The Community
The city has been ranked as one of the best cities in the country based on livability. It was also ranked as the Best Place to Live in the United States. Many corporate headquarters have located to Plano in recent years, including but not limited to Alliance Data, Cinemark Theatres, Dr. Pepper, Pizza Hut and Toyota.
Plano is also considered to be the safest city in the nation, according to Forbes.
Plano city is most known for being home to the headquarters of many international companies. It is the ninth largest city in the state by population. The city is most known for being home to the headquarters of many international companies. Plano is also considered to be the safest city in the nation, according to Forbes.
HISTORY OF PLANO, TEXAS
Plano was incorporated as a city in 1872 following the development of the Houston and Central Texas Railway. Prior to this, the area was settled by Europeans in the 1840s. After it was incorporated, the population grew to over 500 people in just two years. The city faced some challenges early in its history with a fire that destroyed it in 1881. It was rebuilt fairly quickly and became prosperous through the remainder of the 1880s.
The population exceeded 1,300 by 1900 and grew slowly through the first few decades. During the 1970s was when the city saw its population grow, like many other cities following World War II. The population in 1970 was almost 18,000. By the next census, it was 72,000. It was during the 1980s when the city really flourished as it attracted corporate headquarters for companies including Frito-Lay. By the time the 1990s rolled around, the city had a population of over 100,000. In 2000, it had expanded to over 222,000.
Today, the city has been ranked as one of the best cities in the country based on livability. It was also ranked as the Best Place to Live in the United States. Many corporate headquarters have located to Plano in recent years, including but not limited to Alliance Data, Cinemark Theatres, Dr. Pepper, Pizza Hut and Toyota.
GEOGRAPHY
Plano is a city in the U.S. state of Texas, located approximately twenty miles north of downtown Dallas. The city of Plano is a part of the Dallas-Fort Worth metropolitan area. Plano lies mostly within Collin County but includes a small portion that extends into Denton County.
According to the United States Census Bureau, Plano has a total area of 71.6 square miles (185.5 km2).
POPULATION
Plano’s population is 286,057, according to recent estimates. The city has an area of over 71 square miles, and its population density is over 3,820 people per square mile. The population recorded during the last census in 2010 was 259,841.
The population density is 839.97 people/mi² (324.31 people/km²), with a household density of 69.11 people/km² (178.99 people/mi²).
Year | Population | Growth | Annual Growth Rate |
2017 | 286,143 | 11 | 0.00% |
AGE AND SEX
The biggest age group in the city is 25 to 44, which makes up 36.5% of the population. Over 28% of the city’s total population is younger than 18, while just 4.9% are 65 or older. The median age for the city is 34. There are more women than men living in Plano, with 99.3 males for every 100 females. Approximately 4.3% of the population lives below the federal poverty line. Capital One Finance is the largest employer in the city. DXC Technology, Bank of America Home Loans, Ericsson, and Toyota round out the top five employers in Plano.
HOUSEHOLD
Plano Household Types
Type | Owner | Renter |
Married | 77.6% | 22.4% |
All | 61.8% | 38.2% |
Male | 50.4% | 49.6% |
Female | 41.4% | 58.6% |
Non Family | 38.8% | 61.2% |
61.8% Rate of Home Ownership
Households by Type
Type | Count | Average Size | Owned |
All | 105,189 | 2.65 | 61.8 |
Married | 60,639 | 3.2 | 77.6 |
Non Family | 30,114 | 1.22 | 38.8 |
Female | 10,542 | 3.22 | 41.4 |
Male | 3,894 | 3.43 | 50.4 |
3.17 – Average Family Size
2.65 – Average Household Size
4.2% – Unmarried (Opposite Sex)
0.4% – Unmarried (Same Sex)
EDUCATION
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT | COUNT | PERCENT % |
Less Than 9th Grade | 7,010 | 3.70% |
9th to 12th Grade | 5,119 | 2.70% |
High School Graduate | 23,543 | 12.42% |
Some College | 35,955 | 18.96% |
Associates Degree | 12,611 | 6.65% |
Bachelor’s Degree | 64,477 | 34.00% |
Graduate Degree | 40,916 | 21.58% |
There are 70 public schools, 16 private schools, two campuses of the Collin County Community College District (Collin College), and six libraries in Plano.
