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What's the one class at SHEPARD EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
400
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510003971
Shepard Elementary School
1000 WILSON DR, PLANO, TX 75075 · (469) 752-3100 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL400 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
75 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 | 57 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 65 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 57 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (57).
Student demographics
62%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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
59.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 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 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 44.0% | 26.0% | 18.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 23.0% | 19.0% | 22.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 59.0% |
| 2024-25 | 69.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 63.0% | 58.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 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
55.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 Shepard Elementary School
Shepard Elementary School's state test result (55.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepard Elementary School this school | 400 | 18.8% | 55.9% |
| Hughston Elementary School PLANO | 379 | 17.2% | 75.1% |
| Roy Lee Walker Elementary School MCKINNEY | 381 | 16.5% | 70.8% |
| Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School MCKINNEY | 425 | 14.1% | 63.7% |
| Steiner Ranch Elementary School AUSTIN | 417 | 11.8% | 63.8% |
| Dorothy P Adkins Elementary School LANTANA | 452 | 12.4% | 59.8% |
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 Shepard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.9% | #1,002 of 4,401 | #103 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,021 of 4,466 ▲ 295 | #86 of 165 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #743 of 4,466 ▲ 72 | #77 of 165 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.0pp | #505 of 3,998 | #9 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 400 | #3,482 of 4,938 | #149 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #282 of 4,622 | #26 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #1,212 of 4,628 | #130 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 18.8% | #4,464 of 4,789 | #107 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #1,555 of 2,838 | #54 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
400
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
-7% since 1990-91, when it was 428
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 400 | 34 | 11.8:1 | 19% (75) |
| 2023-24 | 433 | 33.3 | 13.0:1 | 24% (104) |
| 2022-23 | 426 | 34 | 12.5:1 | 21% (91) |
| 2020-21 | 413 | 33 | 12.5:1 | 20% (81) |
| 2017-18 | 474 | 37.1 | 12.8:1 | 14% (66) |
| 2015-16 | 438 | 36 | 12.2:1 | 16% (70) |
| 2010-11 | 456 | 37 | 12.3:1 | 20% (90) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 41 | 12.9:1 | 3% (14) |
| 1990-91 | 428 | 38 | 11.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shepard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (474 to 400); teachers down 8% (37.1 to 34).
About Shepard Elementary School
This page covers Shepard Elementary School, a small elementary school in PLANO, Texas. It had 400 students in 2024-25, spanning kindergarten through 5. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
Shepard Elementary School belongs to PLANO ISD, a district of 73 schools and 46,612 students.
White students are 57% of those enrolled at Shepard Elementary School. The rest of enrollment is 17% Hispanic, 13% Asian, 9% multiracial, and 4% Black. That is in line with Collin County, where about 54% of residents are White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 62%.
Its ratio of 11.8:1 is based on 34 full-time-equivalent teachers. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 19%. On average, public schools in Collin County report 30%.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Shepard Elementary School is -9.8 points: 55.9% actual, 65.7% predicted.
Collin County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $121,600 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 56% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Shepard Elementary School shares Collin County with 337 other public schools.
Shepard Elementary School's nearest public school is Wilson Middle School (about 0.2 miles). The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On average proficiency, Shepard Elementary School is 3rd of 8 nearby schools with test data.
The federal government classifies Shepard Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Enrollment was 400 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, it was 413.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Shepard Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
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
- Wilson Middle School0.2 mi · 813
- Vines High School0.5 mi · 1,009
- Adult Transition Center0.8 mi · 101
- Weatherford Elementary School1.1 mi · 404
- Jackson Elementary School1.1 mi · 705
- Sigler Elementary School1.1 mi · 485
Frequently asked questions
About Shepard Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shepard Elementary School?
Shepard Elementary School enrolls approximately 400 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Shepard Elementary School serve?
Shepard Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Shepard Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Shepard Elementary School.
How diverse is Shepard Elementary School?
Shepard Elementary School reports a student body of 57% White, 17% Hispanic, 4% Black, 13% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Shepard Elementary School in?
Shepard Elementary School is part of PLANO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.