HUFFMAN EL

Located at 5510 CHANNEL ISLE DR, in PLANO, Texas, HUFFMAN EL is a mid-sized elementary campus that educates 519 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by PLANO ISD.

Across the 73 schools in PLANO ISD (46,612 students total), HUFFMAN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HUFFMAN EL shows that the most-represented group is White (27%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 27% Black, 25% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 54%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HUFFMAN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Collin County's rate of about 30%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HUFFMAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 45.3%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Collin County) records that the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which HUFFMAN EL is one.

SHEPTON H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HUFFMAN EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 11%: 469 students in 2018 compared to 519 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 41% to 25% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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