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PLANO EAST SR H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 81 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 75 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PLANO EAST SR H S
Located at 3000 LOS RIOS BLVD, in PLANO, Texas, PLANO EAST SR H S is a sprawling secondary school that caters to 3,033 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by PLANO ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 281% bigger than the state mean of about 796.
Across the 73 schools in PLANO ISD (46,612 students total), PLANO EAST SR H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, PLANO EAST SR H S shows that the most-represented group is Asian (33%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 21% White, 11% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 19% Asian, so the school skews considerably more Asian than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, PLANO EAST SR H S has 181 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 33% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, PLANO EAST SR H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.0%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Collin County) reports that median household earnings sit near $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PLANO EAST SR H S is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).
Nearest neighbor: DOOLEY EL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PLANO EAST SR H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 50.0%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PLANO EAST SR H S has changed only slightly, going from 3,033 students in 2018 to 3,033 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 28% to 21% over that span.
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