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McKinney Independent School District

McKinney Independent School District general information and student achievement data at both district and campus levels are provided on this page. Also presented on this page are descriptions, pictures and maps of moderately priced McKinney ISD homes that currently are for sale.

McKinney ISD academic profile

DFW school districts rank: 10

Academic performance score: 10

Texas Education Agency accountability grade: A

In addition to its 2019 top-tier DFW school districts ranking, McKinney Independent School District also is recognized as one of the top school districts in Texas. The ranking methodology used for both the state and metropolitan area best school districts analyses presented on this best DFW school districts rankings page.

The academic performance score provides a quick way to determine approximately where a school district's or school's student academic performance ranks among the performance of students in other Texas districts and schools. School districts and campuses with combined State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness (STAAR) and college readiness indexes ranked in the top ten percent of Texas school districts and schools are awarded an academic performance score of 10, districts and schools with combined academic performance indexes in the ninth decile receive a score of 9, and so on.

McKinney ISD was joined by 11.9 percent of all Texas K-12 school districts in being recognized by the Texas Education Agency (TEA) with an accountabiliy grade of A, the top grade awarded in 2018 to school districts.

McKinney Independent School District operates twenty elementary schools, five middle schools, and three high schools. These twenty-eight schools are attended by approximately 24,800 students who live in McKinney, Fairview, Lowry Crossing, Lucas and New Hope.

McKinney ISD's 2018 TEA STAAR component scaled score is 90. As is further explained in the Texas Education Agency 2018 Accountability Manual, the STAAR scaled score is calculated by first adding equal weightings of the percentage of assessments on which students’ performance mastered grade level, met grade level and approached grade level, dividing the sum by 3 and rounding it to the nearest whole percentage. This raw STAAR raw component score is then adjusted or “scaled” by using a conversion table to align accountability letter grades and scores of Texas public school districts and campuses.

As depicted in the 2018 TEA STAARS scores graph (right) and shown in the McKinney ISD schools table (below), fifteen McKinney ISD campuses attained TEA STAAR scaled scores between 90 and 100, four campuses STAAR scores were between 80 and 89, four had scores between 70 and 79, four had scores between 60 and 69, and one McKinney ISD campus had a STAAR scaled score between 50 and 59.

Students living in southwest McKinney attend thirteen McKinney ISD schools. Twelve of these campuses have a 2018 TEA STAAR scaled score between 90 and 100 and the STAAR scaled score of one campus is between 80 and 89. The 2018 accountability rating for all McKinney ISD schools is Met Standard, the TEA's highest campus rating. Additional academic performance, student enrollment, teacher staffing and other information about these schools is available by clicking on the campus names.

McKinney ISD schools

					serves students living in
	grade range	academic performance score	scaled STAAR score	TEA accountability rating	southwest McKinney
Bennett Elementary School	K-5	10	93	Met Standard	✓
Burks Elementary School	K-5	2	60	Met Standard
Caldwell Elementary School	K-5	2	64	Met Standard
Cockrill Middle School	6-8	10	92	Met Standard	✓
Dowell Middle School	6-8	10	92	Met Standard	✓
Eddins Elementary School	K-5	10	92	Met Standard	✓
Evans Middle School	6-8	9	91	Met Standard	✓
Faubion Middle School	6-8	9	91	Met Standard
Finch Elementary School	K-5	3	69	Met Standard
Glen Oaks Elementary School	K-5	10	93	Met Standard	✓
Johnson Elementary School	K-5	7	78	Met Standard
Johnson Middle School	6-8	8	83	Met Standard	✓
Malvern Elementary School	K-5	1	58	Met Standard
McClure Elementary School	K-5	10	92	Met Standard	✓
McGowen Elementary School	K-5	8	85	Met Standard
McKinney Boyd High School	9-12	10	92	Met Standard	✓
McKinney High School	9-12	9	86	Met Standard
McKinney North High School	9-12	10	91	Met Standard	✓
McNeil Elementary School	K-5	5	74	Met Standard
Minshew Elementary School	K-5	9	90	Met Standard	✓
Press Elementary School	K-5	6	77	Met Standard
Slaughter Elementary School	K-5	7	80	Met Standard
Valley Creek Elementary School	K-5	10	92	Met Standard
Vega Elementary School	K-5	4	72	Met Standard
Walker Elementary School	K-5	10	93	Met Standard
Webb Elementary School	K-5	3	67	Met Standard
Wilmeth Elementary School	K-5	10	92	Met Standard	✓
Wolford Elementary School	K-5	10	92	Met Standard	✓

 

McKinney Boyd High School is ranked among the 25 best open enrollment public high schools in the Dallas Fort Worth area. pages. Similar rankings for Dallas area middle and elementary schools are available on these DFW best middle schools and DFW best elementary schools.

Sources: McKinney Independent School District and Texas Education Agency

Moderately priced homes in McKinney ISD

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