CARPENTER MIDDLE

CARPENTER MIDDLE operates as an intimate middle school in PLANO, Texas, one of the schools within PLANO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 462 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so CARPENTER MIDDLE sits 28% leaner than that benchmark.

Within PLANO ISD, which oversees 73 schools and 46,612 students, CARPENTER MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, CARPENTER MIDDLE lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 21% Black, 19% White, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CARPENTER MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.0%; this one delivers 40.0%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Collin County put median household earnings sit near $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), CARPENTER MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CHRISTIE EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CARPENTER MIDDLE at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CARPENTER MIDDLE has edged down 31%, going from 671 students in 2018 to 462 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 29% to 19%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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