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Enrollment
623
Elementary
DISTRICT 828 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PROSPER ISD·NCES 483600011847
John A Baker Elementary School
3125 BLUEWOOD DR, MCKINNEY, TX 75071 · (469) 219-2120 · Collin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 45% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.7:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
10%
61 students
DISTRICT 7% · 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 | 2 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 93 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 84 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 122 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (93) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (122).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 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 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 30.0% | 20.0% | 18.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 67.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 63.0% | 63.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
56.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 John A Baker Elementary School
John A Baker Elementary School's state test result (56.9% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John A Baker Elementary School this school | 623 | 9.8% | 56.9% |
| Lizzie Nell Cundiff McClure Elementary School MCKINNEY | 661 | 13.6% | 54.6% |
| Purefoy Elementary School FRISCO | 606 | 10.4% | 65.0% |
| Liberty Elementary School FLOWER MOUND | 574 | 7.0% | 71.3% |
| Johnie R Daniel Elementary School NORTHLAKE | 593 | 8.3% | 64.5% |
| Chandler Oaks Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 574 | 15.7% | 76.4% |
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 John A Baker Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.9% | #942 of 4,401 | #98 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #840 of 4,466 ▲ 53 | #77 of 165 ▲ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,061 of 4,466 ▼ 127 | #94 of 165 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #2,784 of 3,998 | #94 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #1,441 of 4,938 | #64 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #643 of 4,622 | #50 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.5% | #375 of 4,628 | #69 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 9.8% | #4,658 of 4,789 | #152 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.0% | #1,340 of 2,838 | #45 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
623
-326 (-34%) vs 2020
-6% since 2010-11, when it was 660
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 623 | 49 | 12.7:1 | 10% (61) |
| 2023-24 | 656 | 48.3 | 13.6:1 | 13% (83) |
| 2022-23 | 648 | 46.1 | 14.1:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2020-21 | 949 | 53 | 17.9:1 | 10% (91) |
| 2017-18 | 760 | 52.4 | 14.5:1 | 8% (62) |
| 2015-16 | 719 | 53 | 13.6:1 | 13% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 660 | 44 | 15.0:1 | 17% (113) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John A Baker Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (760 to 623); teachers down 6% (52.4 to 49).
About John A Baker Elementary School
Federal records list John A Baker Elementary School as an elementary school in MCKINNEY, Texas. It offers pre-K through 5 and has 623 students enrolled. It has 20% more students than the average for elementary schools in Texas (about 519).
John A Baker Elementary School is one of the 27 schools that make up PROSPER ISD (31,651 students in total).
Of every 100 students at John A Baker Elementary School, about 44 are White, the largest group. Other students are 25% Asian, 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, and 8% multiracial. That is lower than the 54% White share among all Collin County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 71%.
John A Baker Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1, with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. The school has 10% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 30% average for public schools in Collin County, the school's rate is lower.
John A Baker Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 45% of Texas public elementary schools.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, John A Baker Elementary School is 12.7 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 56.9% actual, 69.5% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
The school is in Collin County, where median household income comes to about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Collin County's 338 public schools enroll about 227,575 students and include John A Baker Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, Mike and Janie Reeves Elementary School is about 1.1 miles from John A Baker Elementary School. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 56.9% is below the 62.4% average for nearby schools.
John A Baker Elementary School has an NCES locale of Suburb: Large.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 34%, from 949 to 623. By 2024-25, the school had 12.7 students per teacher, compared with 17.9 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at John A Baker Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 PROSPER ISD
- Prosper High SchoolHigh · 3,753 students
- Rock Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,442 students
- Walnut Grove High SchoolHigh · 2,268 students
- Reynolds Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,762 students
- William Rushing Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,691 students
- Lorene Rogers Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,633 students
Other schools in MCKINNEY
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Emerson High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Imagine International Academy of North TexasCombined · 1,445 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
Nearby schools
- Mike and Janie Reeves Elementary School1.1 mi · 794
- Lizzie Nell Cundiff McClure Elementary School1.9 mi · 661
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle School2.3 mi · 1,210
- Jose De Jesus and Maria Luisa Vega Elementary School2.5 mi · 491
- McKinney Boyd High School2.7 mi · 2,547
- McKinney North High School2.7 mi · 2,387
Frequently asked questions
About John A Baker Elementary SchoolHow large is John A Baker Elementary School?
John A Baker Elementary School enrolls approximately 623 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does John A Baker Elementary School serve?
John A Baker Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at John A Baker Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at John A Baker Elementary School is approximately 12.7:1 (49 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at John A Baker Elementary School?
Student demographics at John A Baker Elementary School are roughly 44% White, 11% Hispanic, 12% Black, 25% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is John A Baker Elementary School in?
John A Baker Elementary School is part of PROSPER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.