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MCKINNEY BOYD H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 60 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 MCKINNEY BOYD H S
As a high-enrollment secondary school in MCKINNEY, Texas, MCKINNEY BOYD H S works with 2,547 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within MCKINNEY ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 220% bigger than the state mean of about 796.
Across the 33 schools in MCKINNEY ISD (23,296 students total), MCKINNEY BOYD H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, MCKINNEY BOYD H S records that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 24% Hispanic, 11% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Collin County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 160 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 19% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is lower than Collin County's rate of about 30%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MCKINNEY BOYD H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.4%; this one delivers 74.4%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Collin County shows 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%. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), MCKINNEY BOYD H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: GARY AND BOBBYE JACK MINSHEW EL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MCKINNEY BOYD H S at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 63.2%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Looking at the recent track record. MCKINNEY BOYD H S's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 2,824 (now 2,547). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 63% to 53%.
On this page, members of the MCKINNEY BOYD H S community share and discuss enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Collin County at a glance
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