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If you had an hour of school board time for DEAN AND MILDRED BENNETT EL, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
425
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINNEY ISD·NCES 482985009167
Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School
7760 CORONADO DR, MCKINNEY, TX 75070 · (469) 302-5400 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL425 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
14%
60 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 80 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 76 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 76 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (76).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on published attendance-zone data from MCKINNEY ISD. Zones change; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
73.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
68.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 68 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 42.0% | 31.0% | 15.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 32.0% | 19.0% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 73.0% | 68.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 75.0% |
| 2021-22 | 63.0% | 74.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | 67.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
67.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School
Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School this school | 425 | 14.1% | 63.7% |
| Steiner Ranch Elementary School AUSTIN | 417 | 11.8% | 63.8% |
| Hughston Elementary School PLANO | 379 | 17.2% | 75.1% |
| Dorothy P Adkins Elementary School LANTANA | 452 | 12.4% | 59.8% |
| Roy Lee Walker Elementary School MCKINNEY | 381 | 16.5% | 70.8% |
| Shepard Elementary School PLANO | 400 | 18.8% | 55.9% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #580 of 4,401 | #76 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #506 of 4,466 ▼ 191 | #62 of 165 ▼ 15 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 73.0% | #588 of 4,466 ▼ 248 | #66 of 165 ▼ 17 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,156 of 3,998 | #61 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 425 | #3,280 of 4,938 | #139 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #1,291 of 4,622 | #73 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.8% | #1,155 of 4,628 | #125 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 14.1% | #4,558 of 4,789 | #125 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.5% | #1,384 of 2,838 | #47 of 94 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
425
-129 (-23%) vs 2020
-36% since 2010-11, when it was 665
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 425 | 31 | 13.7:1 | 14% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 31.6 | 15.2:1 | 12% (59) |
| 2022-23 | 522 | 35.2 | 14.8:1 | 15% (78) |
| 2020-21 | 554 | 38 | 14.6:1 | 13% (71) |
| 2017-18 | 515 | 34 | 15.1:1 | 8% (39) |
| 2015-16 | 464 | 31 | 15.0:1 | 7% (33) |
| 2010-11 | 665 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 7% (46) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (515 to 425); teachers down 9% (34 to 31).
About Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School
Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in MCKINNEY, Texas. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 425 students.
MCKINNEY ISD has 33 schools and 23,296 students, and Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students are 56% of those enrolled at Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School. Other reported shares: 17% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 8% Black, and 7% multiracial. That is in line with Collin County, where about 54% of residents are White. A diversity index of 63% means there is a 63% chance two randomly chosen students at Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School are from different groups.
Teacher count: 31 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 13.7:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Roughly 14% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 30% average for public schools in Collin County, the school's rate is lower.
On the allk12 Grade, Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School lands at B+, ahead of 67% of Texas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 63.7%; the prediction is 67.7%.
In the wider Collin County area, the median household earns about $121,600 a year, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Collin County, 338 public schools serve about 227,575 students.
A public school about 0.8 miles away, Earl & Lottie Wolford Elementary School, is the closest to Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 66.8% proficiency; Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School posts 63.7%.
For locale, NCES codes Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School as Suburb: Large.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 425, down from 554 in 2020-21.
The allk12 page for Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MCKINNEY ISD
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Faubion Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,033 students
Other schools in MCKINNEY
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- McKinney North High SchoolHigh · 2,387 students
- Emerson High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Imagine International Academy of North TexasCombined · 1,445 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
Nearby schools
- Earl & Lottie Wolford Elementary School0.8 mi · 389
- Leonard Evans Jr Middle School0.9 mi · 798
- C T Eddins Elementary School1.1 mi · 372
- Glen Oaks Elementary School1.2 mi · 478
- Dowell Middle School1.5 mi · 995
- Sonntag Elementary School1.5 mi · 429
Frequently asked questions
About Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary SchoolHow large is Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School?
Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School enrolls approximately 425 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School serve?
Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School is approximately 13.7:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School?
At Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 17% Hispanic, 8% Black, 12% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Who oversees Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School?
Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School is overseen by MCKINNEY ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.