Education
BY SHELBIE HAMILTON
Education Edition
2024
Readers, welcome to your annual CI Education Edition! This guide features the latest updates and resources about local K-12 public school options in your community, ranging from new campuses to budget details to bond elections. All of the stories were written by our team of local journalists, and all of the advertisements are from nearby businesses who support our mission to provide free, useful news—please show them your gratitude by supporting them. Inside this year’s Education Edition, our reporting covers the McKinney ISD fiscal year 2024- 25 tax rate decrease and how the board of trustees are preparing to evaluate the district’s facilities. Our cover story focuses on local teacher recruitment efforts and compensation increases as McKinney ISD competes with neighboring districts for teaching staff. Readers can also learn how Education Service Center Region 10 works to serve nearly 900,000 students in their nine-county coverage area, which includes McKinney ISD, in a Q&A with the organization’s chief communications officer. We hope you find this content useful and relevant, and we welcome your feedback and suggestions on future coverage. Reach us at mcknews@communityimpact.com.
What's inside
McKinney ISD officials approve tax rate decrease—see the details (Page 15)
Miranda Talley General Manager mtalley@ communityimpact.com
Read about the role of Education Service Center Region 10 (Page 17)
Learn about McKinney ISD’s focus on teacher recruitment, retention (Page 20)
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District data
McKinney ISD has seen steady total enrollment over the past five years, and also has fewer economically disadvantaged students and English learners than the state average. The district has also seen consistent increases in average teacher salary in recent years.
Student enrollment
Student statistics
Teacher data
Total number of teachers
McKinney ISD
Economically disadvantaged students McKinney ISD Statewide average
2K
25K
1.5K
23,398
23,400
1K
20K
35.25%
62.19%
1,643
1,583
500
0
15K
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
English learners
School year
10K
Average teacher salary
15.32%
24.33%
$80K $60K $40K $20K
5K
Special education students
$62,779
$65,946
0
2020-21 2021-22 2022-23 2023-24 2024-25*
School year
$0
16.75%
14%
2020-21
2021-22
2022-23
2023-24
SOURCES: MCKINNEY ISD, TEXAS EDUCATION AGENCY/COMMUNITY IMPACT
*ESTIMATED, AS OF SEPT. 3
School year
12
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