📍 3905 Rainer Rd, Plano, Collin County, 75023
Carpenter Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Plano, Collin County. The school has 535 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Travis Ragsdale. It is part of the Plano Isd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in an urban setting. The school employs 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 29% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Carpenter Middle enrolls 535 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 54% male and 46% female. A teaching staff of 46.1 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 11.6:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 47% Hispanic or Latino, 22% White and 20% Black or African American.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 253 | 47% |
| White | 119 | 22% |
| Black or African American | 105 | 20% |
| Asian | 34 | 6.4% |
| Two or more races | 22 | 4.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 2 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
332 of the school's 535 students (62%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 302 qualify for free lunch and 30 for a reduced price. The school participates in the National School Lunch Program. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Carpenter Middle is located in an urban setting (NCES locale: City, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX-40, state senate district 8, state house district 67.
Carpenter Middle is one of 79 schools in PLANO ISD, based in PLANO, Texas. The district serves 46,612 students district-wide and employs 3,538 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 535 students, Carpenter Middle is close to the district average of about 590 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: City - Large