J B WILMETH EL

Located at 901 LACIMA DR, in MCKINNEY, Texas, J B WILMETH EL is a small elementary campus that hosts 436 students (grades K through 5), overseen by MCKINNEY ISD.

Within MCKINNEY ISD, which oversees 33 schools and 23,296 students, J B WILMETH EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, J B WILMETH EL lists that White students make up the majority at 56%; the rest reads as 12% Hispanic, 12% Asian, 11% Black, 9% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, J B WILMETH EL reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 8% of students are eligible 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 below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), J B WILMETH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 70.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.5%.

In the broader community, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $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 J B WILMETH EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LIZZIE NELL CUNDIFF MCCLURE EL, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, J B WILMETH EL comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 62.0%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 35%: 671 students in 2018 compared to 436 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 68% to 56% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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