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What's one thing MCKINNEY NORTH H S gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
2,387
High
DISTRICT 1,284 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MCKINNEY ISD·NCES 482985008731
McKinney North High School
2550 WILMETH RD, MCKINNEY, TX 75070 · (469) 302-4300 · Collin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,387 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 80% of Texas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
146 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
27%
647 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 683 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 592 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 557 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 555 | 23% |
Student demographics
73%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
Feeds from
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
70.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
62.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 62 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 53.0% | 14.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 22.0% | 40.0% | 28.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 70.0% | 62.0% |
| 2024-25 | 70.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 73.0% | 61.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 45.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
70.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 71% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 McKinney North High School
McKinney North High School's state test result (70.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| McKinney North High School this school | 2,387 | 27.1% | 70.6% |
| Wylie East High School WYLIE | 2,709 | 28.0% | 75.4% |
| George Ranch High School RICHMOND | 2,337 | 26.8% | 76.3% |
| Fulshear High School FULSHEAR | 3,401 | 28.0% | 72.4% |
| Central High School KELLER | 2,410 | 31.1% | 64.0% |
| Hendrickson High School PFLUGERVILLE | 2,128 | 24.1% | 73.1% |
Matched among Texas high 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 McKinney North High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 70.6% | #222 of 1,385 | #12 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 62.0% | #260 of 1,425 ▼ 16 | #13 of 38 ▲ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 70.0% | #368 of 1,425 ▼ 49 | #22 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +26.0pp | #235 of 1,184 | #13 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,387 | #201 of 2,107 | #10 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #980 of 1,344 | #26 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.9% | #48 of 1,346 | #13 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 27.1% | #1,392 of 1,522 | #18 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #316 of 672 | #13 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,387
+216 (+10%) vs 2020
+191% since 2000-01, when it was 819
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 16.3:1
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 | 2,387 | 146.1 | 16.3:1 | 27% (647) |
| 2023-24 | 2,311 | 135.2 | 17.1:1 | 29% (673) |
| 2022-23 | 2,156 | 135.6 | 15.9:1 | 29% (629) |
| 2020-21 | 2,171 | 133 | 16.3:1 | 27% (583) |
| 2017-18 | 2,117 | 138.3 | 15.3:1 | 27% (574) |
| 2015-16 | 2,105 | 134 | 15.7:1 | 30% (638) |
| 2010-11 | 1,588 | 123 | 12.9:1 | 28% (447) |
| 2000-01 | 819 | 61 | 13.4:1 | 16% (135) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for McKinney North High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (2,117 to 2,387); teachers up 6% (138.3 to 146.1).
About McKinney North High School
McKinney North High School is a public high school in MCKINNEY, Texas. The school has 2,387 students in 2024-25 across grades 9 through 12. High schools in Texas have about 796 students on average; enrollment here is 200% higher.
District-wide, MCKINNEY ISD has 33 schools and 23,296 students.
The biggest share of students at McKinney North High School, 39%, is White. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 54% White among all Collin County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 73%.
Classroom staffing at McKinney North High School totals 146.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. Statewide, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Federal data show 27% of students (647) are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The figure for public schools in Collin County is close, at 30%.
Among Texas public high schools, McKinney North High School outscored 80%, which works out to an A- on the allk12 Grade.
McKinney North High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 70.6% and a predicted 62.1%.
For the population of Collin County, median household income comes to about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Collin County counts 338 public schools with about 227,575 students.
Serenity High, less than a tenth of a mile away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
NCES describes the area around McKinney North High 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.
Over 4 years, enrollment increased by 216 students, from 2,171 to 2,387.
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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
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
- Faubion Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,033 students
- Dowell Middle SchoolMiddle · 995 students
Other schools in MCKINNEY
- McKinney High SchoolHigh · 2,668 students
- McKinney Boyd High SchoolHigh · 2,547 students
- Emerson High SchoolHigh · 1,844 students
- Imagine International Academy of North TexasCombined · 1,445 students
- Dr Jack Cockrill Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,108 students
Nearby schools
- Serenity High0.0 mi · 3
- Scott Morgan Johnson Middle School0.3 mi · 1,108
- Jose De Jesus and Maria Luisa Vega Elementary School0.5 mi · 491
- Plano JJAEP1.3 mi · 9
- Collin Co J J Alternative Education Program1.3 mi · 6
- Collin Co J J Alternative Education Program1.3 mi · 3
Frequently asked questions
About McKinney North High SchoolHow large is McKinney North High School?
McKinney North High School enrolls approximately 2,387 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does McKinney North High School serve?
McKinney North High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at McKinney North High School?
Approximately 16.3:1 students per teacher at McKinney North High School.
What is the student diversity at McKinney North High School?
Student demographics at McKinney North High School are roughly 39% White, 26% Hispanic, 20% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is McKinney North High School in?
McKinney North High School is part of MCKINNEY ISD.
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