OTTO MIDDLE

OTTO MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of average-sized scale in PLANO, Texas, part of PLANO ISD, works with 936 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 46% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

OTTO MIDDLE is one of 73 schools operated by PLANO ISD, a district that caters to 46,612 students overall.

On demographics, OTTO MIDDLE shows that the most-represented group is Asian (35%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 28% Hispanic, 21% White, 12% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews visibly more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 63 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.9:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, OTTO MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Collin County indicate median household earnings sit near $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), OTTO MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ARMSTRONG MIDDLE, roughly 1.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, OTTO MIDDLE comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 48.7%.

The school occupies a downtown site.

Five-year trend. OTTO MIDDLE's enrollment has ticked down 12% since 2018, when it stood at 1,063 (now 936). Class-load math has tightened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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