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NAOMI PRESS EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NAOMI PRESS EL
As a mid-tier elementary-level community in MCKINNEY, Texas, NAOMI PRESS EL educates 580 students from grades K through 5, part of MCKINNEY ISD.
NAOMI PRESS EL is one of 33 schools operated by MCKINNEY ISD, a district that hosts 23,296 students overall.
Looking at the student body, NAOMI PRESS EL shows that 30% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 25% White, 18% Asian, 17% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 11% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, NAOMI PRESS EL shows 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NAOMI PRESS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.4%, the actual is 44.9%, a residual of -11.5 points.
In the broader community, census data for Collin County shows median household income runs about $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. NAOMI PRESS EL is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).
COLLIN CO J J An E P is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
NAOMI PRESS EL operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 584 students in 2018 compared to 580 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 39% to 25% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Collin County at a glance
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