Willis Lane Elementary

Summary:

Willis Lane Elementary is a public elementary school in Keller, Texas, serving 509 students in grades PK-4. The school is part of the Keller Independent School District, which is ranked 198 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 4-star rating.

Willis Lane Elementary consistently ranks among the top 100 elementary schools in Texas, with a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for most years. The school's STAAR test scores significantly outperform the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in 2023-2024, 78.07% of 3rd graders and 83.52% of 4th graders were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 60.38% and 62.63% for the district, and 48.85% and 50.66% for the state. The school's 5th-grade students achieved 100% proficiency in STAAR Mathematics for the past two years, far exceeding the district and state averages. Additionally, the school's performance for various student subgroups, including English Language Learners, Special Education students, and Low Socioeconomic Status students, is also strong, with rankings in the top quartile of Texas elementary schools.

While Whitley Road Elementary, Shady Grove Elementary, and other nearby schools have more diverse student populations, Willis Lane Elementary has a higher percentage of White students (66.21%) compared to the surrounding schools. This racial composition may be a factor in the school's high academic performance, as research has shown that socioeconomic status can influence educational outcomes. The school's low student-teacher ratio (14.2 in 2022-2023) and relatively high per-student spending (around $10,000 per student) may also contribute to its exceptional academic performance.


Detail:

Public PK, KG-4

 1620 Willis Ln
       Keller, TX  76248-3126


(817) 744-5700

District: Keller Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
100th of 4,675 Texas Elementary Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,812 Help


Students who attend Willis Lane Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Indian Springs Middle
High:    Keller High School

Student/teacher ratio:  14.2 Help
Number of students:  509

Racial breakdown:

White:
66.2%
Hispanic:
18.1%
Asian:
6.7%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  15.3% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Willis Lane Elementary ranks better than 97.9% of elementary schools in Texas. It also ranks first among 23 ranked elementary schools in the Keller Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 97.12. (See more...)
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: White (66.2%), Hispanic (18.1%), Asian (6.7%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 15.3% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Willis Lane Elementary is 14.2. 14 elementary schools in the Keller Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Willis Lane Elementary is $9,812. 19 elementary schools in the Keller Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Willis Lane Elementary:

SchoolDigger ranks Willis Lane Elementary 100th of 4675 Texas public elementary schools. (See Willis Lane Elementary in the ranking list.)

Elementary School Test Score Ratings by Student Subgroup:


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Keller Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Keller Independent School District (Isd) 198th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Willis Lane Elementary

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Rank History for all students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 77.51 541st 3465 84.4%
2005 85.53 185th 3475 94.7%
2006 84.84 181st 3476 94.8%
2007 84.87 160th 3724 95.7%
2008 86.55 137th 3768 96.4%
2009 86.50 116th 3884 97.0%
2010 85.22 120th 3937 97.0%
2011 81.52 396th 4095 90.3%
2012 84.09 470th 4206 88.8%
2013 82.56 537th 4221 87.3%
2014 84.57 483rd 4260 88.7%
2015 88.08 317th 4320 92.7%
2016 90.18 199th 4286 95.4%
2017 94.33 225th 4329 94.8%
2018 92.93 254th 4359 94.2%
2019 95.31 155th 4479 96.5%
2021 90.89 365th 4578 92.0%
2022 96.09 128th 4581 97.2%
2023 96.18 128th 4647 97.2%
2024 97.12 100th 4675 97.9%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 64.43 358th 1112 67.8%
2022 68.61 268th 1004 73.3%
2023 61.03 424th 1099 61.4%
2024 88.40 51st 1114 95.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 75.97 430th 3333 87.1%
2022 78.57 403rd 3487 88.4%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.19 36th 3558 99.0%
2019 91.01 111th 3684 97.0%
2021 67.58 643rd 3799 83.1%
2022 79.15 393rd 3952 90.1%
2023 78.18 439th 4086 89.3%
2024 86.01 288th 4261 93.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.27 334th 4264 92.2%
2019 83.36 311th 4309 92.8%
2021 70.97 803rd 4451 82.0%
2022 74.51 672nd 4477 85.0%
2023 93.90 79th 4521 98.3%
2024 94.68 82nd 4560 98.2%
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Rank History for Female students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.60 286th 4306 93.4%
2019 93.69 169th 4348 96.1%
2021 88.18 414th 4499 90.8%
2022 94.23 155th 4561 96.6%
2023 96.43 90th 4588 98.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 79.42 72nd 3106 97.7%
2019 75.00 438th 3184 86.2%
2021 79.12 387th 3006 87.1%
2022 76.50 331st 2958 88.8%
2023 69.34 877th 2980 70.6%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 76.45 534th 4240 87.4%
2019 72.84 669th 4295 84.4%
2021 46.14 2106th 4331 51.4%
2022 78.72 475th 4461 89.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.59 236th 4319 94.5%
2019 94.36 154th 4357 96.5%
2021 90.61 338th 4498 92.5%
2022 96.20 93rd 4563 98.0%
2023 93.52 190th 4585 95.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 77.23 126th 1009 87.5%
2021 64.93 327th 967 66.2%
2022 68.75 268th 957 72.0%
2023 80.10 97th 1015 90.4%
2024 82.52 60th 1035 94.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.61 208th 2483 91.6%
2019 82.71 228th 2515 90.9%
2021 78.81 259th 2444 89.4%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 97.45 40th 4168 99.0%
2019 91.38 167th 4188 96.0%
2021 89.36 247th 4329 94.3%
2022 88.53 246th 4376 94.4%
2023 86.06 338th 4401 92.3%
2024 88.66 243rd 4431 94.5%
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Rank History for White students at Willis Lane Elementary

