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Alumni: what's one memory from CARLISLE EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
436
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510006030
Carlisle Elementary School
6525 OLD ORCHARD DR, PLANO, TX 75023 · (469) 752-0600 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL436 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
126 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 19% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 79 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is 25% smaller than its 5th grade class (79).
Student demographics
71%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
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
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 32.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 65.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 72.0% | 63.0% |
| 2020-21 | 48.0% | 66.0% |
% 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
61.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Carlisle Elementary School
Carlisle Elementary School's state test result (61.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carlisle Elementary School this school | 436 | 28.9% | 61.3% |
| Sunnyvale Elementary School SUNNYVALE | 503 | 22.9% | N/A |
| Sunnyvale Intermediate School SUNNYVALE | 509 | 21.8% | 65.0% |
| Purple Sage Elementary School AUSTIN | 502 | 23.5% | 65.2% |
| Boggess Elementary School MURPHY | 498 | 19.3% | 74.0% |
| Flossie Floyd Green Elementary School ALLEN | 553 | 22.2% | 62.4% |
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 Carlisle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.3% | #703 of 4,401 | #84 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,251 of 4,466 ▼ 299 | #99 of 165 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,662 of 4,466 ▼ 906 | #113 of 165 ▼ 31 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -9.0pp | #408 of 3,998 | #17 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 436 | #3,169 of 4,938 | #135 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #1,729 of 4,622 | #96 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #428 of 4,628 | #73 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.9% | #4,247 of 4,789 | #81 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.3% | #1,147 of 2,838 | #39 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
436
-80 (-16%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 606
Student : Teacher
14.2:1
was 13.2:1
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 | 436 | 30.7 | 14.2:1 | 29% (126) |
| 2023-24 | 472 | 34.9 | 13.5:1 | 33% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 34.8 | 14.8:1 | 31% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 516 | 39 | 13.2:1 | 32% (164) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 40.2 | 13.6:1 | 18% (100) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 38 | 13.8:1 | 25% (131) |
| 2010-11 | 549 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 22% (121) |
| 2000-01 | 576 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 3% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 606 | 34 | 17.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carlisle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (547 to 436); teachers down 24% (40.2 to 30.7).
About Carlisle Elementary School
Carlisle Elementary School is an elementary school in PLANO, Texas, and it is part of PLANO ISD. The latest federal count shows 436 students in kindergarten through 5.
PLANO ISD counts 73 schools and 46,612 students, including Carlisle Elementary School.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Carlisle Elementary School is White (41%). The remaining students are 30% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Collin County is about 54% White. The chance that two students picked at random at Carlisle Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 71%.
Carlisle Elementary School employs 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 14.2:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. Carlisle Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 29%. That is close to the 30% average for public schools in Collin County.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Carlisle Elementary School's results are within a point of predicted: 61.3% against 61.4%.
Carlisle Elementary School is located in Collin County, where median household income is about $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Federal data list 338 public schools in Collin County, with a combined enrollment of about 227,575.
Schimelpfenig Middle School is the closest public school, about 0.3 miles away in a straight line. Carlisle Elementary School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Carlisle Elementary School comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Carlisle Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels City: Large.
Carlisle Elementary School saw enrollment fall 16% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Carlisle Elementary School community page is open for posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. 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 Carlisle Elementary schools
4 other US public schools in 5 states are named Carlisle Elementary. Carlisle Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 5.
- Carlisle Elementary SchoolCarlisle, IA · 715 students
- CARLISLE ELEMENTARY SCHOOLCARLISLE, AR · 380 students
- Carlisle Elementary SchoolBoaz, AL · 343 students
- Carlisle Elementary SchoolCarlisle, IN · 188 students
Nearby schools
- Schimelpfenig Middle School0.3 mi · 826
- Thomas Elementary School0.8 mi · 687
- Hughston Elementary School0.9 mi · 379
- Bethany Elementary School1.2 mi · 266
- Carpenter Middle School1.4 mi · 462
- Hendrick Middle School1.4 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Carlisle Elementary SchoolHow large is Carlisle Elementary School?
Carlisle Elementary School enrolls approximately 436 students in grades KG-05.
Is Carlisle Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carlisle Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Carlisle Elementary School have?
Carlisle Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.2:1.
How diverse is Carlisle Elementary School?
Carlisle Elementary School reports a student body of 41% White, 14% Hispanic, 10% Black, 30% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Carlisle Elementary School?
Carlisle Elementary School is overseen by PLANO ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.