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Enrollment
731
Elementary
DISTRICT 773 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ANNA ISD·NCES 480834013494
Judith L Harlow Elementary School
1224 LEONARD AVE, ANNA, TX 75409 · (972) 924-1320 · Collin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL731 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
17.6:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
323 students
DISTRICT 52% · 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 | 60 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 123 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 107 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 106 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (110) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (106).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 27.0% | 31.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 26.0% | 23.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 46.0% |
| 2023-24 | 55.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 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
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Judith L Harlow Elementary School
Judith L Harlow Elementary School's state test result (47.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Judith L Harlow Elementary School this school | 731 | 44.2% | 47.5% |
| J Lyndal Hughes Elementary School ROANOKE | 672 | 42.1% | 55.4% |
| Sue Evelyn Rattan Elementary School ANNA | 706 | 49.0% | 50.4% |
| Spring Garden Elementary School BEDFORD | 599 | 43.4% | 58.5% |
| Little Elementary School ARLINGTON | 740 | 45.4% | 49.1% |
| Ruth Cherry Elementary School ROYSE CITY | 772 | 47.4% | 38.3% |
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 Judith L Harlow Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 47.5% | #1,681 of 4,401 | #119 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #2,813 of 4,466 ▼ 822 | #139 of 165 ▼ 20 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,469 of 4,466 ▼ 374 | #132 of 165 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.5pp | #879 of 3,998 | #43 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 731 | #734 of 4,938 | #29 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.6:1 | #4,099 of 4,622 | #157 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.1% | #320 of 4,628 | #58 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.2% | #3,800 of 4,789 | #54 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +43.6% | #136 of 1,307 | #5 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
731
+66 (+10%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.6:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 731 | 41.6 | 17.6:1 | 44% (323) |
| 2023-24 | 590 | 41.1 | 14.4:1 | 47% (275) |
| 2022-23 | 492 | 38.3 | 12.8:1 | 48% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 665 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 55% (367) |
| 2017-18 | 509 | 31 | 16.4:1 | 51% (260) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Judith L Harlow Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 44% (509 to 731); teachers up 34% (31 to 41.6).
About Judith L Harlow Elementary School
Judith L Harlow Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in ANNA, Texas, (ZIP code 75409). It teaches 731 students in pre-K through 5. That is 41% bigger than the average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Judith L Harlow Elementary School is among 8 schools run by ANNA ISD, which serves 6,038 students.
White students make up 40% of enrollment at Judith L Harlow Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The remaining shares are 25% Hispanic, 23% Black, 7% multiracial, and 5% Asian. Census estimates put the White share of Collin County's population at about 54%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Judith L Harlow Elementary School lists 41.6 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 17.6 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 2.5 students per teacher. About 44% of students at Judith L Harlow Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 30% average for public schools in Collin County, the school's rate is higher.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Judith L Harlow Elementary School outscored 39%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Judith L Harlow Elementary School, the prediction is 54.8% and the result is 47.5%.
The school's county is Collin County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $121,600, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Collin County's 338 public schools enroll about 227,575 students and include Judith L Harlow Elementary School.
A public school about 0.1 miles away, Clemons Creek Middle School, is the closest to Judith L Harlow Elementary School. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Judith L Harlow Elementary School. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Judith L Harlow Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Judith L Harlow Elementary School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment figures show a rise of 66 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25. The school's ratio increased from 14.5:1 to 17.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Judith L Harlow Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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 ANNA ISD
- Anna High SchoolHigh · 1,602 students
- Joe K Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 861 students
- Rosamond-Sherley Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Sue Evelyn Rattan Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Slayter Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Clemons Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
Other schools in ANNA
- Anna High SchoolHigh · 1,602 students
- Joe K Bryant Elementary SchoolElementary · 861 students
- Rosamond-Sherley Elementary SchoolElementary · 793 students
- Sue Evelyn Rattan Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Slayter Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 682 students
- Clemons Creek Middle SchoolMiddle · 614 students
Nearby schools
- Clemons Creek Middle School0.1 mi · 614
- Anna Academic Achievement Center1.3 mi · 49
- North Creek Elementary School1.5 mi · 885
- Sue Evelyn Rattan Elementary School1.6 mi · 706
- Slayter Creek Middle School2.4 mi · 682
- Rosamond-Sherley Elementary School2.4 mi · 793
Frequently asked questions
About Judith L Harlow Elementary SchoolHow large is Judith L Harlow Elementary School?
Judith L Harlow Elementary School enrolls approximately 731 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Judith L Harlow Elementary School serve?
Judith L Harlow Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Judith L Harlow Elementary School have?
Judith L Harlow Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Judith L Harlow Elementary School?
At Judith L Harlow Elementary School, the student body is approximately 40% White, 25% Hispanic, 23% Black, 5% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Judith L Harlow Elementary School in?
Judith L Harlow Elementary School is part of ANNA ISD.
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