McKinney Independent School District

McKinney Independent School District (McKinney ISD) is a public independent school district in McKinney, Texas, United States. In addition to McKinney, the district serves the town of New Hope and parts of Allen, Fairview, Weston, Princeton, and Lowry Crossing. The district operates 18 elementary schools, five middle schools, three high schools, two alternative schools, and one early childhood education center.

In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the Texas Education Agency.

History Circa 2014 residents of the Stonegate neighborhood in Lucas made a petition to be rezoned from McKinney ISD into Lovejoy ISD, but both districts refused the request.

Demographics + McKinney ISD Ethnicity Data 2018–2019EthnicityPercentWhite48.3%Asian4.6%Hispanic28.6%African American14.5%American Indian 0.6%Pacific Islander0.2%Two or More Races3.1%

Schools

+High schools (grades 9-12)NameMascotEstablishedAdditional informationMcKinney Boyd High SchoolBroncos2006McKinney High SchoolLions1848McKinney North High SchoolBulldogs2000

+Middle schools (grades 6-8)NameMascotEstablishedAdditional informationCockrill Middle SchoolCowboys2008Dowell Middle SchoolLions1995Evans Middle SchoolPanthers2004Faubion Middle SchoolLions1960Johnson Middle SchoolTigers2002

+Elementary schools (grades PK-5)NameEstablishedAdditional informationBennett Elementary2002Burks Elementary1953Formerly West Ward Elementary Caldwell Dual Language Academy1961Finch Elementary1924Formerly South Ward Elementary; Current campus built in 1939Frazier Elementary2023Glen Oaks Elementary19932007 National Blue Ribbon SchoolJohnson Elementary1997Malvern Elementary2002McClure Elementary2010McGowen Elementary2007Minshew Elementary2004Press Elementary2004Slaughter Elementary1995 or 2003Opened as Slaughter Junior High in 1974Valley Creek Elementary1991National Blue Ribbon School in 1996-97 and 2003-24Vega Elementary2006Walker Elementary2000Webb Elementary1953Formerly East Ward ElementaryWilmeth Elementary2005

+Other schoolsNameEstablishedAdditional informationMcKinney Learning CenterMcNeil Elementary2001Serenity High School (Grades 9–12)1999Housed at MNHS.Herman Lawson Early Childhood Center

+Former schoolsNameEstablishedClosedAdditional informationEddins Elementary199820262007 National Blue Ribbon SchoolGreer Elementary19122005Opened as North Ward Elementary; a new campus was built in 1936McNeil Elementary20012026Wolford Elementary200020262006 National Blue Ribbon School

Stadium

The district operates the 12,000-seat McKinney ISD Stadium that cost more than $70 million to build. It opened on August 31, 2018. The stadium hosted the 2018, 2019, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, and 2025 NCAA Division II National Championship football games as well as several UIL state football playoff games, such as Duncanville vs. Rockwall in 2019.

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