Spending per student · 2025
- This school
- $12,360
- Selected comparison
- $12,497
Traditional public school campus
Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center
Denton County · Region 11: Fort Worth · 184 students
Official school websiteSchool information and family resources
- Current score
- 78/1002025-26
- Change
- +4 ptssince 2023-24
- Score vs similar economic context
- −2.7 ptsvs 80.7 average · 1,935 rated schools serving a similar economic context
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
- 1,204 of 1,935tied with 77 others
- Score vs region
- −2.5 ptsvs 80.5 average · 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth
- Region 11: Fort Worth placement
- 501 of 839tied with 31 others
- Score vs county
- −2.0 ptsvs 80 average · 179 rated schools in Denton County
- Denton County placement
- 100 of 179tied with 7 others
- Score vs similar-size group
- −3.5 ptsvs 81.5 average · 1,128 similarly sized rated schools
- Similar size placement
- 748 of 1,128tied with 40 others
- Score vs state
- −3.3 ptsvs 81.3 average · 7,646 rated Texas schools
- Texas placement
- 4,963 of 7,646tied with 264 others
C78
At a glance
The available rating history is moving up. The current score is below the 80.7 average for 1,935 rated schools serving a similar economic context.The current score is below the 80.5 average for 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth.The current score is below the 80 average for 179 rated schools in Denton County.The current score is below the 81.5 average for 1,128 similarly sized rated schools.The current score is below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools.
Read the full rating context and placement
Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.7 average for 1,935 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 4 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 1,204th of 1,935 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 77 others).
Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80.5 average for 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth. It is up 4 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 501st of 839 rated schools in Region 11: Fort Worth (tied with 31 others).
Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 80 average for 179 rated schools in Denton County. It is up 4 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 100th of 179 rated schools in Denton County (tied with 7 others).
Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.5 average for 1,128 similarly sized rated schools. It is up 4 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 748th of 1,128 similarly sized rated schools (tied with 40 others).
Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center is rated C by TEA, scoring 78 out of 100 for 2025-26 — below the 81.3 average for 7,646 rated Texas schools. It is up 4 points since 2023-24.
Ranks 4,963rd of 7,646 rated Texas schools (tied with 264 others).
Put the numbers in context
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| Year | Rating | Score | Selected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rate | StateTexas average |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | C | 78 | 80.7 1,935 reporting | 81.3 7,646 reporting |
| 2024-25 | C | 79 | 80.4 1,912 reporting | 81.2 7,554 reporting |
| 2023-24 | C | 74 | 78.4 1,891 reporting | 78.9 7,466 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.
- Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center
- Similar economic-disadvantage rate (1,935 in cohort)
| Domain | Score | Grade | Points to next grade |
|---|---|---|---|
| Student Achievement | — | Not rated | — |
| School Progress | — | Not rated | — |
| Closing the Gaps | — | Not rated | — |
| Academic Growth | — | Not rated | — |
| Relative Performance | — | Not rated | — |
Who this school serves
Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.
- Students
- 184
- Economically disadvantaged
- 60.9%−0.4 pts vs similar economic context
- English learners
- 62.0%+45.8 pts vs similar economic context
- Special education
- 15.2%−3.6 pts vs similar economic context
- Attendance
- —
- Chronically absent
- —
Student demographics
Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center
- African American 15.2%
- Hispanic 43.5%
- White 17.4%
- American Indian 0.5%
- Asian 17.9%
- Two or More Races 5.4%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting for every category shown · 1,935 in full cohort
- African American 10.4%
- Hispanic 48.9%
- White 34.2%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 2.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 3.8%
Selected comparison average For Region 11: Fort Worth · 839 reporting for every category shown · 839 in full cohort
- African American 15.4%
- Hispanic 39.6%
- White 34.4%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 5.3%
- Pacific Islander 0.3%
- Two or More Races 4.6%
Selected comparison average For Denton County · 179 reporting for every category shown · 179 in full cohort
- African American 13.9%
- Hispanic 33.2%
- White 36.5%
- American Indian 0.4%
- Asian 10.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.2%
- Two or More Races 5.7%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 1,128 reporting for every category shown · 1,128 in full cohort
- African American 7.6%
- Hispanic 46.2%
- White 41.7%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 1.1%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.1%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- African American 11.5%
- Hispanic 52.6%
- White 27.8%
- American Indian 0.3%
- Asian 4.2%
- Pacific Islander 0.1%
- Two or More Races 3.4%
Student counts behind the percentages
Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.
