BARRON EL

BARRON EL operates as a compact K-5 school in PLANO, Texas, overseen by PLANO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 343 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 34% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

PLANO ISD runs 73 schools in total, collectively educating 46,612 students. BARRON EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BARRON EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 73%; the rest is composed of 12% Black, 9% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, BARRON EL reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BARRON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.4%; this one delivers 26.3%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Collin County put median household income runs about $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BARRON EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

MEMORIAL EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARRON EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.8%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BARRON EL's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 394 (now 343).

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