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Enrollment
661
Elementary
DISTRICT 599 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001009642
Riddle Elementary School
8201 ROBINSON RD, PLANO, TX 75024 · (469) 633-3200 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
41 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 97 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 102 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 119 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 123 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 111 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 109 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (109).
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
82.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
75.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 75 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 59.0% | 23.0% | 12.0% | 6.0% |
| Mathematics | 44.0% | 31.0% | 14.0% | 11.0% |
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 | 82.0% | 75.0% |
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 81.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 74.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 52.0% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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 Riddle Elementary School
Riddle Elementary School's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Riddle Elementary School this school | 661 | 6.2% | 72.0% |
| Liscano Elementary School FRISCO | 654 | 3.7% | 81.0% |
| Talley Elementary School FRISCO | 616 | 4.2% | 87.0% |
| Norris Elementary School FRISCO | 606 | 2.5% | 84.8% |
| Uplift North Hills Prep PS IRVING | 644 | 13.4% | 79.1% |
| Canyon Ranch Elementary School IRVING | 705 | 8.2% | 80.8% |
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 Riddle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #262 of 4,401 | #45 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #256 of 4,466 ▼ 41 | #36 of 165 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 82.0% | #194 of 4,466 ▼ 4 | #21 of 165 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.5pp | #2,066 of 3,998 | #54 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 661 | #1,181 of 4,938 | #53 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.2:1 | #3,422 of 4,622 | #139 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 36.8% | #3,194 of 4,628 | #173 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.2% | #4,731 of 4,789 | #164 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.4% | #1,658 of 2,838 | #59 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
661
-30 (-4%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 743
Student : Teacher
16.2:1
was 19.2:1
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 | 661 | 40.8 | 16.2:1 | 6% (41) |
| 2023-24 | 726 | 43.7 | 16.6:1 | 8% (58) |
| 2022-23 | 813 | 45.3 | 18.0:1 | 8% (66) |
| 2020-21 | 691 | 36 | 19.2:1 | 7% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 44 | 17.6:1 | 7% (53) |
| 2015-16 | 760 | 43 | 17.7:1 | 6% (45) |
| 2010-11 | 743 | 44 | 16.9:1 | 10% (71) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Riddle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (772 to 661); teachers down 7% (44 to 40.8).
About Riddle Elementary School
Riddle Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in PLANO, Texas. It teaches 661 students in kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
FRISCO ISD has 76 schools; together they serve 65,289 students.
Asian students are 79% of those enrolled at Riddle Elementary School. Other reported shares: 7% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 19% Asian among all Collin County residents. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Riddle Elementary School are from different groups.
The school had 40.8 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.2:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 6%. The gap from the 30% average for public schools in Collin County is 24 points.
Riddle Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (72.0% versus 71.0%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
For Collin County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $121,600 a year, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Public schools in Collin County number 338, with about 227,575 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Haun Elementary School, is the closest to Riddle Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 78.1%, higher than Riddle Elementary School's 72.0%.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Large.
Enrollment was 661 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 691. Its ratio of students to teachers was 19.2:1 in 2020-21, and 16.2:1 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Riddle Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
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 FRISCO ISD
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,996 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 Riddle Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Riddle Elementary. Riddle Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Riddle Elementary SchoolMattoon, IL · 589 students
- Riddle Elementary SchoolRiddle, OR · 168 students
Nearby schools
- Haun Elementary School0.8 mi · 486
- Borchardt Elementary School1.1 mi · 666
- Wyatt Elementary School1.4 mi · 318
- Fowler Middle School1.5 mi · 967
- Jasper High School1.6 mi · 1,301
- Gulledge Elementary School1.6 mi · 692
Frequently asked questions
About Riddle Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Riddle Elementary School?
Riddle Elementary School enrolls approximately 661 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Riddle Elementary School serve?
Riddle Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many teachers does Riddle Elementary School have?
Riddle Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.2:1.
How diverse is Riddle Elementary School?
Riddle Elementary School reports a student body of 7% White, 6% Hispanic, 4% Black, 79% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Riddle Elementary School?
Riddle Elementary School is overseen by FRISCO ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.