WELLS EL

WELLS EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community in PLANO, Texas, run under PLANO ISD. The school serves 463 students in grades K through 5.

Within PLANO ISD, which oversees 73 schools and 46,612 students, WELLS EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WELLS EL records that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 35% Asian, 13% Hispanic, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WELLS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 13% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WELLS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.3%, the actual is 63.9%, a residual of -4.4 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Collin County) shows that median household income runs about $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which WELLS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SAIGLING EL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WELLS EL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 54.9%.

The campus sits in a metropolitan setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 13%: 535 students in 2018 compared to 463 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 26% to 35% across the same window.

On this page, members of the WELLS EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.