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FAUBION MIDDLE
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FAUBION MIDDLE
Located at 2000 ROLLINS ST, in MCKINNEY, Texas, FAUBION MIDDLE is a high-enrollment intermediate school that teaches 1,033 students (grades 6 through 8), overseen by MCKINNEY ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 61% bigger than typical.
FAUBION MIDDLE is one of 33 schools operated by MCKINNEY ISD, a district that serves 23,296 students overall.
On demographics, FAUBION MIDDLE records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 38%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 35% White, 17% Black, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 44% of students at FAUBION MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FAUBION MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 54.8%; this one delivers 62.5%.
Across the wider county, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. FAUBION MIDDLE is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).
The closest other public school is J J An E P, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around FAUBION MIDDLE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), FAUBION MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 46.5%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. FAUBION MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 20% since 2018, when it stood at 1,291 (now 1,033). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 44% to 35% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Collin County at a glance
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