The top reported proficiency rate is 35% in English language arts. The lowest is 14% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on Peters Colony El
Peters Colony Elementary sits on Nash Drive in The Colony, a master-planned lakeside suburb in southeastern Denton County that grew from a 1970s single-family housing development into a community organized around Lewisville Lake, a large retail and entertainment corridor anchored by Grandscape, and roughly a dozen residential neighborhoods governed by homeowners associations. Most residents commute by car to Plano, Frisco, or Dallas; everyday walkability outside the Grandscape node is limited. The city is approaching build-out, with new residential growth concentrated in The Tribute area and mixed-use infill filling remaining land. School assignments in The Colony are split between Lewisville ISD and Little Elm ISD depending on neighborhood, and Peters Colony falls within Lewisville ISD.
The school serves prekindergarten through fifth grade. Enrollment is substantial for an elementary campus, and a majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which tells you this is a school serving a significant share of economically disadvantaged families. Demographically, the student body is majority Hispanic, with white and Black students making up most of the remainder. English learner counts and special education rates were not available in the data provided.
On the Texas STAAR assessment, proficiency results are a clear soft spot. Across tested grades and subjects, the school lands in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Denton County. In math, tested third graders sat for the Spanish-language STAAR with a very small group, and fewer than a quarter reached proficiency; fourth and fifth grade English-language results were in the low-to-mid thirties. Reading and ELA results showed a similar pattern at third and fourth grade, though the small group of fifth graders who took the Spanish-language ELA exam fared considerably better, with a majority reaching proficiency. Fifth grade science proficiency, by contrast, was low, with only about one in seven students reaching that threshold. The "approaches grade level" aggregate across all subjects and grades sits around three in five students, while the "meets grade level" standard drops to roughly one in three, and "masters" is reached by only a small fraction. Trend data was not available for prior years, so there is no way from this data set to characterize whether these results are improving, stable, or declining. Parents who want to understand trajectory would be well served by asking the school directly.
One nuance worth flagging: a meaningful portion of the tested students at this campus sat for Spanish-language versions of STAAR, particularly at third and fourth grade in ELA and at third grade in math. That reflects a dual-language or bilingual program population. The grade-level group sizes for those Spanish-language cohorts are small enough that a few students in either direction can swing the proficiency rate substantially, so reading too much into a single year's result for those cohorts carries real uncertainty.
Lewisville ISD has been navigating a period of notable institutional change. Voters in late 2023 approved bond funding for campus maintenance, safety upgrades, and technology, along with a tax rate increase to sustain staff pay and programs of choice, though athletic and high school facility propositions were rejected. Then in December 2024, publicly reported, the district's board voted to permanently close five elementary schools and redraw attendance boundaries beginning with the 2025-26 school year, citing declining enrollment and state funding constraints. Peters Colony itself is not listed among the closures, but boundary rezoning elsewhere in the district means some families' feeder patterns have shifted. The district also adopted a full school-day cell phone ban beginning in 2025-26.
Housing in the zip code serving this school sits well above both the Texas and national median home values, with prices having dipped modestly year over year. Rents have also softened slightly. The estimated monthly ownership cost is substantial relative to national median income benchmarks, placing The Colony in a relatively high-cost tier for the region.
Program details for Peters Colony Elementary were not included in the data provided, so specifics about enrichment offerings, intervention supports, or extracurricular activities are not something this account can characterize. A campus visit or conversation with the school would fill that gap.
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