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What's the most underrated thing about HUFFMAN EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
519
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510006029
Huffman Elementary School
5510 CHANNEL ISLE DR, PLANO, TX 75093 · (469) 752-1900 · Collin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL519 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
208 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 40 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 86 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
77%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
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 26.0% | 14.0% | 28.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 51.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
48.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Huffman Elementary School
Huffman Elementary School's state test result (48.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Huffman Elementary School this school | 519 | 40.1% | 48.3% |
| T F Birmingham Elementary School WYLIE | 522 | 41.4% | 66.8% |
| Bear Creek Elementary School EULESS | 524 | 46.2% | 45.4% |
| Lakeview Elementary School LITTLE ELM | 531 | 41.2% | 42.5% |
| Challenger Elementary School PEARLAND | 614 | 38.9% | 66.9% |
| Alan and Andra Perrin Elementary School FORT WORTH | 565 | 39.6% | 30.7% |
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 Huffman Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 48.3% | #1,597 of 4,401 | #115 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,095 of 4,466 ▲ 460 | #88 of 165 ▲ 23 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,202 of 4,466 ▲ 16 | #99 of 165 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.5pp | #1,039 of 3,998 | #24 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 519 | #2,345 of 4,938 | #102 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,636 of 4,622 | #88 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 77.2% | #28 of 4,628 | #4 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 40.1% | #3,941 of 4,789 | #62 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.7% | #722 of 1,307 | #33 of 54 |
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
519
+6 (+1%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 489
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 11.2:1
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 | 519 | 36.8 | 14.1:1 | 40% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 464 | 38.7 | 12.0:1 | 48% (225) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 43.6 | 12.8:1 | 48% (268) |
| 2020-21 | 513 | 46 | 11.2:1 | 56% (288) |
| 2017-18 | 469 | 42.5 | 11.0:1 | 61% (288) |
| 2015-16 | 446 | 38 | 11.7:1 | 63% (281) |
| 2010-11 | 656 | 50 | 13.1:1 | 48% (317) |
| 2000-01 | 547 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 5% (29) |
| 1990-91 | 489 | 29 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Huffman Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (469 to 519); teachers down 13% (42.5 to 36.8).
About Huffman Elementary School
Huffman Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in PLANO, Texas. The school counted 519 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
Huffman Elementary School is part of PLANO ISD, where 73 schools serve 46,612 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Huffman Elementary School is White, with 27% of students. Other groups make up 27% Black, 25% Hispanic, 13% Asian, and 9% multiracial. Collin County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school's share is lower. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 77%.
The school lists 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A total of 208 students, or 40%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Collin County is 30%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Huffman Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 48.3%; the prediction is 56.6%.
Looking at the county, Collin County, the median household earns about $121,600 a year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Huffman Elementary School, Collin County has 338 public schools.
About 0.2 miles separate Huffman Elementary School from the closest public school, Shepton High School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Huffman Elementary School ranks 6th of 8 on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Large, means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, enrollment moved from 513 to 519, a small change. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 11.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.1:1.
On allk12, people connected to Huffman Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 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 Huffman Elementary schools
3 other US public schools in 3 states are named Huffman Elementary. Huffman Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 4.
- Huffman Elementary SchoolHUFFMAN, TX · 915 students
- Huffman ElementaryAnchorage, AK · 268 students
- Huffman Elementary SchoolCahokia, IL · 268 students
Nearby schools
- Shepton High School0.2 mi · 1,360
- Centennial Elementary School1.2 mi · 462
- Haggar Elementary School1.7 mi · 546
- Plano West Senior High School1.7 mi · 2,559
- Beaty Early Childhood School1.7 mi · 281
- Hightower Elementary School1.8 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Huffman Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Huffman Elementary School?
Huffman Elementary School enrolls approximately 519 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Huffman Elementary School serve?
Huffman Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Huffman Elementary School?
Approximately 14.1:1 students per teacher at Huffman Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Huffman Elementary School?
At Huffman Elementary School, the student body is approximately 27% White, 25% Hispanic, 27% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
Is Huffman Elementary School public or private?
Huffman Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PLANO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.