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Plano Independent School District

This district's rating is based on its schools' test results; 10 is best. Learn more >

2700 W 15th
Plano, TX 75075
Collin County
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PH: (469) 752-8100
FAX: (469) 752-8068

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Grades PK-12 & ungraded
52,750 students
82 schools

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TAKS Results

Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

Grade 3

Reading

97% (2009)

97% (2008)

98% (2007)

98% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 89% in 2009.

Math

93% (2009)

91% (2008)

92% (2007)

94% (2006)
The state average for Math was 84% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 4

Reading

92% (2009)

92% (2008)

93% (2007)

92% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 84% in 2009.

Writing

95% (2009)

95% (2008)

94% (2007)

97% (2006)
The state average for Writing was 91% in 2009.

Math

93% (2009)

91% (2008)

93% (2007)

93% (2006)
The state average for Math was 86% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 5

Reading

96% (2009)

97% (2008)

97% (2007)

97% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 83% in 2009.

Science

92% (2009)

90% (2008)

89% (2007)

89% (2006)
The state average for Science was 84% in 2009.

Math

96% (2009)

96% (2008)

97% (2007)

97% (2006)
The state average for Math was 84% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 6

Reading

97% (2009)

97% (2008)

98% (2007)

97% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 91% in 2009.

Math

90% (2009)

90% (2008)

92% (2007)

91% (2006)
The state average for Math was 80% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 7

Reading

95% (2009)

93% (2008)

95% (2007)

92% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 84% in 2009.

Writing

98% (2009)

96% (2008)

98% (2007)

97% (2006)
The state average for Writing was 93% in 2009.

Math

92% (2009)

88% (2008)

92% (2007)

89% (2006)
The state average for Math was 79% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 8

Reading

99% (2009)

99% (2008)

96% (2007)

93% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 87% in 2009.

Social Studies

98% (2009)

97% (2008)

96% (2007)
The state average for Social Studies was 92% in 2009.

Science

88% (2009)

86% (2008)

87% (2007)

89% (2006)
The state average for Science was 72% in 2009.

Math

96% (2009)

95% (2008)

89% (2007)

86% (2006)
The state average for Math was 67% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 9

Reading

96% (2009)

95% (2008)

96% (2007)

97% (2006)
The state average for Reading was 93% in 2009.

Math

88% (2009)

84% (2008)

87% (2007)

84% (2006)
The state average for Math was 79% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 10

Social Studies

97% (2009)

95% (2008)

97% (2007)
The state average for Social Studies was 90% in 2009.

Science

86% (2009)

85% (2008)

86% (2007)

85% (2006)
The state average for Science was 66% in 2009.

English Language Arts

96% (2009)

95% (2008)

95% (2007)

94% (2006)
The state average for English Language Arts was 88% in 2009.

Math

85% (2009)

86% (2008)

86% (2007)

85% (2006)
The state average for Math was 65% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 11

Social Studies

99% (2009)

99% (2008)

99% (2007)
The state average for Social Studies was 97% in 2009.

Science

95% (2009)

92% (2008)

92% (2007)

91% (2006)
The state average for Science was 85% in 2009.

English Language Arts

97% (2009)

96% (2008)

96% (2007)

95% (2006)
The state average for English Language Arts was 92% in 2009.

Math

92% (2009)

90% (2008)

92% (2007)

88% (2006)
The state average for Math was 81% in 2009.

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

About the tests

In 2008-2009, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was used to test students in reading in grades 3 through 9; in writing in grades 4 and 7; in English language arts in grades 10 and 11; in mathematics in grades 3 through 11; in science in grades 5, 8, 10 and 11; and in social studies in grades 8, 10 and 11.
TAKS is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Texas.
The grade 11 Exit Level TAKS is a high school graduation requirement.
The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

See Texas' state standards

Compare all elementary, middle and high schools in this district

TAKS Results By Subgroup

The test results by subgroup show how the designated group of students is performing in comparison to the general population

Scale: % meeting or exceeding standards

Grade 3

Reading	This District
All Students	97%
Female	97%
Male	97%
African American	91%
Asian	100%
Hispanic	93%
Native American	100%
White	99%
Economically disadvantaged	90%
Not economically disadvantaged	99%
Special education	94%
Not special education	98%
Limited English proficient	94%
Not limited English proficient	98%
Non-migrant	97%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	93%
Female	93%
Male	93%
African American	79%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	87%
Native American	89%
White	95%
Economically disadvantaged	81%
Not economically disadvantaged	96%
Special education	81%
Not special education	94%
Limited English proficient	86%
Not limited English proficient	94%
Non-migrant	93%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 4