- Students in this TEA accountability summary
- 184
- Economically disadvantaged students
- 112
- Emergent bilingual students
- 114
- Special education students
- 28
TEA context labels
- Highest grade is early education, pre-K or kindergarten
Campus mobility · 2024–25
- Mobile students
- Not reported
- Students in TEA mobility denominator
- Not reported
- TEA-published mobility rate
- Not reported
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.
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
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Disciplinary actions
- Suppressed
Rate not available
- Cumulative year-end enrollment
- 215
2024–25
| School year | Cumulative enrollment | Studentsall discipline | Students% of enrollment | Actionsall discipline | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023–24 | 255 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| 2024–25 | 215 | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
See 2024–25 discipline categories
| Category | Students | Students% of enrollment | Actions | Actionsper 100 students | Studentsselected comparison average % | Actionsselected comparison average per 100 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All discipline | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| In-school suspensions | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Out-of-school suspensions | Suppressed | — | Suppressed | — | — | — |
| DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| Mandatory DAEP placements | Not reported | — | Not reported | — | — | — |
| 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.
- Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center
- Parent district: Little Elm ISD
- Texas average
- Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate
For 2025, TEA reported $12,360 per student for this campus, $25,414 per student for its parent district, Little Elm ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.
Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.
View yearly spending figures
| Year | Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center | Parent district: Little Elm ISD | Texas average | Selected comparison average | Reportingselected comparison |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | $15,545 | $19,232 | $18,125 | $11,929 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,887 rated schools reporting |
| 2025 | $12,360 | $25,414 | $18,972 | $12,497 | average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,908 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
- Average salary
- $68,959+$2,578 vs similar economic context
- Teachers
- 14−28.1 vs similar economic context
- Students per staff member
- 13.1−6.1 vs similar economic context
Teaching experience
Zellars Early Childhood Learning Center
- 1 to 5 years 28.6%
- 6 to 10 years 14.3%
- 11 to 20 years 42.9%
- 21 to 30 years 14.3%
Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,935 reporting for every category shown · 1,935 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.1%
- 1 to 5 years 25.5%
- 6 to 10 years 19.1%
- 11 to 20 years 28.4%
- 21 to 30 years 16.2%
- Over 30 years 4.2%
Selected comparison average For Region 11: Fort Worth · 839 reporting for every category shown · 839 in full cohort
- Beginning 5.6%
- 1 to 5 years 24%
- 6 to 10 years 20.6%
- 11 to 20 years 30%
- 21 to 30 years 16.7%
- Over 30 years 2.8%
Selected comparison average For Denton County · 179 reporting for every category shown · 179 in full cohort
- Beginning 4.6%
- 1 to 5 years 25.7%
- 6 to 10 years 21.2%
- 11 to 20 years 29.4%
- 21 to 30 years 16.8%
- Over 30 years 2.4%
Selected comparison average For similarly sized schools · 1,128 reporting for every category shown · 1,128 in full cohort
- Beginning 6.6%
- 1 to 5 years 23.4%
- 6 to 10 years 17.3%
- 11 to 20 years 28.4%
- 21 to 30 years 17.8%
- Over 30 years 5.7%
Statewide average 7,646 reporting for every category shown · 7,646 Texas schools in full cohort
- Beginning 6.2%
- 1 to 5 years 25.6%
- 6 to 10 years 19.2%
- 11 to 20 years 28.7%
- 21 to 30 years 15.9%
- Over 30 years 3.7%
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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