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Enrollment
748
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001008147
Anderson Elementary School
2800 OAKLAND HILLS DR, PLANO, TX 75025 · (469) 633-2300 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL748 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
80 students
DISTRICT 15% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 108 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 106 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 128 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 141 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 137 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (108) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (137).
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
85.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 85 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 60.0% | 23.0% | 12.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 58.0% | 27.0% | 10.0% | 5.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 83.0% | 85.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 82.0% |
| 2022-23 | 84.0% | 80.0% |
| 2021-22 | 85.0% | 85.0% |
| 2020-21 | 59.0% | 70.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
78.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+9.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 79% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Anderson Elementary School
Anderson Elementary School's state test result (78.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anderson Elementary School this school | 748 | 10.7% | 78.7% |
| Commonwealth Elementary School SUGAR LAND | 667 | 11.5% | 86.7% |
| Gulledge Elementary School PLANO | 692 | 13.3% | 77.5% |
| Brenda Calhoun Early Childhood School MCKINNEY | 744 | 9.3% | N/A |
| Isbell Elementary School FRISCO | 612 | 6.5% | 74.8% |
| Taylor Elementary School PLANO | 744 | 11.4% | 77.2% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Anderson Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.7% | #107 of 4,401 | #21 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #59 of 4,466 ▲ 103 | #9 of 165 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #167 of 4,466 ▲ 135 | #16 of 165 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,546 of 3,998 | #83 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 748 | #642 of 4,938 | #24 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #3,451 of 4,622 | #141 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.9% | #1,816 of 4,628 | #149 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.7% | #4,637 of 4,789 | #148 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +15.8% | #529 of 1,307 | #26 of 54 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
748
+35 (+5%) vs 2020
+19% since 2000-01, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 15.5:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 748 | 46.1 | 16.2:1 | 11% (80) |
| 2023-24 | 791 | 45.1 | 17.5:1 | 13% (101) |
| 2022-23 | 773 | 44.3 | 17.5:1 | 13% (103) |
| 2020-21 | 713 | 46 | 15.5:1 | 18% (129) |
| 2017-18 | 646 | 38.1 | 16.9:1 | 11% (68) |
| 2015-16 | 704 | 43 | 16.4:1 | 12% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 651 | 39 | 16.7:1 | 10% (63) |
| 2000-01 | 629 | 39 | 16.1:1 | 2% (15) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Anderson Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (646 to 748); teachers up 21% (38.1 to 46.1).
About Anderson Elementary School
Students in PLANO, Texas, attend Anderson Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school. Federal data show 748 students enrolled in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 44% bigger than average.
Federal data list 76 schools in FRISCO ISD, with 65,289 students enrolled.
About 63% of the student body at Anderson Elementary School is Asian. Enrollment also includes 19% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, and 5% multiracial. Among people living in Collin County, the Asian share is about 19%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 56%.
Anderson Elementary School reports a ratio of 16.2 students per teacher, from 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Anderson Elementary School, 11% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The 30% average for public schools in Collin County is 19 points higher.
Anderson Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 78.7%, compared with a predicted 69.1%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Collin County, the median household earns about $121,600 a year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Anderson Elementary School, Collin County has 338 public schools.
Anderson Elementary School is about 0.9 miles from Taylor Elementary School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Anderson Elementary School is behind the 82.0% nearby average, ranking 6th of 9.
For locale, NCES codes Anderson Elementary School as City: Large.
The school's enrollment rose 5% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anderson Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FRISCO ISD
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,996 students
Other schools in PLANO
- Plano East Sr High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Plano West Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,559 students
- Plano Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Shepton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Renner Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Other Anderson Elementary schools
22 other US public schools in 15 states are named Anderson Elementary. Anderson Elementary School is the largest of the 23.
- Anderson Elementary SchoolCONROE, TX · 686 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolSPRING, TX · 635 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 585 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolARLINGTON, TX · 426 students
- Anderson Elementary SchoolLUFKIN, TX · 246 students
Nearby schools
- Taylor Elementary School0.9 mi · 744
- Skaggs Elementary School0.9 mi · 356
- Andrews Elementary School1.0 mi · 405
- Rice Middle School1.1 mi · 872
- Fowler Middle School1.2 mi · 967
- Wyatt Elementary School1.3 mi · 318
Frequently asked questions
About Anderson Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Anderson Elementary School?
Anderson Elementary School enrolls approximately 748 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Anderson Elementary School serve?
Anderson Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Anderson Elementary School?
Approximately 16.2:1 students per teacher at Anderson Elementary School.
How diverse is Anderson Elementary School?
Anderson Elementary School reports a student body of 19% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 63% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Anderson Elementary School?
Anderson Elementary School is overseen by FRISCO ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.