McKinney Independent School District

McKinney Independent School District (McKinney ISD) is a public independent school district in McKinney, Texas, United States. In addition to McKinney, the district serves the town of New Hope and parts of Allen, Fairview, Weston, Princeton, and Lowry Crossing.^[4] The district operates 21 elementary schools, five middle schools, three high schools, two alternative schools, and one early childhood education center.

McKinney Independent School District
Address
One Duvall Street McKinney , Collin County, Texas United States
District information
Type	Public School
Motto	Every Student, Every Day!
Grades	Pre-K – 12th grade
Established	1848[1]
Superintendent	Shawn Pratt[2]
Schools	32
NCES District ID	4829850[3]
Students and staff
Students	23,306 (2023-2024)[3]
Teachers	1,583.03 (FTE)[3]
Student–teacher ratio	14.72[3]
Other information
Website	https://www.mckinneyisd.net/

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.^[5]

History

Circa 2014 residents of the Stonegate neighborhood in Lucas made a petition to be rezoned from McKinney ISD into Lovejoy ISD, but both districts refused the request.^[6]

Demographics

McKinney ISD Ethnicity Data 2018–2019^[7]

Ethnicity	Percent
White	48.3%
Asian	4.6%
Hispanic	28.6%
African American	14.5%
American Indian	0.6%
Pacific Islander	0.2%
Two or More Races	3.1%

Schools

McKinney Boyd High School

McKinney North High School

McKinney High School

High Schools (Grades 9-12)

• McKinney High School
• McKinney North High School
• McKinney Boyd High School

Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

• Cockrill Middle School
• Dowell Middle School
• Evans Middle School
• Faubion Middle School
• Scott Johnson Middle School

Elementary Schools (Grades PK-5)

• Bennett Elementary
• Burks Elementary
• Caldwell Elementary
• C. T. Eddins Elementary School
  • 2007 National Blue Ribbon School^[8]
• Finch Elementary
• Frazier Elementary
• Glen Oaks Elementary
  • 2006 National Blue Ribbon School^[9]
• Reuben Johnson Elementary
• Malvern Elementary
• McClure Elementary
• McGowen Elementary
• McNeil Elementary
• Minshew Elementary
• Press Elementary
• Slaughter Elementary
• Valley Creek Elementary
  • National Blue Ribbon School in 1996-97^[10] and 2003^[9]
• Vega Elementary
• Walker Elementary
• Webb Elementary
• Wilmeth Elementary
• Wolford Elementary
  • 2006 National Blue Ribbon School^[9]

Other campuses

• McKinney Learning Center (DAEP)^[11]
• Serenity High School (Grades 9–12)
• Herman Lawson Early Childhood Center

Stadium

The district operates the 12,000-seat McKinney ISD Stadium that cost more than $70 million to build. It opened on August 31, 2018.^[12] The stadium hosted the 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, and 2023 NCAA Division II National Championship football games as well as several UIL state football playoff games, such as Duncanville vs. Rockwall in 2019.