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If you had an hour of school board time for GENE M REED EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
486
Elementary
DISTRICT 627 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALLEN ISD·NCES 480789005843
Gene M Reed Elementary School
1200 RIVERCREST BLVD, ALLEN, TX 75002 · (972) 727-0580 · Collin County
GRADES KG–06ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL486 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 37% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
210 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 62 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 71 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 6 | 91 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 31% smaller than its 6th grade class (91).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +16.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 16 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 | 23.0% | 33.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 30.0% | 31.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 53.0% | 56.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
46.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Gene M Reed Elementary School
Gene M Reed Elementary School's state test result (46.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gene M Reed Elementary School this school | 486 | 43.2% | 46.7% |
| Houston Elementary School DENTON | 537 | 44.3% | 50.0% |
| Stephen F Austin Elementary School RICHMOND | 468 | 39.7% | 56.8% |
| Corinth Elementary School CORINTH | 537 | 41.0% | 37.8% |
| Alvis C Story Elementary School ALLEN | 530 | 46.6% | 42.8% |
| Big Springs Elementary School GARLAND | 403 | 42.2% | 54.1% |
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 Gene M Reed Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.7% | #1,773 of 4,401 | #122 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,117 of 4,466 ▲ 286 | #121 of 165 ▲ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,794 of 4,466 ▲ 181 | #118 of 165 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,059 of 3,998 | #49 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 486 | #2,663 of 4,938 | #114 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #421 of 4,622 | #39 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.2% | #312 of 4,628 | #56 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 43.2% | #3,833 of 4,789 | #55 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.6% | #1,465 of 2,838 | #52 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
486
-4 (-1%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 531
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 12.3:1
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 | 486 | 39.7 | 12.2:1 | 43% (210) |
| 2023-24 | 546 | 41.9 | 13.0:1 | 40% (218) |
| 2022-23 | 477 | 39.3 | 12.2:1 | 39% (184) |
| 2020-21 | 490 | 40 | 12.3:1 | 44% (215) |
| 2017-18 | 583 | 39.5 | 14.7:1 | 31% (183) |
| 2015-16 | 597 | 42 | 14.2:1 | 26% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 543 | 40 | 13.6:1 | 27% (145) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 3% (20) |
| 1990-91 | 531 | 29 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gene M Reed Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (583 to 486); teachers unchanged (39.5 to 39.7).
About Gene M Reed Elementary School
Gene M Reed Elementary School is an elementary school located in ALLEN, Texas, in Collin County. It covers kindergarten through 6, with a total enrollment of 486 students.
Gene M Reed Elementary School is a school in ALLEN ISD. The district has 23 schools and 20,838 students.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Gene M Reed Elementary School is White (43%). Other students are 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% Asian, and 7% multiracial. That is lower than the 54% White share among all Collin County residents. Gene M Reed Elementary School has a diversity index of 72%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1 at Gene M Reed Elementary School, with 39.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 43%. For comparison, public schools in Collin County average 30%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Gene M Reed Elementary School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Gene M Reed Elementary School is 8.6 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 46.7% actual, 55.2% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
County data help place the school in context: in Collin County, median household income is about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. The public schools of Collin County number 338 and enroll about 227,575.
The closest other public school is George J Anderson Early Childhood School, about 0.5 miles away. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Gene M Reed Elementary School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Large: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment was essentially flat over 4 years: 490 in 2020-21, 486 in 2024-25.
Threads on this page can be about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 ALLEN ISD
- Allen High SchoolHigh · 5,206 students
- Lowery Freshman CenterHigh · 1,674 students
- Walter & Lois Curtis Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,323 students
- Ereckson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,263 students
- Lois Lindsey Elementary SchoolElementary · 792 students
- Dr E T Boon Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
Other schools in ALLEN
- Allen High SchoolHigh · 5,206 students
- Lowery Freshman CenterHigh · 1,674 students
- Walter & Lois Curtis Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,323 students
- Ereckson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,263 students
- Dr E T Boon Elementary SchoolElementary · 789 students
- Carlena Chandler Elementary SchoolElementary · 731 students
Nearby schools
- George J Anderson Early Childhood School0.5 mi · 439
- Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School0.8 mi · 1,323
- Lowery Freshman Center0.9 mi · 1,674
- Allen High School1.1 mi · 5,206
- James and Margie Marion Elementary School1.1 mi · 688
- Alvis C Story Elementary School1.2 mi · 530
Frequently asked questions
About Gene M Reed Elementary SchoolHow large is Gene M Reed Elementary School?
Gene M Reed Elementary School enrolls approximately 486 students in grades KG-06.
Is Gene M Reed Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Gene M Reed Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-06.
How many teachers does Gene M Reed Elementary School have?
Gene M Reed Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Gene M Reed Elementary School?
Student demographics at Gene M Reed Elementary School are roughly 43% White, 24% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Gene M Reed Elementary School public or private?
Gene M Reed Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALLEN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.