MCNAIR EL

Located at 1212 HICKORY CREEK RD, in DENTON, Texas, MCNAIR EL is an average-sized elementary school that instructs 599 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within DENTON ISD.

Within DENTON ISD, which oversees 46 schools and 33,329 students, MCNAIR EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, MCNAIR EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 34% White, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at MCNAIR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Denton County's rate of about 35%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MCNAIR EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.7%, the actual is 54.9%, a residual of +4.2 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Denton County put median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), MCNAIR EL is one campus in the mix.

GUYER H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MCNAIR EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 59.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a downtown area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 12%: 533 students in 2018 compared to 599 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 25% to 52%. Class-load math has rose: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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