📍 1600 Rigsbee Dr, Plano, Collin County, 75074
Head Start is an Alternative/PRU serving prekindergarten age pupils, located in Plano, Collin County. The school has 146 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Dara Villalpando. It is part of the Plano Isd school district. It serves grades Pre-K in an urban setting. The school employs 7.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1. Technology infrastructure includes campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Head Start enrolls 146 students across grades Pre-K. The student body is 36% male and 64% female. A teaching staff of 7.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 18.4:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 62% Hispanic or Latino, 21% Black or African American and 12% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 90 | 62% |
| Black or African American | 31 | 21% |
| White | 18 | 12% |
| Asian | 5 | 3.4% |
| Two or more races | 1 | <1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 1 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
143 of the school's 146 students (98%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 143 qualify for free lunch and 0 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.
Head Start 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 At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 8, state house district 89.
Head Start 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 146 students, Head Start is smaller than the district average of about 590 students per school.
Setting: City - Large