McKinney Independent School District is a public

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McKinney, Texas McKinney is a city in and the county seat of Collin County, Texas. It is Collin County's third-largest city, after Plano and Frisco. A suburb of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex, McKinney is about north of Dallas. The U.S. Census Bureau l ...

, United States. In addition to McKinney, the district serves the town of New Hope and parts of

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, Fairview,

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, and Lowry Crossing. The district operates 20 elementary schools, five middle schools, three high schools, four alternative schools, and one early childhood education center. In 2009, the school district was rated "academically acceptable" by the

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History

Circa 2014 residents of the Stonegate neighborhood in

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made a petition to be rezoned from McKinney ISD into

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, but both districts refused the request.

Demographics

Schools

High Schools (Grades 9-12)

McKinney High School McKinney High School (MHS) is located at 1400 Wilson Creek Parkway in McKinney, Texas, and is within the McKinney Independent School District. MHS is the oldest high school in McKinney and the current building opened in 1986, after moving from what ...

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Middle Schools (Grades 6-8)

*Cockrill Middle School *Dowell Middle School *Evans Middle School *Faubion Middle School *Scott Johnson Middle School

Elementary Schools (Grades PK-5)

*Bennett Elementary *Burks Elementary *Caldwell Elementary *C. T. Eddins Elementary School **2007

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*Finch Elementary *Glen Oaks Elementary **2006

*Reuben Johnson Elementary *Malvern Elementary *McClure Elementary *McGowen Elementary *McNeil Elementary *Minshew Elementary *Press Elementary *Slaughter Elementary *Valley Creek Elementary **

in 1996-97 and 2003 *Vega Elementary *Walker Elementary *Webb Elementary *Wilmeth Elementary *Wolford Elementary **2006

Other campuses

*McKinney Learning Center *DAEP *

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(Grades 9-12) *Herman Lawson Early Childhood Center *The John Roach Juvenile Detention Center of Collin County, also known as the County Residential Center (CRC)

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 and 2021 NCAA Division II National Championship football games as well as several UIL state football playoff games, such as Duncanville vs. Rockwall in 2019.

References

External links

* {{Region 10 School Districts in Texas School districts in Collin County, Texas