DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL

DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL is an intimate primary school in MCKINNEY, Texas, overseen by MCKINNEY ISD. The school instructs 425 students in grades K through 5.

MCKINNEY ISD comprises 33 schools with combined enrollment of 23,296 students; DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL is among them.

On demographics, DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL shows that 56% of the student body identifies as White; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Black, 7% multiracial. Compared to Collin County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 14% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Collin County's rate of about 30%.

With demographic context factored in, DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.3%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Collin County put median household earnings sit near $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL is one.

The closest other public school is EARL & LOTTIE WOLFORD EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 67.4%.

DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL operates from a bedroom-community location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL has decreased 17%, going from 515 students in 2018 to 425 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 56% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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