Editing McKinney, Texas (section)

==Education==
{{see also|Collin College|McKinney Independent School District}}
===Colleges===
[[File:Cary A. Israel Health Sciences Center.jpg|thumb|Cary A. Israel Health Sciences Center at [[Collin College|Collin College's]] Central Park Campus]]
McKinney is the home of the McKinney Campus<ref>{{cite web | url=https://collin.edu/campuses/ | title=Collin College Campuses and Centers &#124; Collin College }}</ref> (formerly known as the Central Park Campus) of [[Collin College]] near the city's center at US 75 and US 380, which opened in 1985 as the initial campus for the community college district.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.collin.edu/ |title=Collin College |publisher=Collin.edu |access-date=December 2, 2016}}</ref> The Collin Higher Education Center campus of Collin College opened in southern McKinney in 2010 and offers select bachelor's, master's, and doctoral degree programs in partnership with Texas A&M University-Commerce, Texas Woman's University, The University of Texas at Dallas, and the University of North Texas.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.collin.edu/chec/|title=Collin Higher Education Center - Collin College|website=www.collin.edu}}</ref>

===Public school districts===
Two-thirds of McKinney residents are in the [[McKinney Independent School District]]; the remaining third are part of [[Frisco Independent School District]], [[Prosper Independent School District]], [[Allen Independent School District]], [[Melissa Independent School District]], [[Lovejoy Independent School District]], or [[Celina Independent School District]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://communityimpact.com/dallas-fort-worth/mckinney/news/2017/09/02/mckinneys-city-etj-land-zoned-7-school-districts/|title=McKinney's city and ETJ land zoned for 7 school districts|date=September 2, 2017}}</ref>

Six of the seven school districts serving the city placed in the top 5% in the Niche 2023 Best School Districts in America which ranked 10,932 school districts; Prosper ISD ranked #82 nationally, Allen ISD ranked #92, Lovejoy ISD ranked #103, Frisco ISD ranked #150, