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The Little Elm handbook

Living in Little Elm, TX: what to set up and who to call

Oncor delivers the power in Little Elm, but in Texas’s open market you choose the company that sells it. For home internet, most of Little Elm can choose between AT&T and Optimum.

I’m new in town

What to set up in Little Elm, and who provides it. Tap an answer for the details and where they come from.

Home services

Power, water and internet

Who to call to start service at a new address in Little Elm.

Electricity

Power comes from Oncor

Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility, serves all of Little Elm.

Start or move service: oncor.com · (888) 875-6279

Service territory: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map dated Aug 2023). Prices and customers: EIA-861, 2025.

Drinking water · reported to EPA

Water comes from Town of Little Elm water system

The Town of Little Elm water system supplies Little Elm: about 83% of residents live in its service area. Mustang SUD serves another 12%. About 4% of homes are outside any mapped community water system, most likely on private wells, which EPA doesn’t regulate. It buys treated surface water (EPA lists North Texas Mwd Wylie WTP as seller) and serves 41,000 people in all.

No health-based violations reported to EPA in the five years to October 2026, like 83% of the 3,525 systems serving 10,001–50,000 people.

Lead, 90th percentile2.2 ppb
015 ppb action level20

The latest lead result on file, the 90th percentile of homes sampled in Jan 2023–Dec 2025, was 2.2 ppb, below the 15 ppb action level that applied. That’s higher than 72% of similar systems’ latest results.

The system’s full record: EPA ECHO report

EPA SDWIS via Envirofacts (violations pulled Oct 9, 2026) and ECHO (lead samples, 2026Q3); service area: EPA Community Water System Service Area Boundaries v3.0. Violations are counted by the start of their compliance period. TX0610035.

Internet

12 home internet providers serve Little Elm

99% of 16,617 addresses can get 100/20 Mbps; 83% can get fiber.

ProviderTechnologyAddressesFastest (Mbps)
AT&TFiber, DSL, Fixed wireless92%5,000/5,000
OptimumCable, Fiber63%940/35
Astound BroadbandCable, Fiber41%1,500/50
Open InfraFiber30%8,000/8,000
SpectrumCable, Fiber4%1,000/1,000
Legacy ISPFiber3%1,000/1,000

FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025. Availability as providers report it, not speeds people get.

Trash & recycling

Trash day in Little Elm depends on your street

Pickup days, the drop-off and recycling in Little Elm, from the town’s own site.

How trash works hereTown’s haulerCommunity Waste Disposal (CWD) picks up at the curb for every homelittleelm.gov
Trash dayBy addressDepends on your addressLook up your day on tole.maps.arcgis.com →
Pickup

Your pickup week

Drop-off center

Courtesy Bulk Drop-Site

1690 E. Eldorado Parkway, Little Elm, TX 75068

The town’s page also lists “Fridays 4-8 p.m., Saturdays 8 a.m.-5 p.m., Sundays 8 a.m.-5 p.m.”, which we couldn’t read as opening hours: check the town’s page for those days.

What goes in the recycling bin

Accepted at the curb

  • Aluminum, tin, and steel cans
  • Plastic bottles and containers labeled #1 through #7 (excluding #6)
  • Unbroken glass bottles – any color
The town’s guidesRecycling Guide →
Furniture, appliances and bulky itemsNo scheduling needed; place bulk items at the curb on your regular trash/recycling day of your bulk week (1st and 3rd week yellow or 2nd and 4th week blue), limit six cubic yards per pickup
What can be recycledThe town’s recycling pagelittleelm.gov →

From littleelm.gov, the town’s official site, checked Oct 21, 2026. Rules change: the town’s page is the last word. .

Schools

Where your child goes to school

Public school districts and the school path by grade.

Little Elm kids go to
PK–54 elementary schoolsDepends on your address
6–82 middle schoolsDepends on your address
9–122 high schoolsDepends on your address

Most of Little Elm (51%) is in Little Elm Independent School District; parts are in Denton Independent School District (34%) and Frisco Independent School District (14%).

B−School gradeSee Schools →

U.S. Department of Education, NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25. Enrollment rules and registration are the district’s.

Government & voting

Town hall and registering to vote

Who to call, and how to register.

Election office: FVAP local election office directory, updated Jan 2024; jurisdictions: EAC EAVS 2024. Registration rules and links: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024.

ZIP codes & area codes

Little Elm spans 4 ZIP codes

ZIP codes where Little Elm residents live, with the share of the town in each.

ZIPPost office nameShare of Little ElmZIP’s residents in Little Elm
75068Little Elm, TX81%57%
76227Aubrey, TX12%12%
75033Frisco, TX4%4%
75036Frisco, TX2%3%

Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas, by census block; post office names: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). ZIPs created since 2020 are missing.

Everyday places

Getting around, the ER and the library

One line each; the subject pages have the rest.

ER: CMS hospital data. Library: IMLS Public Libraries Survey, FY2024.

Questions about living in Little Elm

Who supplies Little Elm’s drinking water, and has it had violations?

The Town of Little Elm water system (EPA ID TX0610035). It reported no health-based violations to EPA in the five years to October 2026; 83% of systems its size had none. Its latest lead 90th percentile was 2.2 ppb (Jan 2023–Dec 2025), against a 15 ppb action level.

Who provides electricity in Little Elm?

Oncor (Oncor Electric Delivery Co.), an investor-owned utility.

What internet providers serve Little Elm?

AT&T, Optimum, Astound Broadband, Open Infra, Spectrum, Legacy ISP (FCC, as of December 2025).

What ZIP codes are in Little Elm?

75068 (81%), 76227 (12%), 75033 (4%), 75036 (2%), by share of residents. Census 2020 ZIP Code Tabulation Areas.

What school district is Little Elm in?

Little Elm Independent School District. Parts of the city are in Denton Independent School District and Frisco Independent School District.

How do I register to vote in Little Elm?

Texas has no online registration; you can register in person until 30 days before Election Day or by mail (postmarked 30 days before). Elections here are run by the Denton County Early Voting Clerk. Check your registration at teamrv-mvp.sos.texas.gov.

Sources & dates

Every answer above names its source. Here they are with their dates.

  • Water: EPA SDWIS (Envirofacts, pulled Oct 9, 2026), ECHO SDWA 2026Q3, EPA CWS Service Area Boundaries v3.0.
  • Power: HIFLD Electric Retail Service Territories (map Aug 2023); EIA-861 final 2025.
  • Trash: Little Elm’s own website (littleelm.gov), read Oct 21, 2026, pickup and drop-off facts extracted and checked against the page they came from.
  • ZIP codes: Census 2020 ZCTA relationship files; GeoNames postal codes (CC BY 4.0).
  • Schools: NCES Common Core of Data, 2024–25.
  • Registration: vote.gov, updated Nov 18, 2024 (read Oct 10, 2026). Official sites and area codes: Wikidata.
  • Election office: FVAP local election office directory (fetched Oct 10, 2026; each record dated), EAC EAVS 2024 jurisdictions; registration and lookup links from vote.gov’s state data, checked Oct 10, 2026.
  • Internet: FCC National Broadband Map, as of December 2025.