The top reported proficiency rate is 65% in English language arts. The lowest is 38% in Science.
Original Research by School Decision on B B Owen El
B.B. Owen Elementary serves prekindergarten through fifth grade in The Colony, a master-planned lakeside suburb in southeastern Denton County built along the eastern shore of Lewisville Lake. The school is part of Lewisville ISD and sits in a residential neighborhood that is predominantly auto-oriented, with daily life oriented toward commuting, lake recreation, and the large Grandscape retail and entertainment corridor nearby rather than any traditional walkable town center.
The most consequential thing a family needs to know before anything else: the Lewisville ISD board voted in December 2024 to permanently close B.B. Owen, along with four other elementary schools, at the end of the 2024-25 school year. The closure was driven by declining enrollment and state funding pressures, and it came alongside rezoning of attendance boundaries across the district. For families currently zoned to B.B. Owen, or considering moving into the area, the operative question is which campus their child will be assigned to starting in the 2025-26 school year. That determination comes from the district's revised attendance boundaries, and a parent would want to contact Lewisville ISD directly to confirm their child's new feeder school.
With that context in place, the academic picture from the school's final year of operation shows a split between reading and math. Across tested grades, reading and language arts proficiency was solid, with most students reaching the meets-grade-level standard and the school landing in the top quartile on overall proficiency relative to districts in Denton County. Math results were more mixed: a meaningful share of students approached grade level, but the proportion reaching or exceeding the meets standard was lower, and fifth-grade math was the weakest tested area. Science results at the fifth-grade level were also below the school's reading performance. Multi-year trend data was available for only a single year, so it is not possible to say whether these patterns represent an improvement, a decline, or a plateau. A parent whose child is moving to a new campus should ask whether the receiving school offers additional math support, given that math is where many B.B. Owen students were not yet meeting grade level.
Enrollment at B.B. Owen was small relative to a typical elementary, with a notable prekindergarten cohort making up a meaningful share of the total. More than half of students qualified for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting a broad economic mix. The school served a racially and ethnically diverse student body, with white, Hispanic, and Black students each making up substantial shares, and smaller populations of Asian and multiracial students. Data on English learner enrollment and special education rates was not available in the data provided.
In November 2023, Lewisville ISD voters approved bond funding for campus maintenance, safety upgrades, and technology, as well as a tax rate election that added operating dollars for staff pay and programs. Those decisions benefit the district broadly, though their impact on B.B. Owen specifically is limited given the school's closure.
Housing in The Colony is priced well above the Texas statewide median and well above the national median, reflecting its position in the DFW metro growth corridor. Values have edged slightly downward year over year, and rents have done the same, though neither has fallen sharply. The rent-to-income ratio sits at a level where renting is not light financially. The Colony itself is approaching build-out, with growth concentrated in mixed-use development at Grandscape and new single-family construction in the lakeside Tribute neighborhood, where prices run into the high six and seven figures. The school district serving The Tribute area is Little Elm ISD, not Lewisville ISD, so neighborhood choice within The Colony directly determines which district a family enters.
Families drawn to The Colony for its lake access, master-planned neighborhoods, and DFW commuter position will find a community with clear suburban character and a well-established residential identity. For those whose address falls within Lewisville ISD, the immediate task is understanding which elementary campus replaces B.B. Owen in their child's feeder pattern.
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