Reading	This District
All Students	92%
Female	93%
Male	91%
African American	77%
Asian	98%
Hispanic	81%
Native American	89%
White	96%
Economically disadvantaged	78%
Not economically disadvantaged	96%
Special education	79%
Not special education	93%
Limited English proficient	76%
Not limited English proficient	93%
Non-migrant	92%
Gifted/talented	100%

Writing	This District
All Students	95%
Female	97%
Male	94%
African American	89%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	89%
Native American	100%
White	96%
Economically disadvantaged	88%
Not economically disadvantaged	97%
Special education	84%
Not special education	96%
Limited English proficient	91%
Not limited English proficient	95%
Non-migrant	95%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	93%
Female	93%
Male	93%
African American	80%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	83%
Native American	90%
White	96%
Economically disadvantaged	81%
Not economically disadvantaged	96%
Special education	78%
Not special education	94%
Limited English proficient	82%
Not limited English proficient	94%
Non-migrant	93%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 5

Reading	This District
All Students	96%
Female	97%
Male	95%
African American	89%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	90%
Native American	93%
White	99%
Economically disadvantaged	88%
Not economically disadvantaged	98%
Special education	86%
Not special education	97%
Limited English proficient	74%
Not limited English proficient	98%
Non-migrant	96%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	92%
Female	91%
Male	93%
African American	80%
Asian	97%
Hispanic	79%
Native American	92%
White	97%
Economically disadvantaged	78%
Not economically disadvantaged	96%
Special education	77%
Not special education	93%
Limited English proficient	60%
Not limited English proficient	94%
Non-migrant	92%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	96%
Female	96%
Male	95%
African American	85%
Asian	100%
Hispanic	90%
Native American	100%
White	98%
Economically disadvantaged	87%
Not economically disadvantaged	98%
Special education	87%
Not special education	96%
Limited English proficient	83%
Not limited English proficient	97%
Non-migrant	96%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 6

Reading	This District
All Students	97%
Female	98%
Male	96%
African American	93%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	92%
Native American	100%
White	98%
Economically disadvantaged	91%
Not economically disadvantaged	98%
Special education	89%
Not special education	98%
Limited English proficient	81%
Not limited English proficient	98%
Non-migrant	97%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	90%
Female	90%
Male	90%
African American	72%
Asian	98%
Hispanic	78%
Native American	88%
White	94%
Economically disadvantaged	74%
Not economically disadvantaged	94%
Special education	71%
Not special education	91%
Limited English proficient	66%
Not limited English proficient	92%
Non-migrant	90%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 7

Reading	This District
All Students	95%
Female	96%
Male	94%
African American	86%
Asian	98%
Hispanic	88%
Native American	100%
White	97%
Economically disadvantaged	86%
Not economically disadvantaged	97%
Special education	75%
Not special education	96%
Limited English proficient	67%
Not limited English proficient	96%
Non-migrant	95%
Gifted/talented	100%

Writing	This District
All Students	98%
Female	99%
Male	97%
African American	96%
Asian	100%
Hispanic	96%
Native American	100%
White	98%
Economically disadvantaged	94%
Not economically disadvantaged	99%
Special education	87%
Not special education	99%
Limited English proficient	85%
Not limited English proficient	98%
Non-migrant	98%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	92%
Female	92%
Male	92%
African American	81%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	81%
Native American	83%
White	94%
Economically disadvantaged	82%
Not economically disadvantaged	94%
Special education	74%
Not special education	93%
Limited English proficient	71%
Not limited English proficient	93%
Non-migrant	92%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 8

Reading	This District
All Students	99%
Female	99%
Male	99%
African American	99%
Asian	100%
Hispanic	97%
Native American	100%
White	99%
Economically disadvantaged	97%
Not economically disadvantaged	99%
Special education	94%
Not special education	99%
Limited English proficient	87%
Not limited English proficient	99%
Non-migrant	99%
Gifted/talented	100%

