David and Lynda Olson Elementary School

Size

David and Lynda Olson Elementary School is the 7th largest of Allen ISD's 16 elementary schools; its 678 students are 3.3% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest elementary schools are a median 2.4 miles away and have a median of 577 students, so David and Lynda Olson Elementary School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 5 with 119 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 1, against an average of 85 per grade. This year grade 6 has 57% more students than kindergarten (108 against 69). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 1 child in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 43.8% of enrollment, a higher share than across Allen ISD (34.7%). Asian students are next, at 18.9%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

20.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 22% across Allen ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

David and Lynda Olson Elementary School has 42.82 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 15.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 678 students would have about 45.8 teachers, so David and Lynda Olson Elementary School has 3 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

NCES classifies its location as suburb, large, which means it is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city. The nearest other elementary school is James and Margie Marion Elementary School, 1.1 miles away in the same district. There are 23 elementary schools within 5 miles and 115 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.