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Enrollment
403
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510011177
Schell Elementary School
5301 E RENNER RD, RICHARDSON, TX 75082 · (469) 752-6600 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL403 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
133 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 58 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 75 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 74 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 70 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (58) is 17% smaller than its 5th grade class (70).
Student demographics
72%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
71.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45.0% | 26.0% | 18.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 71.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 55.0% |
| 2021-22 | 65.0% | 49.0% |
| 2020-21 | 53.0% | 51.0% |
% 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
62.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Schell Elementary School
Schell Elementary School's state test result (62.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Schell Elementary School this school | 403 | 33.0% | 62.0% |
| Hebron Valley Elementary School CARROLLTON | 430 | 26.7% | 55.6% |
| George J Anderson Early Childhood School ALLEN | 439 | 38.3% | N/A |
| Shawnee Trail Elementary School FRISCO | 494 | 29.6% | 49.2% |
| McCall Elementary School PLANO | 490 | 37.1% | 56.7% |
| Corbell Elementary School FRISCO | 509 | 23.0% | 59.6% |
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 Schell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #660 of 4,401 | #80 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,022 of 4,466 ▲ 73 | #87 of 165 ▲ 11 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #695 of 4,466 ▲ 60 | #72 of 165 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.5pp | #1,544 of 3,998 | #38 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 403 | #3,455 of 4,938 | #148 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #904 of 4,622 | #63 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.0% | #333 of 4,628 | #61 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 33.0% | #4,146 of 4,789 | #72 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -40.1% | #171 of 2,838 | #3 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
403
-190 (-32%) vs 2020
-39% since 2010-11, when it was 664
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 14.8:1
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 | 403 | 30.7 | 13.1:1 | 33% (133) |
| 2023-24 | 450 | 31.7 | 14.2:1 | 33% (147) |
| 2022-23 | 470 | 33.3 | 14.1:1 | 29% (135) |
| 2020-21 | 593 | 40 | 14.8:1 | 27% (162) |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 43.3 | 15.5:1 | 18% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 713 | 45 | 15.8:1 | 21% (147) |
| 2010-11 | 664 | 46 | 14.4:1 | 15% (99) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Schell Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 40% (673 to 403); teachers down 29% (43.3 to 30.7).
About Schell Elementary School
Schell Elementary School, located in RICHARDSON, Texas, is a small elementary school. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 403 students on the rolls. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 22% below average.
PLANO ISD counts 46,612 students in its 73 schools, and Schell Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Schell Elementary School, about 42 are Asian, the largest group. After that, the student body is 24% White, 14% Hispanic, 14% Black, and 5% multiracial. Census figures show Collin County is about 19% Asian. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.
Schell Elementary School reported 30.7 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.1:1. The school's 13.1:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for elementary schools in Texas. Roughly 33% of students at Schell Elementary School can receive free or reduced-price lunch.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Schell Elementary School would be expected to post about 59.6%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 62.0%.
Collin County is the school's county. There, 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%. Schell Elementary School shares Collin County with 337 other public schools.
Schell Elementary School is about 0.7 miles from Miller Elementary School, its nearest public school. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Nearby schools average 67.6% on proficiency, and Schell Elementary School is below that at 62.0%.
The school's locale code, City: Mid-size, means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has fallen 32%, from 593 to 403. By 2024-25, the school had 13.1 students per teacher, compared with 14.8 in 2020-21.
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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 RICHARDSON
- Richardson High SchoolHigh · 2,669 students
- Berkner High SchoolHigh · 2,350 students
- Pearce High SchoolHigh · 2,317 students
- Richardson West Technology and Arts MagnetMiddle · 771 students
- Dover Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Math/Science/Tech MagnetElementary · 667 students
Nearby schools
- Miller Elementary School0.7 mi · 315
- Stinson Elementary School1.3 mi · 463
- Boggess Elementary School1.4 mi · 498
- Otto Middle School1.6 mi · 936
- Murphy Middle School1.7 mi · 901
- Luna Elementary School1.7 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Schell Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Schell Elementary School?
Schell Elementary School enrolls approximately 403 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Schell Elementary School serve?
Schell Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Schell Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Schell Elementary School is approximately 13.1:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Schell Elementary School?
Student demographics at Schell Elementary School are roughly 24% White, 14% Hispanic, 14% Black, 42% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Schell Elementary School in?
Schell Elementary School is part of PLANO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.