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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at CALDWELL EL this year?
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Enrollment
409
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINNEY ISD·NCES 482985006300
Caldwell Elementary School
601 W LOUISIANA ST, MCKINNEY, TX 75069 · (469) 302-5500 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL409 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
277 students
DISTRICT 37% · 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 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 21% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 19% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (61).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Caldwell Elementary School→Faubion Middle School
Based on published attendance-zone data from MCKINNEY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 18.0% | 27.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 35.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 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
39.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Caldwell Elementary School
Caldwell Elementary School's state test result (39.2% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell Elementary School this school | 409 | 67.7% | 39.2% |
| Austin Elementary School ENNIS | 394 | 70.1% | 43.0% |
| Royal Ridge Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 441 | 67.3% | 40.8% |
| Hillcrest Pds Magnet WACO | 431 | 63.3% | 41.5% |
| Dorie Miller Intermediate School ENNIS | 447 | 64.4% | 44.6% |
| Wimbish World Language Academy ARLINGTON | 411 | 68.9% | 45.8% |
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 Caldwell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.2% | #2,697 of 4,401 | #140 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,469 of 4,466 ▼ 184 | #149 of 165 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,045 of 4,466 ▲ 87 | #143 of 165 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,223 of 3,998 | #65 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 409 | #3,408 of 4,938 | #144 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #386 of 4,622 | #38 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #1,891 of 4,628 | #150 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.7% | #2,680 of 4,789 | #20 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.8% | #959 of 2,838 | #31 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
409
-77 (-16%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 538
Student : Teacher
12.1:1
was 11.6:1
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 | 409 | 33.8 | 12.1:1 | 68% (277) |
| 2023-24 | 447 | 32 | 14.0:1 | 70% (315) |
| 2022-23 | 458 | 37.8 | 12.1:1 | 68% (311) |
| 2020-21 | 486 | 42 | 11.6:1 | 65% (318) |
| 2017-18 | 530 | 37.3 | 14.2:1 | 65% (342) |
| 2015-16 | 542 | 36 | 15.1:1 | 71% (383) |
| 2010-11 | 507 | 40 | 12.7:1 | 78% (395) |
| 2000-01 | 609 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 61% (374) |
| 1990-91 | 538 | 26 | 20.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caldwell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (530 to 409); teachers down 9% (37.3 to 33.8).
About Caldwell Elementary School
Caldwell Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in MCKINNEY, Texas. The school covers kindergarten through 5 and reported 409 students in 2024-25. The school is 21% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
MCKINNEY ISD has 33 schools; together they serve 23,296 students.
Of every 100 students at Caldwell Elementary School, about 62 are Hispanic. Other reported shares: 21% White, 14% Black, and 3% multiracial. Collin County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 46 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
A staff of 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 12.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 68%. Among public schools in Collin County, the average eligibility rate is 30%.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 44.8%. Caldwell Elementary School scores 39.2%.
In Collin County, home to about 1,163,337 people, the median household earns about $121,600 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 56% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Caldwell Elementary School shares Collin County with 337 other public schools.
Burks Elementary School is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Ranked by average proficiency, Caldwell Elementary School places 3rd out of 7 schools in its immediate area.
Caldwell Elementary School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 409, down from 486 in 2020-21.
This page collects posts and questions about Caldwell Elementary School, such as homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 MCKINNEY ISD
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Faubion Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,033 students
Other schools in MCKINNEY
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Emerson High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Imagine International Academy of North TexasCombined · 1,445 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
Other Caldwell Elementary schools
8 other US public schools in 5 states are named Caldwell Elementary. Caldwell Elementary School is the 8th largest of the 9.
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolCALDWELL, TX · 641 students
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolROUND ROCK, TX · 545 students
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolGARLAND, TX · 422 students
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolScottsboro, AL · 579 students
- Caldwell Elementary SchoolCaldwell, OH · 511 students
Nearby schools
- Burks Elementary School0.6 mi · 432
- Finch Elementary School0.8 mi · 341
- McKinney High School0.9 mi · 2,668
- Webb Elementary School0.9 mi · 475
- Faubion Middle School0.9 mi · 1,033
- J J Alternative Education Program0.9 mi · 4
Frequently asked questions
About Caldwell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Caldwell Elementary School?
Caldwell Elementary School enrolls approximately 409 students in grades KG-05.
Is Caldwell Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Caldwell Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Caldwell Elementary School have?
Caldwell Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.1:1.
What is the student diversity at Caldwell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Caldwell Elementary School are roughly 21% White, 62% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Two or more.
What district is Caldwell Elementary School in?
Caldwell Elementary School is part of MCKINNEY ISD.
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