ANDERSON EL

ANDERSON EL, a middle-of-the-pack elementary-level community in PLANO, Texas, one of the schools within FRISCO ISD, caters to 748 students, covering grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% above the state mean of about 519.

Within FRISCO ISD, which oversees 76 schools and 65,289 students, ANDERSON EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, ANDERSON EL reports that Asian students make up the majority at 63%; the rest reads as 19% White, 7% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, ANDERSON EL records 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 11% of students at ANDERSON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ANDERSON EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 69.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 80.2%.

Across the wider county, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which ANDERSON EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: TAYLOR EL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ANDERSON EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ANDERSON EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 82.4%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ANDERSON EL has climbed 16%, going from 646 students in 2018 to 748 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment climbed from 44% to 63% over that span.

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