Enrollment
414
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510003966
Meadows Elementary School
2800 18TH ST, PLANO, TX 75074 · (469) 752-2400 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL414 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
87%
361 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 67 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 63 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (67) is 6% larger than its 5th grade class (63).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 76% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from PLANO ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 41.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
35.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Meadows Elementary School
Meadows Elementary School's state test result (35.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Meadows Elementary School this school | 414 | 87.2% | 35.3% |
| Pleasant Hill Elementary School AUSTIN | 422 | 88.2% | 37.1% |
| Hector P Garcia Elementary School TEMPLE | 396 | 86.9% | 33.6% |
| Harmony School of Innovation - Austin AUSTIN | 374 | 86.6% | 45.5% |
| Shields Elementary School VICTORIA | 409 | 88.0% | 27.6% |
| Cedars International Academy AUSTIN | 408 | 87.7% | 35.0% |
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 Meadows Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.3% | #3,134 of 4,401 | #150 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,090 of 4,466 ▲ 664 | #120 of 165 ▲ 18 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #4,011 of 4,466 ▼ 393 | #161 of 165 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.0pp | #1,097 of 3,998 | #50 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 414 | #3,375 of 4,938 | #143 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.8:1 | #22 of 4,622 | #2 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.7% | #3,197 of 4,628 | #174 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.2% | #1,368 of 4,789 | #3 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.3% | #1,669 of 2,838 | #60 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
414
+14 (+4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 373
Student : Teacher
9.8:1
was 10.0:1
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 | 414 | 42.1 | 9.8:1 | 87% (361) |
| 2023-24 | 364 | 36.6 | 9.9:1 | 90% (326) |
| 2022-23 | 364 | 40 | 9.1:1 | 88% (322) |
| 2020-21 | 400 | 40 | 10.0:1 | 89% (355) |
| 2017-18 | 483 | 50.5 | 9.6:1 | 83% (403) |
| 2015-16 | 568 | 53 | 10.7:1 | 87% (495) |
| 2010-11 | 544 | 52 | 10.5:1 | 81% (439) |
| 2000-01 | 608 | 49 | 12.4:1 | 66% (404) |
| 1990-91 | 373 | 30 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Meadows Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (483 to 414); teachers down 17% (50.5 to 42.1).
About Meadows Elementary School
Meadows Elementary School is classified as an elementary school. It is located in PLANO, Texas. It reports enrollment of 414 students in kindergarten through 5. The school is 20% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
The district, PLANO ISD, operates 73 schools serving 46,612 students.
About 79% of the student body at Meadows Elementary School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 7% Black, 7% White, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 16% of Collin County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Meadows Elementary School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 9.8:1 is based on 42.1 full-time-equivalent teachers. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. In all, 87% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Collin County report 30%.
Meadows Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 35.3% and a predicted 36.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Collin County show that the median household earns about $121,600 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. Collin County has 338 public schools with about 227,575 students, including Meadows Elementary School.
Straight-line distance to the nearest public school, Head Start, is less than a tenth of a mile. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Meadows Elementary School is 4th of 8 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Federal data place Meadows Elementary School in the City: Large locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Meadows Elementary School enrolled 400 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 414.
On allk12, people connected to Meadows Elementary School can post about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. 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 PLANO ISD
- Plano East Sr High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Plano West Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,559 students
- Plano Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Shepton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Renner Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Other schools in PLANO
- Plano East Sr High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Plano West Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,559 students
- Plano Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Shepton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Renner Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Other Meadows Elementary schools
10 other US public schools in 7 states are named Meadows Elementary. Meadows Elementary School is the 5th largest of the 11.
- Meadows Elementary SchoolFORT CAVAZOS, TX · 912 students
- Meadows Elementary SchoolMEADOWS PLACE, TX · 425 students
- Meadows ElementaryLacey, WA · 765 students
- Meadows ElementaryValencia, CA · 729 students
- Meadows ElementaryMillbrae, CA · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Head Start0.0 mi · 143
- Bowman Middle School0.7 mi · 859
- Williams High School0.7 mi · 1,105
- Memorial Elementary School0.8 mi · 407
- Forman Elementary School0.8 mi · 473
- Armstrong Middle School1.0 mi · 490
Frequently asked questions
About Meadows Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Meadows Elementary School?
Meadows Elementary School enrolls approximately 414 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Meadows Elementary School serve?
Meadows Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Meadows Elementary School have?
Meadows Elementary School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 9.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Meadows Elementary School?
Student demographics at Meadows Elementary School are roughly 7% White, 79% Hispanic, 7% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Meadows Elementary School in?
Meadows Elementary School is part of PLANO ISD.
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