Social Studies	This District
All Students	98%
Female	98%
Male	98%
African American	96%
Asian	100%
Hispanic	93%
Native American	100%
White	99%
Economically disadvantaged	93%
Not economically disadvantaged	99%
Special education	91%
Not special education	98%
Limited English proficient	84%
Not limited English proficient	98%
Non-migrant	98%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	88%
Female	86%
Male	90%
African American	69%
Asian	95%
Hispanic	70%
Native American	83%
White	94%
Economically disadvantaged	66%
Not economically disadvantaged	92%
Special education	64%
Not special education	89%
Limited English proficient	33%
Not limited English proficient	90%
Non-migrant	88%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	96%
Female	96%
Male	96%
African American	86%
Asian	100%
Hispanic	89%
Native American	100%
White	98%
Economically disadvantaged	88%
Not economically disadvantaged	97%
Special education	85%
Not special education	96%
Limited English proficient	67%
Not limited English proficient	97%
Non-migrant	96%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 9

Reading	This District
All Students	96%
Female	97%
Male	95%
African American	92%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	90%
Native American	91%
White	98%
Economically disadvantaged	89%
Not economically disadvantaged	98%
Special education	75%
Not special education	98%
Limited English proficient	72%
Not limited English proficient	97%
Non-migrant	96%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	88%
Female	89%
Male	87%
African American	71%
Asian	97%
Hispanic	71%
Native American	95%
White	93%
Economically disadvantaged	69%
Not economically disadvantaged	92%
Special education	50%
Not special education	90%
Limited English proficient	54%
Not limited English proficient	90%
Non-migrant	88%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 10

Social Studies	This District
All Students	97%
Female	97%
Male	97%
African American	92%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	90%
Native American	100%
White	99%
Economically disadvantaged	89%
Not economically disadvantaged	98%
Special education	80%
Not special education	98%
Limited English proficient	64%
Not limited English proficient	98%
Non-migrant	97%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	86%
Female	85%
Male	88%
African American	65%
Asian	93%
Hispanic	67%
Native American	94%
White	93%
Economically disadvantaged	61%
Not economically disadvantaged	91%
Special education	50%
Not special education	88%
Limited English proficient	32%
Not limited English proficient	89%
Non-migrant	86%
Gifted/talented	100%

English Language Arts	This District
All Students	96%
Female	97%
Male	94%
African American	89%
Asian	99%
Hispanic	91%
Native American	100%
White	97%
Economically disadvantaged	88%
Not economically disadvantaged	97%
Special education	74%
Not special education	97%
Limited English proficient	61%
Not limited English proficient	97%
Non-migrant	96%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	85%
Female	85%
Male	85%
African American	64%
Asian	96%
Hispanic	67%
Native American	83%
White	91%
Economically disadvantaged	62%
Not economically disadvantaged	90%
Special education	49%
Not special education	87%
Limited English proficient	41%
Not limited English proficient	88%
Non-migrant	85%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

Grade 11

Social Studies	This District
All Students	99%
Female	99%
Male	99%
African American	99%
Asian	100%
Hispanic	97%
Native American	100%
White	100%
Economically disadvantaged	97%
Not economically disadvantaged	100%
Special education	95%
Not special education	100%
Limited English proficient	90%
Not limited English proficient	100%
Non-migrant	99%
Gifted/talented	100%

Science	This District
All Students	95%
Female	93%
Male	96%
African American	84%
Asian	98%
Hispanic	83%
Native American	90%
White	98%
Economically disadvantaged	82%
Not economically disadvantaged	96%
Special education	66%
Not special education	96%
Limited English proficient	65%
Not limited English proficient	96%
Non-migrant	94%
Gifted/talented	100%

English Language Arts	This District
All Students	97%
Female	97%
Male	96%
African American	92%
Asian	98%
Hispanic	90%
Native American	73%
White	98%
Economically disadvantaged	89%
Not economically disadvantaged	98%
Special education	78%
Not special education	98%
Limited English proficient	61%
Not limited English proficient	98%
Non-migrant	97%
Gifted/talented	100%

Math	This District
All Students	92%
Female	91%
Male	93%
African American	76%
Asian	98%
Hispanic	77%
Native American	83%
White	96%
Economically disadvantaged	76%
Not economically disadvantaged	94%
Special education	58%
Not special education	93%
Limited English proficient	65%
Not limited English proficient	93%
Non-migrant	92%
Gifted/talented	100%

