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Alumni: what's one memory from WELLS EL that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
463
Elementary
DISTRICT 438 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PLANO ISD·NCES 483510003976
Wells Elementary School
3427 MISSION RIDGE RD, PLANO, TX 75023 · (469) 752-3700 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL463 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
13%
59 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 | 77 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 78 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
69%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
59.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 30.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 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 | 59.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 64.0% |
| 2022-23 | 74.0% | 76.0% |
| 2021-22 | 74.0% | 69.0% |
| 2020-21 | 48.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
60.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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 Wells Elementary School
Wells Elementary School's state test result (60.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wells Elementary School this school | 463 | 12.7% | 60.9% |
| Hunt Elementary School MURPHY | 491 | 14.1% | 71.6% |
| Centennial Elementary School PLANO | 462 | 15.2% | 74.5% |
| Mathews Elementary School PLANO | 460 | 12.2% | 81.2% |
| Barksdale Elementary School PLANO | 547 | 15.4% | 79.9% |
| Mockingbird Elementary School COPPELL | 441 | 8.6% | 67.7% |
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 Wells Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 60.9% | #719 of 4,401 | #85 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,250 of 4,466 ▼ 82 | #98 of 165 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 59.0% | #1,563 of 4,466 ▼ 558 | #107 of 165 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.5pp | #109 of 3,998 | #4 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 463 | #2,881 of 4,938 | #126 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #702 of 4,622 | #56 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 68.9% | #623 of 4,628 | #91 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 12.7% | #4,594 of 4,789 | #135 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.5% | #1,732 of 2,838 | #63 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
463
-86 (-16%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 576
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 14.1:1
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 | 463 | 36.2 | 12.8:1 | 13% (59) |
| 2023-24 | 494 | 36.9 | 13.4:1 | 18% (88) |
| 2022-23 | 519 | 38.3 | 13.6:1 | 19% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 39 | 14.1:1 | 20% (109) |
| 2017-18 | 535 | 40.8 | 13.1:1 | 16% (88) |
| 2015-16 | 555 | 41 | 13.5:1 | 15% (86) |
| 2010-11 | 515 | 37 | 13.9:1 | 17% (86) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 35 | 15.3:1 | 2% (11) |
| 1990-91 | 576 | 34 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wells Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (535 to 463); teachers down 11% (40.8 to 36.2).
About Wells Elementary School
Wells Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in PLANO, Texas, one of the schools in PLANO ISD. The school's enrollment of 463 students covers kindergarten through 5.
Wells Elementary School is one school in a 73-school district, PLANO ISD, which enrolls 46,612 students.
The most common group at Wells Elementary School is White students, at 40%. Other groups include 35% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 54% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 69% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school employs the equivalent of 36.2 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 12.8:1. That is 2.3 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Wells Elementary School is 13%. For comparison, public schools in Collin County average 30%.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wells Elementary School's results are 7.3 points below predicted: 60.9% against 68.3%.
In the county around the school, Collin County, the median household income is $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 338 public schools in Collin County, enrolling about 227,575 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Saigling Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. On proficiency, Wells Elementary School is ahead of the 55.4% nearby average, ranking 4th of 9.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as City: Large, meaning it is inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Wells Elementary School's enrollment dropped from 549 in 2020-21 to 463 in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (12.8:1) than in 2020-21 (14.1:1).
The Wells Elementary School community page is open for posts about sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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
Other Wells Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 5 states are named Wells Elementary. Wells Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- Wells Elementary SchoolCYPRESS, TX · 1,133 students
- Wells Elementary SchoolWells, ME · 563 students
- Wells ElementaryWilson, NC · 383 students
- Wells Elementary SchoolEast Moline, IL · 307 students
- Wells Elementary SchoolWells, NV · 141 students
Nearby schools
- Saigling Elementary School0.7 mi · 309
- Haggard Middle School1.0 mi · 707
- Hughston Elementary School1.1 mi · 379
- Davis Elementary School1.1 mi · 294
- Daffron Elementary School1.2 mi · 604
- Plano Sr High School1.2 mi · 2,267
Frequently asked questions
About Wells Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wells Elementary School?
Wells Elementary School enrolls approximately 463 students in grades KG-05.
Is Wells Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wells Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Wells Elementary School have?
Wells Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Wells Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wells Elementary School are roughly 40% White, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 35% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Wells Elementary School?
Wells Elementary School is overseen by PLANO ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.