The Plano Independent School District serves most of the city. Small portions of Plano are served by the Lewisville Independent School District, Frisco Independent School District, and Allen Independent School District.
Primary and secondary schools
The Plano Independent School District serves most of the city. Student enrollment has increased dramatically over the past few decades. Plano has a unique high school system, in which grades 9-10 attend a high school and grades 11-12 attend a senior high. There are three senior high schools (grades 11-12) in PISD; Plano East, Plano, and Plano West. In Newsweek’s 2012 list of best national high schools, Plano West was ranked as 22nd (#1 in Texas), Plano Senior as 108th, and Plano East as 243rd. Small portions of Plano are served by the Lewisville Independent School District, Frisco Independent School District, and Allen Independent School District.
Plano schools graduate more of their students than comparable districts. In 2010, 93% of Plano Independent Student District students graduated from high school, 18 percentage points higher than Dallas ISD’s rate. In 2012, Plano Independent School District announced that 128 seniors were selected as National Merit Semifinalists.
Plano has given $1.2 billion in property tax revenue to other school districts through the Texas “Robin Hood” law, which requires school districts that are designated as affluent to give a percentage of their property tax revenue to other districts outside of the county. In 2008, PISD gave $86 million. Controversy erupted when the salaries of teachers in less affluent districts – such as Garland ISD,m – exceeded the salaries of teachers in districts that had to pay into “Robin Hood”.
In the 2013–14 school year, Plano ISD has opened two 4-year high school Academies, one focusing on STEAM (STEM education plus Media Arts) and the other on health science. Additionally, the district has modified its existing International Baccalaureate program to allow freshman and sophomores in the program to be housed at Plano East Senior High School.
In addition to Catholic primary and middle schools, the Roman Catholic Diocese of Dallas operates John Paul II High School in Plano. Non-Catholic private schools in Plano include Great Lakes Academy, Spring Creek Academy, Yorktown Education, and Prestonwood Christian Academy. In addition, the Collin County campus of Coram Deo Academy is in the One Church (previously Four Corners Church) facility in Plano.
Colleges and universities
Plano is the home to two campuses of Collin College, one at the Courtyard Center on Preston Park Boulevard and the larger Spring Creek Campus on Spring Creek Parkway at Jupiter. SMU-in-Plano, formerly SMU-in-Legacy, a branch of Southern Methodist University, is a graduate university serving the needs of 3,000 working professionals. Its academic programs include business, engineering and computer training, education, and continuing education. It also features The Guildhall at SMU, which offers a masters program in video game development. DBU North, a satellite campus of Dallas Baptist University, is in west Plano and offers undergraduate and graduate courses and houses the admissions and academic counseling offices.
Public libraries
The Plano Public Library System (PPLS) consists of the W.O. Haggard, Jr. Library, the Maribelle M. Davis Library, the Gladys Harrington Library, the Christopher A. Parr Library, the L.E.R. Schimelpfenig Library, and the Municipal Reference Library. The Haggard Library houses the system’s administrative offices.
Miscellaneous education
Many Chinese parents in Plano enroll their children in supplementary schools, where they get additional mathematics education and/or Chinese language education.
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Texas Education Agency
Department of Performance Reporting
Preliminary 2018 Accountability Ratings
District Name | Accountability Rating | Student Achievement | School Progress | Closing the Gaps | District Rating |
Plano ISD | A | A | B | A | A |
Lewisville ISD | B | B | B | B | B |
Allen ISD | A | A | A | A | A |