MCMILLEN H S

Set in MURPHY, Texas, MCMILLEN H S is a medium-sized high school, overseen by PLANO ISD. It enrolls 1,010 students across grades 9 through 10. Enrollment runs roughly 27% above the state mean of about 796.

PLANO ISD comprises 73 schools with combined enrollment of 46,612 students; MCMILLEN H S is among them.

On demographics, MCMILLEN H S records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 30%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 30% White, 22% Asian, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MCMILLEN H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.4%; this one delivers 59.2%.

In the area at large, Collin County reports that median household income runs about $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. MCMILLEN H S is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

The closest other public school is MURPHY MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MCMILLEN H S. On composite proficiency, MCMILLEN H S comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 69.7%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. MCMILLEN H S's enrollment has contracted 17% since 2018, when it stood at 1,213 (now 1,010). White enrollment moved from 40% to 30% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.