or More Races 7.4%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 529 reporting for every category shown · 529 in full cohort

African American: 5.2%Hispanic: 18%White: 48.6%American Indian: 0.5%Asian: 21.9%Pacific Islander: 0.1%Two or More Races: 5.7%
  • African American 5.2%
  • Hispanic 18%
  • White 48.6%
  • American Indian 0.5%
  • Asian 21.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.1%
  • Two or More Races 5.7%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
487
Economically disadvantaged students
43
Emergent bilingual students
69
Special education students
78

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
26
Students in TEA mobility denominator
486
TEA-published mobility rate
5.3%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 488 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 43 (8.1%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
488

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−43

Decrease · −8.1%

Change since 2021–22
−226

Decrease · −31.7%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
488
Selected comparison
866.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 523 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Sparks Elem
School yearStudents enrolledSparks ElemChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 714 First available year 873.2
2022–23 598 Decrease of 116 (16.2%) 893.7
2023–24 568 Decrease of 30 (5.0%) 884.4
2024–25 531 Decrease of 37 (6.5%) 876.7
2025–26 488 Decrease of 43 (8.1%) 866.5

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
10

1.8% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
21

3.82 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
550

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
1.8%
Selected comparison
4.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 300 rated schools reporting

−3.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
3.82
Selected comparison
8.1

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 357 rated schools reporting

−4.3 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Sparks Elem
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 730 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2021–22 755 Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
2022–23 617 18 2.9% 41 6.65 5.0% 8.3
2023–24 587 20 3.4% 28 4.77 4.8% 8.2
2024–25 550 10 1.8% 21 3.82 4.8% 8.1
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Sparks Elem in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 10 1.8% 21 3.82 4.8% 8.1
In-school suspensions Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Out-of-school suspensions Suppressed — 18 3.27 — 2.8
DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Mandatory DAEP placements Suppressed — Suppressed — — —
Discretionary DAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$5k$12k$20k20182020202220242025
  • Sparks Elem
  • Parent district: Frisco ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$8,469
Selected comparison
$10,773

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 517 rated schools reporting

−$2,304 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $8,469 per student for this campus, $15,444 per student for its parent district, Frisco ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearSparks ElemParent district: Frisco ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$5,317$11,596$13,054$7,222 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 440 rated schools reporting
2019$5,724$11,635$13,108$7,305 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 452 rated schools reporting
2020$6,443$13,490$14,058$7,618 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 462 rated schools reporting
2021$6,945$14,862$14,797$8,280 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 473 rated schools reporting
2022$7,441$14,644$15,708$9,472 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 483 rated schools reporting
2023$7,004$15,227$16,792$9,513 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 491 rated schools reporting
2024$8,219$14,358$18,125$10,436 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 504 rated schools reporting
2025$8,469$15,444$18,972$10,773 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 517 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$70,581+$1,203 vs similar economic context
Teachers
32−23.7 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
15.2+0.4 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Sparks Elem

Beginning: 6.2%1 to 5 years: 30.5%6 to 10 years: 15.3%11 to 20 years: 38.9%21 to 30 years: 9.3%
  • Beginning 6.2%
  • 1 to 5 years 30.5%
  • 6 to 10 years 15.3%
  • 11 to 20 years 38.9%
  • 21 to 30 years 9.3%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 529 reporting for every category shown · 529 in full cohort

Beginning: 4.3%1 to 5 years: 23.7%6 to 10 years: 20.1%11 to 20 years: 31.8%21 to 30 years: 16.9%Over 30 years: 2.5%
  • Beginning 4.3%
  • 1 to 5 years 23.7%
  • 6 to 10 years 20.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 31.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 16.9%
  • Over 30 years 2.5%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Sparks Elem in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classSparks Elem · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Kindergarten14.619
Grade 117.119.2
Grade 215.619.7
Grade 329.521.6
Grade 415.620.4
Grade 522.422.4

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 6 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 105 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

Other top-5% rankings

High placements in larger reporting groups

12 measures

  • 15of 293

    Reading — Approaches

    Collin County · of the 293 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 20of 1,089

    Academic Growth

    Region 10: Richardson · of the 1,089 that report this measure · tied with 16

  • 45of 1,110

    Reading — Masters

    Region 10: Richardson · of the 1,110 that report this measure · tied with 6

  • 47of 1,110

    All Subjects — Masters

    Region 10: Richardson · of the 1,110 that report this measure · tied with 9

  • 48of 1,106

    Math — Masters

    Region 10: Richardson · of the 1,106 that report this measure · tied with 3

  • 50of 1,106

    School Progress

    Region 10: Richardson · of the 1,106 that report this measure · tied with 22

  • 58of 1,106

    Math — Approaches

    Region 10: Richardson · of the 1,106 that report this measure · tied with 19

  • 58of 1,106

    Math — Meets

    Region 10: Richardson · of the 1,106 that report this measure · tied with 4

  • 147of 4,452

    All Subjects — Approaches

    Similar size · of the 4,452 that report this measure · tied with 39

  • 155of 4,452

    All Subjects — Meets

    Similar size · of the 4,452 that report this measure · tied with 18

  • 171of 4,452

    Reading — Meets

    Similar size · of the 4,452 that report this measure · tied with 18

  • 187of 4,452

    Student Achievement

    Similar size · of the 4,452 that report this measure · tied with 82

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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Single-file records are pre-built for district-level records only, so there is no per-campus CSV to link here. Producing both formats for every entity would consume most of the 20,000-asset deployment limit before pages and shared data are counted. This campus is a row in the bulk files on the download page, keyed by its TEA id 043905112.