Head Start

Size

Of the 4 schools in Plano ISD, Head Start is the smallest, with 0.3% of the district's students. The 8 nearest schools are a median 6.1 miles away and have a median of 287 students, so Head Start is smaller than most of them.

NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Head Start serves a single grade, pre-K, with 143 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

Hispanic students are the largest group, at 68.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Plano ISD (30.3%). Black students are next, at 16.1%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

97.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 36.4% across Plano ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Head Start has 7.12 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 20.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 143 students would have about 8.4 teachers, so Head Start has 1.3 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

NCES classifies its location as city, large, which means it is inside a principal city of 250,000 people or more. The nearest other school is Isaacs Early Childhood School, 1.7 miles away in the same district. There are 2 schools within 5 miles and 7 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.