Enrollment
309
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510003970
Saigling Elementary School
3600 MATTERHORN DR, PLANO, TX 75075 · (469) 752-3000 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL309 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
21%
65 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 | 44 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 57 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 39 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 62 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 23% smaller than its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
59%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
62.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 23.0% | 19.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 68.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 66.0% |
| 2022-23 | 44.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 48.0% |
| 2020-21 | 40.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
65.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
64.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Saigling Elementary School
Saigling Elementary School's state test result (65.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Saigling Elementary School this school | 309 | 21.0% | 65.7% |
| The Leadership Academy TYLER | 332 | 19.0% | 68.1% |
| Roy Lee Walker Elementary School MCKINNEY | 381 | 16.5% | 70.8% |
| Hughston Elementary School PLANO | 379 | 17.2% | 75.1% |
| Highland Village Elementary School HIGHLAND VILLAGE | 385 | 18.2% | 66.4% |
| Spring Creek Elementary School DALLAS | 422 | 19.0% | 79.3% |
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 Saigling Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.7% | #481 of 4,401 | #69 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,535 of 4,466 ▼ 1,046 | #105 of 165 ▼ 39 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #1,286 of 4,466 ▼ 634 | #100 of 165 ▼ 24 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #1,274 of 3,998 | #32 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 309 | #4,144 of 4,938 | #168 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.4:1 | #56 of 4,622 | #6 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.1% | #1,497 of 4,628 | #142 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 21.0% | #4,412 of 4,789 | #96 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.0% | #778 of 2,838 | #25 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
309
-36 (-10%) vs 2020
-50% since 1990-91, when it was 612
Student : Teacher
10.4:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 309 | 29.7 | 10.4:1 | 21% (65) |
| 2023-24 | 306 | 29.7 | 10.3:1 | 20% (62) |
| 2022-23 | 331 | 28.8 | 11.5:1 | 19% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 345 | 32 | 10.8:1 | 16% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 412 | 32.3 | 12.8:1 | 16% (67) |
| 2015-16 | 389 | 32 | 12.2:1 | 16% (63) |
| 2010-11 | 388 | 32 | 12.1:1 | 16% (62) |
| 2000-01 | 470 | 32 | 14.7:1 | 3% (12) |
| 1990-91 | 612 | 36 | 17.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Saigling Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (412 to 309); teachers down 8% (32.3 to 29.7).
About Saigling Elementary School
At 3600 MATTERHORN DR in PLANO, Texas, Saigling Elementary School operates as a small elementary school. Its 309 students are spread across kindergarten through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
Saigling Elementary School is among 73 schools run by PLANO ISD, which serves 46,612 students.
A majority of students at Saigling Elementary School, 60%, are White. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 8% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 6% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Saigling Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 59%.
Federal staffing data show 29.7 full-time-equivalent teachers at Saigling Elementary School and a ratio of 10.4:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 21% of students. That rate is below the 30% average among public schools in Collin County.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 64.7%. Saigling Elementary School scores 65.7%.
Within Collin County, median household income is about $121,600, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. The public schools of Collin County number 338 and enroll about 227,575.
The nearest other public school, Wells Elementary School, is about 0.7 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Saigling Elementary School. On state test proficiency, Saigling Elementary School ranks 2nd in a group of 7 nearby schools.
The school is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (City: Large).
The number of students declined from 345 to 309 over 4 years.
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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
Nearby schools
- Wells Elementary School0.7 mi · 463
- Plano Sr High School0.7 mi · 2,267
- Haggard Middle School0.8 mi · 707
- Davis Elementary School1.0 mi · 294
- Weatherford Elementary School1.0 mi · 404
- Hightower Elementary School1.3 mi · 448
Frequently asked questions
About Saigling Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Saigling Elementary School?
Saigling Elementary School enrolls approximately 309 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Saigling Elementary School serve?
Saigling Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Saigling Elementary School?
Approximately 10.4:1 students per teacher at Saigling Elementary School.
How diverse is Saigling Elementary School?
Saigling Elementary School reports a student body of 60% White, 17% Hispanic, 6% Black, 8% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Saigling Elementary School in?
Saigling Elementary School is part of PLANO ISD.
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