Schools · Plano
Plano, TX schools
Kids attend one of 35 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 11 middle schools and one of 7 high schools.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
A−
Plano’s School Grade: A-
The public schools Plano’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 79% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.
A-Test scoresB-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 79%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (334)Better than 76%
High confidence. Built on 22,552 tested students and a graduating class of 4,060; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Plano kids go to school
Grades PK–5
35 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Plano Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Plano Independent)52%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
95% graduate on time
Graduation rate
95%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
4,060
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #212 of 584 TX towns →
Districts
The district serving Plano
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 111 schools in Plano
Showing 1–30 of 111 schools
ANDERSON ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 748 students
A+PublicTAYLOR ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 744 students
APublicJACKSON ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 705 students
C+PublicGULLEDGE ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 692 students
APublicTHOMAS ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 687 students
C+PublicBORCHARDT ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 666 students
A+PublicRIDDLE ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 661 students
APublicHARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY - PLANOElementary · Grades PK–5 · 627 students
C-CharterDAFFRON ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 604 students
B+PublicCHRISTIE ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 568 students
C+PublicBRINKER ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 565 students
A+PublicMENDENHALL ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 563 students
C-PublicBARKSDALE ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 547 students
A+PublicHUFFMAN ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 519 students
B-PublicHICKEY ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 497 students
B+PublicMCCALL ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 490 students
A-PublicHAUN ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 486 students
APublicSIGLER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 485 students
C+PublicFORMAN ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 473 students
C+PublicWELLS ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 463 students
B+PublicCENTENNIAL ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 462 students
APublicMATHEWS ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 460 students
A+PublicHIGHTOWER ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 448 students
A+PublicCARLISLE ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 436 students
APublicMEADOWS ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 414 students
DPublicMEMORIAL ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 407 students
C-PublicANDREWS ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 405 students
A+PublicWEATHERFORD ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 404 students
B-PublicSHEPARD ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 400 students
APublicHUGHSTON ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 379 students
A-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.