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Mckinney, Texas - 32 schools
An equity score of 24/100 ranks Mckinney Isd #924 of 1044 districts in Texas (state average 50). Derived live from how evenly resources are distributed across the district's schools.
At $11,174 per pupil, Mckinney Isd ranks #941 of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending (Texas districts). NCES F-33 finance data.
23,342
Total Enrollment
32
Schools
$11,174
Per-Pupil Spending
Elementary, Middle
School Types
District-Level NCES Analysis
Mckinney Isd operates 32 public schools serving 23,342 students, placing it in the mid-size range in Texas. The school portfolio breaks down into 19 elementary, 5 middle, 4 high, 4 combined schools, giving families a clear picture of grade-band coverage before they move, rent, or enrol. These enrollment and school figures come from the NCES Common Core of Data (CCD) 2024-25 release, and the district is based in Collin County.
Per-pupil expenditure runs $11,174 according to the NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey, in the lower half of 1202 Texas districts by per-pupil spending. See how Texas compares in our national per-pupil spending analysis. The funding mix is 81.4% local, 8.9% state, and 9.6% federal, a local-revenue-heavy mix that leaves the district more exposed to property-tax swings and local ballot measures than state-funded peers. The district's equity score is 24/100, ranked #924 of 1044 in Texas against a state average of 50, notably less even than the typical district in the state for how evenly funding reaches its schools.
Academic infrastructure includes 3 of 32 schools offering Advanced Placement (81 AP courses district-wide), a 444.3:1 student-counselor ratio, above both the ASCA benchmark and the roughly 408:1 national average, and 19.5% chronic absenteeism from the 2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection. Demographically, the student body averages 38.3% White, 29.8% Hispanic or Latino, 17.0% African American across the district's schools. Its most demographically mixed campus is Naomi Press El, with a diversity index of 77.6/100.
Its largest campus is Mckinney H S, enrolling 2,668 students (12% of the district's total enrollment). Its smallest is Serenity High, at 3 students, a 889x enrollment spread across the district's campuses.
Mckinney Isd school enrollment varies 889× across entities
Mckinney Isd school enrollment ranges from 3 students (lowest) to 2,668 students (highest), a spread of 2,665 students. That ratio is an extreme outlier spread — among the widest gaps observed anywhere in this dataset. Per-school staffing ratios, programme availability, and capital-renovation cycles often diverge inside the same district based on enrollment shape.
Mckinney Isd student-counselor ratio is 444:1 — high (typically associated with staffing constraints that limit per-student counselor time; CRDC data shows higher ratios cluster in larger urban systems)
student-counselor ratio is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: the ratio counts FTE counselors against total enrollment, districts that contract intervention or social-emotional staff outside the counselor classification may be under-counted Higher values may reflect larger urban scale or recent resource constraints that have widened the gap.
Mckinney Isd chronic absenteeism rate is 19.5% — near the typical range (US average ~28) — aligned with the national post-pandemic baseline of roughly 28% chronic absenteeism
chronic absenteeism rate is the simplest comparative metric but it does not capture the full picture: a student is chronically absent if they miss ≥10% of enrolled days for any reason, illness, family obligations, or disengagement Variation between sub-units within Mckinney Isd is typically wider than the Mckinney Isd-aggregate figure suggests.