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

About the Tests

In 2008-2009, the Texas Assessment of Knowledge and Skills (TAKS) was used to test students in reading in grades 3 through 9; in writing in grades 4 and 7; in English language arts in grades 10 and 11; in mathematics in grades 3 through 11; in science in grades 5, 8, 10 and 11; and in social studies in grades 8, 10 and 11.
TAKS is a standards-based test, which means it measures how well students are mastering specific skills defined for each grade by the state of Texas.
The different student groups are identified by the Texas Education Agency; if there are a small number of students in a particular group, the state doesn't report data for that group.
The grade 11 Exit Level TAKS is a high school graduation requirement.
The goal is for all students to score at or above the state standard.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

See Texas' state standards

Accountability Rating

In 2008-2009 this district was rated "Academically Acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency. In 2007-2008, this district was rated "Academically Acceptable". In 2006-2007, this district was rated "Academically Acceptable".

Source: TX Education Agency, 2008-2009

About the Accountability Ratings

Texas uses Accountability Ratings to indicate the overall performance of each school and district.
The ratings are based on TAKS test results, dropout rates for grades 7 and 8 and school completion rates for grades 9 through 12.
Schools and districts rated under standard accountability procedures are designated as Exemplary, Recognized, Academically Acceptable or Academically Unacceptable.
Schools and districts rated under alternative education accountability (AEA) procedures are designated as either AEA: Academically Acceptable or AEA: Academically Unacceptable.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

Compare all elementary, middle and high schools in this district

Gold Performance Acknowledgments

In 2007-2008 this district was acknowledged by the Texas Education Agency for the following indicator(s):

Commended Performance: Reading/English Language Arts
Commended Performance: Social Studies
Advanced Placement/International Baccalaureate Results
Attendance Rate

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008

About the GPA

Texas uses the Gold Performance Acknowledgments (GPA) to recognize schools and districts for performance on a range of indicators including, among others, test results in specific subject areas, college admission test results and attendance rates.
To be considered for the GPA, schools must have an Accountability Rating of "Academically Acceptable" or higher and must meet the acknowledgment criteria for one or more of the indicators. For example, to receive a GPA for attendance, Academically Acceptable high schools must meet the state's minimum acknowledgment threshold of 95% attendance rate.

Testing in Texas: An Overview

ACT Results

Composite

	This District¹	State Average¹	National Average²
Graduating class of 2006	24	20	21
Graduating class of 2005	24	20	21
Graduating class of 2004	24	20	21

¹Source: TX Education Agency
²Source: ACT

About the Tests

The ACT is a national college admission and placement examination.
ACT scores range from a low of 1 to a high of 36. The composite score is an average of the English, math, reading and science scores.

More about the tests

Teachers

Teacher Experience

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
	This District	State Average
Beginning teachers	8%	8%
1 to 5 years	34%	30%
6 to 10 years	22%	20%
11 to 20 years	21%	23%
21 or more years	15%	19%

Teacher Experience and Credentials: Issues to Consider >

Average Class Size

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
	This District	State Average
Kindergarten	18	19
Grade 1	24	19
Grade 2	25	19
Grade 3	23	19
Grade 4	24	20
Grade 5	27	22
Grade 6	23	21
Mixed grade (elementary and middle)	21	22
English (middle and high school)	18	20
Foreign language (middle and high school)	22	21
Math (middle and high school)	21	20
Science (middle and high school)	23	21
Social Studies (middle and high school)	22	22

How Important is Class Size? >

Students

Student Ethnicity

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
Ethnicity	This District	State Average
White	53%	35%
Asian or Pacific Islander	19%	3%
Hispanic	17%	47%
Black	11%	14%
Native American	<1%	<1%

How Important is Cultural Diversity at Your School? >

Student Subgroups

Source: TX Education Agency, 2007-2008
	This District	State Average
Economically disadvantaged	16%	55%
Special education	11%	10%
Gifted/talented students	10%	8%
Limited English proficient	12%	17%

The Achievement Gap: Is Your School Helping All Students? >

Spending Per Pupil

		This District	State Average
Total per pupil expenditures		$7,749	$7,733

Source: NCES, 2006-2007
Breakdown By Expenditure
Instructional	65%	60%
Support services	10%	10%
School leadership	9%	11%
Other expenditures	16%	19%

School Finance: Issues to Consider >