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Enrollment
570
Elementary
DISTRICT 475 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINNEY ISD·NCES 482985011172
Jesse McGowen Elementary School
4300 COLUMBUS DR, MCKINNEY, TX 75070 · (469) 302-7500 · Collin County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL570 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 36% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
13.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
208 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 | 97 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 111 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (97) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (111).
Student demographics
76%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
58.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
39.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 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 | 31.0% | 27.0% | 18.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 24.0% | 25.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 58.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
46.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Jesse McGowen Elementary School
Jesse McGowen Elementary School's state test result (46.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jesse McGowen Elementary School this school | 570 | 36.5% | 46.2% |
| Alan and Andra Perrin Elementary School FORT WORTH | 565 | 39.6% | 30.7% |
| T F Birmingham Elementary School WYLIE | 522 | 41.4% | 66.8% |
| Berkshire Elementary School FORT WORTH | 688 | 38.4% | 37.1% |
| Keeley Elementary School ROWLETT | 582 | 37.8% | 62.9% |
| Willie Brown Academy MANSFIELD | 608 | 33.2% | 66.6% |
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 Jesse McGowen Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.2% | #1,830 of 4,401 | #124 of 164 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #2,996 of 4,466 ▼ 254 | #141 of 165 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,647 of 4,466 ▲ 511 | #112 of 165 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #2,225 of 3,998 | #67 of 154 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 570 | #1,857 of 4,938 | #85 of 181 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,476 of 4,622 | #81 of 177 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 75.6% | #87 of 4,628 | #16 of 177 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.5% | #4,057 of 4,789 | #68 of 177 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.8% | #1,614 of 2,838 | #56 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
570
+22 (+4%) vs 2020
-16% since 2010-11, when it was 682
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 570 | 40.9 | 13.9:1 | 36% (208) |
| 2023-24 | 558 | 37 | 15.1:1 | 39% (215) |
| 2022-23 | 578 | 36.8 | 15.7:1 | 35% (204) |
| 2020-21 | 548 | 41 | 13.4:1 | 33% (181) |
| 2017-18 | 669 | 44.5 | 15.1:1 | 24% (162) |
| 2015-16 | 679 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 23% (154) |
| 2010-11 | 682 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 17% (114) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jesse McGowen Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (669 to 570); teachers down 8% (44.5 to 40.9).
About Jesse McGowen Elementary School
Jesse McGowen Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school found in MCKINNEY, Texas. The school offers kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 570 students.
Besides Jesse McGowen Elementary School, MCKINNEY ISD runs 32 other schools. The district enrolls 23,296 students.
White students make up 35% of enrollment at Jesse McGowen Elementary School, the largest share of any group. The next largest groups are 24% Hispanic, 20% Black, 12% Asian, and 8% multiracial. In Collin County overall, about 54% of residents are White. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 76, compared with 70 nationally.
The school's 40.9 full-time-equivalent teachers translate to a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. At Jesse McGowen Elementary School, 36% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Jesse McGowen Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 36% of Texas public elementary schools.
In Texas, Jesse McGowen Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 46.2% actual against a predicted 58.1%.
American Community Survey estimates for Collin County show that the median household earns about $121,600 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Collin County, 338 public schools serve about 227,575 students.
Jesse McGowen Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Arthur H McNeil Elementary School, about 0.7 miles away. Within five miles of Jesse McGowen Elementary School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 46.2% is below the 63.0% average for nearby schools.
By NCES locale, the school is Suburb: Large, or in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 570, up from 548 in 2020-21.
This community page is for conversations about open houses, carpools, and field trips. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
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
- Arthur H McNeil Elementary School0.7 mi · 335
- Lois Lindsey Elementary School1.0 mi · 792
- Jenny Preston Elementary School1.0 mi · 726
- Reuben Johnson Elementary School1.1 mi · 378
- Emerson High School1.5 mi · 1,844
- Roy Lee Walker Elementary School1.6 mi · 381
Frequently asked questions
About Jesse McGowen Elementary SchoolHow large is Jesse McGowen Elementary School?
Jesse McGowen Elementary School enrolls approximately 570 students in grades KG-05.
Is Jesse McGowen Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Jesse McGowen Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Jesse McGowen Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Jesse McGowen Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (41 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Jesse McGowen Elementary School?
Jesse McGowen Elementary School reports a student body of 35% White, 24% Hispanic, 20% Black, 12% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Jesse McGowen Elementary School public or private?
Jesse McGowen Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MCKINNEY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.