SHEPTON H S

Located at 5505 PLANO PKWY, in PLANO, Texas, SHEPTON H S is a high-enrollment secondary school that hosts 1,360 students (grades 9 through 10), one of the schools within PLANO ISD. That puts it 71% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 73 schools in PLANO ISD (46,612 students total), SHEPTON H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SHEPTON H S reports that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 27% White, 16% Black, 11% Asian, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 38% of students at SHEPTON H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHEPTON H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.4%; this one delivers 51.8%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Collin County) records that median household earnings sit near $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SHEPTON H S is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

Nearest neighbor: HUFFMAN EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHEPTON H S at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 58.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 7%: 1,459 students in 2018 compared to 1,360 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 20% to 42% over that span.

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