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Elementary Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.11 367th 3127 88.3%
2019 87.71 188th 3142 94.0%
2021 75.86 527th 3082 82.9%
2022 90.11 98th 3082 96.8%
2023 91.03 94th 3106 97.0%
2024 92.09 74th 3078 97.6%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

Willis Lane Elementary Test Scores
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Enrollment information for Willis Lane Elementary

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1998 659 7 12 16 0 n/a n/a 0 694
1999 776 13 15 23 1 n/a n/a 0 828
2000 730 9 16 26 1 n/a n/a 0 782
2001 670 10 19 27 1 n/a n/a 0 727
2002 652 18 20 30 1 n/a n/a 0 721
2003 652 18 20 30 1 n/a n/a 0 721
2004 653 17 18 30 2 n/a n/a 0 720
2005 639 18 16 35 1 n/a n/a 0 709
2006 630 20 16 49 2 n/a n/a 0 717
2007 563 21 21 54 9 n/a n/a 0 668
2008 510 21 25 61 9 n/a n/a 0 626
2009 481 20 32 57 9 n/a n/a 0 599
2010 473 27 39 52 10 n/a n/a 0 601
2011 406 17 25 70 4 0 21 0 543
2012 405 27 30 60 3 0 24 0 549
2013 395 27 24 59 2 1 30 0 538
2014 382 26 19 62 0 0 31 0 520
2015 349 22 18 63 1 2 31 0 486
2016 359 24 22 72 4 1 25 0 507
2017 347 28 30 88 6 0 17 0 516
2018 357 27 34 83 5 0 11 0 517
2019 404 19 28 61 3 1 9 0 525
2020 413 22 33 79 1 0 21 0 569
2021 369 18 38 73 1 0 20 0 519
2022 357 14 36 88 0 0 27 0 522
2023 337 13 34 92 0 0 33 0 509

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Willis Lane Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 694 36.3 19.1 1.3
1999 828 43.9 18.9 1.6
2000 782 43.8 17.9 1.4
2001 727 42.1 17.3 2.5
2002 721 39.4 18.3 2.8
2003 721 39.4 18.3 2.8
2004 720 39.1 18.4 3.5
2005 709 41.5 17.1 4.9
2006 717 43.3 16.6 3.3
2007 668 40.6 16.5 3.7
2008 626 40.1 15.6 4
2009 599 39.0 15.4 5.2
2010 601 42.2 14.2 7
2011 543 36.4 14.9 9.2
2012 549 34.5 15.9 10.2
2013 538 34.4 15.6 10
2014 520 32.8 15.8 11.3
2015 486 33.0 14.7 11.5
2016 507 34.0 14.9 12.2
2017 516 34.3 15.0 14.3
2018 517 34.6 14.9 12.4
2019 525 34.2 15.3 14.7
2020 569 36.3 15.6 14.1
2021 519 39.0 13.2 15.8
2022 522 34.8 14.9 12.3
2023 509 35.7 14.2 15.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Willis Lane Elementary

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1998 694 36.3 19.1 1.3
1999 828 43.9 18.9 1.6
2000 782 43.8 17.9 1.4
2001 727 42.1 17.3 2.5
2002 721 39.4 18.3 2.8
2003 721 39.4 18.3 2.8
2004 720 39.1 18.4 3.5
2005 709 41.5 17.1 4.9
2006 717 43.3 16.6 3.3
2007 668 40.6 16.5 3.7
2008 626 40.1 15.6 4
2009 599 39.0 15.4 5.2
2010 601 42.2 14.2 7
2011 543 36.4 14.9 9.2
2012 549 34.5 15.9 10.2
2013 538 34.4 15.6 10
2014 520 32.8 15.8 11.3
2015 486 33.0 14.7 11.5
2016 507 34.0 14.9 12.2
2017 516 34.3 15.0 14.3
2018 517 34.6 14.9 12.4
2019 525 34.2 15.3 14.7
2020 569 36.3 15.6 14.1
2021 519 39.0 13.2 15.8
2022 522 34.8 14.9 12.3
2023 509 35.7 14.2 15.3

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Willis Lane Elementary

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $601 (6.9%) $8,071 (93.1%) $8,671
2020 $605 (7.0%) $8,031 (93.0%) $8,635
2021 $975 (9.9%) $8,838 (90.1%) $9,812

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Willis Lane Elementary

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 155th of 4479 Elementary schoolsRanks 128th of 4647 Elementary schools
 0.7%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
3rd Grade Reading (Willis Lane Elementary)6583
 18%
   3rd Grade Reading (Keller Independent School District (Isd))5761
 4%
   3rd Grade Reading (Texas)4450
 6%
3rd Grade Mathematics (Willis Lane Elementary)7177
 6%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Keller Independent School District (Isd))6255
 7%
   3rd Grade Mathematics (Texas)4843
 5%
4th Grade Reading (Willis Lane Elementary)8075
 5%
   4th Grade Reading (Keller Independent School District (Isd))5659
 3%
   4th Grade Reading (Texas)4347
 4%
4th Grade Mathematics (Willis Lane Elementary)8272
 10%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Keller Independent School District (Isd))6154
 7%
   4th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4647
 1%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students525509
 3%
African American1913
 31.6%
American Indian30
 100%
Asian2834
 21.4%
Hispanic6192
 50.8%
Pacific Islander10
 100%
White404337
 16.6%
Two or More Races933
 266.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients14.7%15.3%
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Frequently Asked Questions about Willis Lane Elementary

Students at Willis Lane Elementary are 66% White, 18% Hispanic, 7% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 3% African American.

Students who attend Willis Lane Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Indian Springs Middle
High : Keller High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 509 students attended Willis Lane Elementary.

Yes! Willis Lane Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 100th of 4675 Texas elementary schools.


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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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