Summary:
The 75009 zip code, encompassing the city of Celina, Texas, is home to eight schools split between the highly-rated Celina Independent School District (Isd) and the top-tier Prosper Independent School District (Isd), serving students from elementary through high school.
This area presents a clear contrast between two excellent districts. Light Farms Elementary (Prosper ISD) stands out as the top overall performer, ranking in the 96th percentile statewide with exceptionally high test scores and a very low free/reduced lunch rate of 2.84%. Its Prosper ISD counterpart, Sam Johnson Elementary, also excels with the smallest class sizes (13.3:1 student-teacher ratio) and the lowest free/reduced lunch rate in the zip code at 1.49%. Within Celina ISD, the new Tommie Dobie Bothwell Elementary is a standout, immediately achieving a strong 88th percentile state rank in its first year. Celina High School is a consistent high performer with a 97.2% graduation rate and a remarkably low 0.2% dropout rate, while Jerry & Linda Moore Middle is a powerhouse for advanced math, with nearly 90% of students proficient in Algebra I.
Key metrics show a wide range of socioeconomic diversity, with free/reduced lunch rates varying from 1.49% at Sam Johnson Elementary to 23.26% at Marcy B Lykins Elementary, which also serves a significant population of English Language Learners. Spending per student does not directly correlate with performance, as the highest-spending school (Celina High School at $11,017) is not the top-ranked, while the lowest-spending school (Light Farms Elementary at $8,156) is the highest-ranked. Overall, reading scores across all schools consistently outperform state averages, while 8th-grade Social Studies at Jerry & Linda Moore Middle remains a relative weakness, though still above the state average.
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