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What's one thing LEONARD EVANS JR MIDDLE gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
798
Middle
DISTRICT 1,029 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINNEY ISD·NCES 482985010502
Leonard Evans Jr Middle School
6998 W ELDORADO PKWY, MCKINNEY, TX 75070 · (469) 302-7100 · Collin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL798 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-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 middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
40%
316 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 249 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 270 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 279 | 35% |
Student demographics
69%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
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
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 39.0% | 25.0% | 15.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 64.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
57.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
56.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 Leonard Evans Jr Middle School
Leonard Evans Jr Middle School's state test result (57.6% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Evans Jr Middle School this school | 798 | 39.6% | 57.6% |
| Trinity Meadows Intermediate School KELLER | 813 | 38.4% | 51.9% |
| Memorial Parkway Junior High School KATY | 766 | 42.3% | 66.4% |
| Lowell H Strike Middle School LITTLE ELM | 881 | 40.2% | 43.8% |
| Wilson Middle School PLANO | 813 | 45.5% | 53.3% |
| Chisholm Trail Middle School RHOME | 878 | 42.3% | 40.5% |
Matched among Texas middle 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 Leonard Evans Jr Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 57.6% | #291 of 1,635 | #31 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #469 of 1,670 ▲ 80 | #40 of 57 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #450 of 1,670 ▲ 105 | #38 of 57 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +11.5pp | #712 of 1,570 | #29 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 798 | #567 of 1,749 | #42 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #341 of 1,542 | #9 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 69.3% | #187 of 1,543 | #33 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 39.6% | #1,333 of 1,648 | #21 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.8% | #160 of 942 | #3 of 29 |
Ranked against other public middle 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
798
-146 (-15%) vs 2020
-44% since 2010-11, when it was 1,416
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.9:1
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 | 798 | 61.5 | 13.0:1 | 40% (316) |
| 2023-24 | 782 | 58.9 | 13.3:1 | 32% (247) |
| 2022-23 | 830 | 65.4 | 12.7:1 | 35% (290) |
| 2020-21 | 944 | 68 | 13.9:1 | 33% (314) |
| 2017-18 | 1,120 | 71.6 | 15.6:1 | 23% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 1,219 | 84 | 14.5:1 | 22% (266) |
| 2010-11 | 1,416 | 93 | 15.2:1 | 20% (288) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leonard Evans Jr Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (1,120 to 798); teachers down 14% (71.6 to 61.5).
About Leonard Evans Jr Middle School
A mid-sized middle school in MCKINNEY, Texas, Leonard Evans Jr Middle School is part of MCKINNEY ISD. It reported 798 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
The MCKINNEY ISD system has 33 schools and 23,296 students.
Of every 100 students at Leonard Evans Jr Middle School, about 41 are White, the largest group. After that, the student body is 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Collin County is about 54% White. A diversity index of 69% means there is a 69% chance two randomly chosen students at Leonard Evans Jr Middle School are from different groups.
Leonard Evans Jr Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1, with 61.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is higher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 40% at Leonard Evans Jr Middle School. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Collin County is 30%.
Among Texas public middle schools, Leonard Evans Jr Middle School outscored 77%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
After adjusting for student poverty, Leonard Evans Jr Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 57.6%; the prediction is 56.8%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Collin County show that the median household earns about $121,600 a year, about 56% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Across Collin County, 338 public schools serve about 227,575 students.
Leonard Evans Jr Middle School is about 0.1 miles from Earl & Lottie Wolford Elementary School, its nearest public school. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Leonard Evans Jr Middle School is 8th of 9 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
A 15% decline took enrollment from 944 in 2020-21 to 798 in 2024-25.
On allk12, people connected to Leonard Evans Jr Middle School can post about special education services, counseling, and support programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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 School0.1 mi · 389
- Elliott Elementary School0.8 mi · 421
- Dean and Mildred Bennett Elementary School0.9 mi · 425
- Comstock Elementary School1.0 mi · 680
- Glen Oaks Elementary School1.1 mi · 478
- Reuben Johnson Elementary School1.4 mi · 378
Frequently asked questions
About Leonard Evans Jr Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leonard Evans Jr Middle School?
Leonard Evans Jr Middle School enrolls approximately 798 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Leonard Evans Jr Middle School serve?
Leonard Evans Jr Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Leonard Evans Jr Middle School have?
Leonard Evans Jr Middle School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
What is the student diversity at Leonard Evans Jr Middle School?
Student demographics at Leonard Evans Jr Middle School are roughly 41% White, 33% Hispanic, 16% Black, 6% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Leonard Evans Jr Middle School?
Leonard Evans Jr Middle 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.