Enrollment
343
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510012132
Barron Elementary School
3300 AVE P, PLANO, TX 75074 · (469) 752-0200 · Collin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL343 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
279 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 30 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 58 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (54) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
45%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Barron Elementary School→Bowman Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from PLANO ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% | 36.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 21.0% | 28.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 27.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 38.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 24.0% |
% 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
27.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Barron Elementary School
Barron Elementary School's state test result (27.4% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barron Elementary School this school | 343 | 81.3% | 27.4% |
| Finch Elementary School MCKINNEY | 341 | 81.2% | 32.8% |
| Bob Hope Elementary School-Baytown BAYTOWN | 370 | 82.7% | 73.5% |
| Linton Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 368 | 82.3% | 33.5% |
| Memorial Elementary School PLANO | 407 | 77.6% | 28.8% |
| Pillow Elementary School AUSTIN | 356 | 83.1% | 22.6% |
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 Barron Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 27.4% | #3,888 of 4,401 | #162 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,943 of 4,466 ▼ 96 | #159 of 165 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #4,012 of 4,466 ▲ 78 | #162 of 165 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,098 of 3,998 | #51 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 343 | #3,923 of 4,938 | #162 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.3:1 | #5 of 4,622 | #1 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.9% | #2,802 of 4,628 | #169 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.3% | #1,842 of 4,789 | #6 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -12.9% | #1,776 of 2,838 | #66 of 94 |
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
343
+37 (+12%) vs 2020
-23% since 2010-11, when it was 446
Student : Teacher
9.3:1
was 9.0:1
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 | 343 | 37 | 9.3:1 | 81% (279) |
| 2023-24 | 365 | 35.8 | 10.2:1 | 84% (308) |
| 2022-23 | 343 | 38.3 | 9.0:1 | 85% (293) |
| 2020-21 | 306 | 34 | 9.0:1 | 87% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 394 | 44.7 | 8.8:1 | 83% (326) |
| 2015-16 | 470 | 46 | 10.2:1 | 89% (416) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 47 | 9.5:1 | 89% (398) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Barron Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (394 to 343); teachers down 17% (44.7 to 37).
About Barron Elementary School
Barron Elementary School is a small elementary school in PLANO, Texas, administered by PLANO ISD. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 343 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
PLANO ISD has 73 schools and 46,612 students, and Barron Elementary School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 73% of enrollment at Barron Elementary School. Enrollment also includes 12% Black, 9% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 56 points above the 16% share among Collin County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Barron Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 45%.
Its 37 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 9.3:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. The school's lunch program data list 81% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The gap from the 30% average for public schools in Collin County is 51 points.
The BeatsExpectations prediction for Barron Elementary School is 39.0%, and its average proficiency rate on state tests is 27.4%.
Among Collin County residents, median household income is about $121,600, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Barron Elementary School is one of 338 public schools in Collin County, which together enroll about 227,575 students.
Nearest public school: Memorial Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. The five-mile area around Barron Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Barron Elementary School's average proficiency of 27.4% compares with 42.0% for its nearest scored neighbors.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
The student count in 2024-25 was 343, 12% above the 306 of 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across science fairs, picture day, and bus routes. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 PLANO ISD
- 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 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 Barron Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Barron Elementary. Barron Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Barron Elementary SchoolEL PASO, TX · 368 students
- Barron ElementaryHampton, VA · 397 students
Nearby schools
- Memorial Elementary School0.7 mi · 407
- Bowman Middle School0.8 mi · 859
- Pearson Early Childhood1.1 mi · 220
- Mendenhall Elementary School1.2 mi · 563
- Williams High School1.3 mi · 1,105
- Clark High School1.4 mi · 1,114
Frequently asked questions
About Barron Elementary SchoolHow large is Barron Elementary School?
Barron Elementary School enrolls approximately 343 students in grades PK-05.
Is Barron Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Barron Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Barron Elementary School have?
Barron Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.3:1.
How diverse is Barron Elementary School?
Barron Elementary School reports a student body of 9% White, 73% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Barron Elementary School?
Barron Elementary School is overseen by PLANO ISD in Collin County.
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