1
Which teacher or staff member at HEDGCOXE EL deserves more recognition?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
366
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510021017
Hedgcoxe Elementary School
7701 PRESCOTT DR, PLANO, TX 75025 · (469) 752-1700 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL366 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
23%
85 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 | 52 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 66 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 58 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 64 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 64 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (52) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (64).
Student demographics
73%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
74.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
70.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +39.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 70 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 47.0% | 27.0% | 15.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 38.0% | 32.0% | 15.0% | 15.0% |
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 | 74.0% | 70.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 66.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 61.0% | 72.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
63.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 64% 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 Hedgcoxe Elementary School
Hedgcoxe Elementary School's state test result (63.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hedgcoxe Elementary School this school | 366 | 23.2% | 63.6% |
| Garden Ridge Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 325 | 23.1% | 67.2% |
| Aldridge Elementary School RICHARDSON | 462 | 22.3% | 53.9% |
| Harrington Elementary School PLANO | 321 | 29.0% | 56.6% |
| Hightower Elementary School PLANO | 448 | 21.0% | 74.5% |
| Homestead Elementary School CARROLLTON | 470 | 23.8% | 66.5% |
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 Hedgcoxe Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.6% | #585 of 4,401 | #77 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #435 of 4,466 ▲ 137 | #53 of 165 ▲ 17 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #548 of 4,466 ▲ 10 | #63 of 165 ▲ 6 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,090 of 3,998 | #58 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 366 | #3,765 of 4,938 | #158 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #327 of 4,622 | #31 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.5% | #280 of 4,628 | #50 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 23.2% | #4,363 of 4,789 | #88 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #1,627 of 2,838 | #57 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
366
-70 (-16%) vs 2020
-43% since 1990-91, when it was 645
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
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 | 366 | 30.7 | 11.9:1 | 23% (85) |
| 2023-24 | 418 | 31.3 | 13.3:1 | 22% (93) |
| 2022-23 | 421 | 31 | 13.6:1 | 25% (106) |
| 2020-21 | 436 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 25% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 33 | 13.0:1 | 17% (73) |
| 2015-16 | 425 | 32 | 13.3:1 | 16% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 34 | 13.5:1 | 12% (57) |
| 2000-01 | 675 | 44 | 15.3:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 645 | 6 | 107.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hedgcoxe Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (429 to 366); teachers down 7% (33 to 30.7).
About Hedgcoxe Elementary School
Hedgcoxe Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in PLANO, Texas. The school serves 366 students in kindergarten through 5 in 2024-25. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students.
PLANO ISD is made up of 73 schools with 46,612 students in all.
Hedgcoxe Elementary School's enrollment has no majority group, and White students are the largest at 44%. The school is also 19% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 10% Black, and 9% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 54%. Hedgcoxe Elementary School has a diversity index of 73%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Its teaching staff equals 30.7 full-time positions, a ratio of 11.9:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Around 23% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals.
Hedgcoxe Elementary School scores 63.6% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 63.8%.
According to the American Community Survey, in Collin County, 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. A total of 338 public schools operate in Collin County, serving about 227,575 students.
Nearby, Hendrick Middle School is about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Hedgcoxe Elementary School ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Large.
Hedgcoxe Elementary School had 436 students in 2020-21 and 366 in 2024-25, a 16% decrease. Its ratio of students to teachers was 13.2:1 in 2020-21, and 11.9:1 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. 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 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
Nearby schools
- Hendrick Middle School0.4 mi · 528
- Beverly Elementary School0.4 mi · 361
- Rasor Elementary School0.9 mi · 351
- Andrews Elementary School1.1 mi · 405
- Bethany Elementary School1.1 mi · 266
- Ereckson Middle School1.3 mi · 1,263
Frequently asked questions
About Hedgcoxe Elementary SchoolHow large is Hedgcoxe Elementary School?
Hedgcoxe Elementary School enrolls approximately 366 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Hedgcoxe Elementary School serve?
Hedgcoxe Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hedgcoxe Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hedgcoxe Elementary School is approximately 11.9:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Hedgcoxe Elementary School?
Student demographics at Hedgcoxe Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 19% Hispanic, 10% Black, 17% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Who oversees Hedgcoxe Elementary School?
Hedgcoxe 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.