Herman Lawson Early Childhood School

Herman Lawson Early Childhood School is a mid-sized elementary school for students in MCKINNEY, Texas. The school runs pre-K and enrolls 606 students.

A total of 33 schools make up MCKINNEY ISD, with 23,296 students enrolled.

Hispanic students make up 43% of enrollment at Herman Lawson Early Childhood School, the largest share of any group. The rest of enrollment is 20% White, 19% Black, 11% Asian, and 6% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Collin County's population at about 16%. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 72%.

With 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 21.6:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Roughly 99% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Collin County report 30%.

In Collin County, median household income comes to about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Collin County counts 338 public schools with about 227,575 students.

The closest school to Herman Lawson Early Childhood School is Slaughter Elementary School, located about 0.1 miles away. In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Herman Lawson Early Childhood School.

NCES describes the area around Herman Lawson Early Childhood School as Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.

The 2020-21 count was 405 students and the 2024-25 count was 606. A difference that large may reflect a change in which grades the school serves. The ratio was 13.5:1 in 2020-21 and 21.6:1 in 2024-25.

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