HUGHSTON EL

Located at 2601 CROSS BEND RD, in PLANO, Texas, HUGHSTON EL is a modestly sized elementary school that works with 379 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within PLANO ISD. That puts it 27% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

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

On the student-mix side, HUGHSTON EL logs that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. Compared to Collin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

In terms of school funding signals, HUGHSTON EL shows 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 17% of students at HUGHSTON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, HUGHSTON EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 66.4%; this one delivers 73.1%.

Around the school, census data for Collin County shows the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. HUGHSTON EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

CARLISLE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HUGHSTON EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HUGHSTON EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.4%.

HUGHSTON EL operates from an inner-city location.

Five-year trend. HUGHSTON EL's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 372 (now 379). White enrollment moved from 68% to 56% across the same window.

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