MCCALL EL

MCCALL EL is one of the mid-tier primary schools in PLANO, Texas, operated by PLANO ISD, with 490 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

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

Demographically, MCCALL EL records that the most-represented group is Asian (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 29% White, 18% Black, 15% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix considerably more Asian than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, MCCALL EL lists 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, MCCALL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 58.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Collin County put the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), MCCALL EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HICKEY EL, around 1.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MCCALL EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 58.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 12%: 558 students in 2018 compared to 490 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 15% across the same window.

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