Public schools in Mckinney, TX

Mckinney has 50 public schools with a 2024-25 address in the city: 10 high, 6 middle, 32 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 34,506 students. They are run by 8 districts and agencies; Mckinney ISD runs 32 of them.

NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: schools open that year with enrollment · method

The 8 districts and agencies that run Mckinney's public schools

Each district decides who can enroll where; its page holds its schools, spending and teachers.

DistrictSchools in MckinneyDistrict students, fall 2022Spending per student, FY23
Mckinney ISD3223,342$11,139
Frisco ISD866,916$10,217
Prosper ISD524,983$10,664
Imagine International Academy of North Texas11,399$8,679
Melissa Schools15,654$10,487
Allen ISD121,769$10,417
Anna ISD15,018$11,747
Celina ISD13,897$10,959

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25: school location city and operating agency; NCES F-33 fiscal year 2022-23: district fall membership and current spending per student. Schools on a city's edge can serve students from outside it.

10 high schools in Mckinney, 9,553 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Mckinney High School2,66814.733.3%Mckinney ISD
Mckinney Boyd High School2,54715.915.9%Mckinney ISD
Mckinney North High School2,38716.322.7%Mckinney ISD
Emerson High School1,84414.813.9%Frisco ISD
County Residential Center929.24.3%Mckinney ISD
Special Prog Ctr/J J a E P5not reportednot reportedAnna ISD
J J a E P40.823.1%Mckinney ISD
Serenity High33.0not reportedMckinney ISD
Collin Co J J a E P2not reportednot reportedCelina ISD
Collin Co J J a E P1not reportednot reportedProsper ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

6 middle schools in Mckinney, 5,953 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Dr Jack Cockrill Middle1,21014.418.7%Mckinney ISD
Scott Morgan Johnson Middle1,10814.334.9%Mckinney ISD
Faubion Middle1,03312.536.6%Mckinney ISD
Dowell Middle99514.118.9%Mckinney ISD
Scoggins Middle80914.818.4%Frisco ISD
Leonard Evans Jr Middle79813.035.0%Mckinney ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

32 elementary schools in Mckinney, 16,949 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Willow Wood Elementary85716.317.4%Melissa Schools
Jim and Betty Hughes Elementary83912.77.5%Prosper ISD
Mike and Janie Reeves Elementary79415.39.2%Prosper ISD
Lois Lindsey Elementary79216.511.4%Allen ISD
Jack and June Furr Elementary79012.712.0%Prosper ISD
Comstock Elementary68014.86.5%Frisco ISD
Lizzie Nell Cundiff Mcclure Elementary66116.110.9%Mckinney ISD
John a Baker62312.78.8%Prosper ISD
Scott Elementary58714.010.9%Frisco ISD
Naomi Press Elementary58014.035.0%Mckinney ISD
The other 22 elementary schools
SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Jesse Mcgowen Elementary57013.929.1%Mckinney ISD
Slaughter Elementary55413.341.5%Mckinney ISD
Mooneyham Elementary55315.910.3%Frisco ISD
Ogle Elementary53112.420.7%Frisco ISD
Valley Creek Elementary49815.117.7%Mckinney ISD
Jose De Jesus and Maria Luisa Vega Elementary49112.062.3%Mckinney ISD
Glen Oaks Elementary47814.67.3%Mckinney ISD
Webb Elementary47514.449.7%Mckinney ISD
J B Wilmeth Elementary43614.18.3%Mckinney ISD
Gary and Bobbye Jack Minshew Elementary43313.425.2%Mckinney ISD
Burks Elementary43213.167.1%Mckinney ISD
Sonntag Elementary42910.530.1%Frisco ISD
Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary42513.710.1%Mckinney ISD
Elliott Elementary42111.932.3%Frisco ISD
Albert & Iola Lee Davis Malvern Elementary41510.966.7%Mckinney ISD
Caldwell Elementary40912.161.1%Mckinney ISD
Earl & Lottie Wolford Elementary38913.113.4%Mckinney ISD
Roy Lee Walker Elementary38110.311.8%Mckinney ISD
Reuben Johnson Elementary37812.624.3%Mckinney ISD
C T Eddins Elementary37213.111.3%Mckinney ISD
Finch Elementary34110.873.0%Mckinney ISD
Arthur H Mcneil Elementary33511.135.8%Mckinney ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

2 other schools in Mckinney, 2,051 students

SchoolStudents 2024‑25Per teacherFree lunchDistrict
Imagine International Academy of North Texas1,44519.72.4%Imagine International Academy of North Texas
Herman Lawson Early Childhood School60621.698.8%Mckinney ISD

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch); level from the directory. All free (CEP): every student eats free under the Community Eligibility Provision, so the school reports no free-lunch count.

How Mckinney's public schools compare with Texas's

The median Mckinney school has 13.8 students per full-time teacher, fewer than the Texas median of 14.5. 30% of its schools ran a schoolwide Title I program in 2021-22, against 70% across the state. Its median school enrolls 542 students (state 507).

Mckinney against Texas, schools open in 2024-25 with students
MckinneyTexas
Median students per teacher13.814.5
Median school size (students)542507
Schools with a schoolwide Title I program (2021-22)30%70%
Schools where every student eats free (CEP)2.1%52%
Charter schools2.0%11%

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (membership, staff, lunch program, charter status; the 50 Mckinney schools and the 8,846 Texas schools open that year with students); Title I status CCD 2021-22. Students per teacher counts 2024-25 teachers and ratios from 3 to 99.

What to look at next in Mckinney

  1. Mckinney ISDRuns 32 of Mckinney's 50 public schools and spent $11,139 per student in fiscal year 2022-23.$11,139
  2. Mckinney High School, the largest high school in Mckinney2,668 students in 2024-25, 14.7 per teacher.2,668
  3. Compare Mckinney ISD with Frisco ISDMckinney's two largest operators side by side: enrollment, spending and schools.
  4. The largest public schools in TexasTexas's 50 largest schools open in 2024-25, by enrollment.
  5. Find the school district for a Mckinney addressA home's district, not its city, decides which public schools it can enroll in.

Source: NCES Common Core of Data 2024-25 (schools and their operating agencies); NCES F-33 finance survey, fiscal year 2022-23 (spending per student).

Choosing among them: how to choose a school district with the federal data, and what a Title I school is.

Other cities in Texas

  1. Houston759 schools
  2. San Antonio521 schools
  3. Dallas352 schools
  4. Austin258 schools
  5. Fort Worth257 schools
  6. El Paso213 schools
  7. Arlington102 schools
  8. Corpus Christi90 schools

Questions about schools in Mckinney

  1. How many public schools are in Mckinney, TX?
    50 public schools with an address in Mckinney were open in 2024-25: 10 high, 6 middle, 32 elementary, 2 other, enrolling 34,506 students. 1 are charter schools.
  2. What is the largest high school in Mckinney?
    Mckinney High School, with 2,668 students in 2024-25 (Mckinney ISD).
  3. Which districts run Mckinney's schools?
    Mckinney ISD (32 schools), Frisco ISD (8 schools), Prosper ISD (5 schools), Imagine International Academy of North Texas (1 school), and 4 more. A school's district, not its city, decides who can enroll.

These figures are for information and are not a substitute for the district's enrollment office, which confirms the school a home is assigned to.

Sources

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School directory, membership, staff and lunch files · 2024-25

Source: NCES Common Core of Data Public school search (the official record of each school) · 2024-25

Compiled from official source data by .