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What's one thing MEMORIAL EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
407
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510003967
Memorial Elementary School
2200 LAUREL LN, PLANO, TX 75074 · (469) 752-2500 · Collin County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL407 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
316 students
DISTRICT 39% · 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 | 27 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 52 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
42%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
Memorial Elementary School→Bowman Middle School
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
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
20.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 21.0% | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| Mathematics | 6.0% | 14.0% | 25.0% | 55.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 23.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 20.0% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Memorial Elementary School this school | 407 | 77.6% | 28.8% |
| Xenia Voigt Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 446 | 80.3% | 38.8% |
| Claude Berkman Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 470 | 78.9% | 30.3% |
| Vic Robertson Elementary School ROUND ROCK | 367 | 76.6% | 29.4% |
| Oak Grove Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 445 | 81.3% | 44.0% |
| Burks Elementary School MCKINNEY | 432 | 77.3% | 36.3% |
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 Memorial Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #3,767 of 4,401 | #160 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #4,372 of 4,466 ▼ 522 | #164 of 165 ▼ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #4,123 of 4,466 ▼ 148 | #164 of 165 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,047 of 3,998 | #48 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 407 | #3,429 of 4,938 | #145 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #361 of 4,622 | #36 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.1% | #2,947 of 4,628 | #171 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.6% | #2,115 of 4,789 | #10 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.2% | #1,157 of 2,838 | #40 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
407
-6 (-1%) vs 2020
-24% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 9.8:1
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 | 407 | 33.8 | 12.0:1 | 78% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 415 | 41.2 | 10.1:1 | 81% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 425 | 42.4 | 10.0:1 | 82% (349) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 42 | 9.8:1 | 80% (330) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 47.6 | 10.7:1 | 80% (408) |
| 2015-16 | 504 | 48 | 10.5:1 | 79% (400) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 44 | 10.1:1 | 78% (349) |
| 2000-01 | 517 | 41 | 12.6:1 | 31% (160) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 35 | 15.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Memorial Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (510 to 407); teachers down 29% (47.6 to 33.8).
About Memorial Elementary School
Memorial Elementary School is one of the public schools in PLANO, Texas. It is a small elementary school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 407 students in pre-K through 5. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 22% lower.
PLANO ISD has 46,612 students in 73 schools, and Memorial Elementary School is one of those schools.
At 75%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Memorial Elementary School combined. It is also 10% Black, 10% White, 3% Asian, and 2% multiracial. Collin County's residents are about 16% Hispanic, 59 points below the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Memorial Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 42%.
The school reported 33.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25 and a ratio of 12.0:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 78%. The average for public schools in Collin County is 30%.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 40.5%. Memorial Elementary School scores 28.8%.
Collin County census figures show that median household income is about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Memorial Elementary School is among the 338 public schools in Collin County.
Nearby, Bowman Middle School is about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 39.3%; Memorial Elementary School's is 28.8%, ranking 7th of 8.
NCES assigns Memorial Elementary School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 413 to 407. The number of students per teacher rose from 9.8 to 12.0 over 4 years.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Memorial Elementary School covering things like enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 Memorial Elementary schools
21 other US public schools in 10 states are named Memorial Elementary. Memorial Elementary School is the 11th largest of the 22.
- Memorial Elementary SchoolWESLACO, TX · 1,109 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolHOUSTON, TX · 474 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolNEW BRAUNFELS, TX · 261 students
- MEMORIAL ELEMENTARY SCHOOLARCADIA, FL · 861 students
- Memorial Elementary SchoolMcMinnville, OR · 557 students
Nearby schools
- Bowman Middle School0.1 mi · 859
- Barron Elementary School0.7 mi · 343
- Meadows Elementary School0.8 mi · 414
- Head Start0.8 mi · 143
- Williams High School0.8 mi · 1,105
- Mendenhall Elementary School0.9 mi · 563
Frequently asked questions
About Memorial Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School enrolls approximately 407 students in grades PK-05.
Is Memorial Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Memorial Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Memorial Elementary School have?
Memorial Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.0:1.
How diverse is Memorial Elementary School?
Memorial Elementary School reports a student body of 10% White, 75% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Memorial Elementary School in?
Memorial Elementary School is part of PLANO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.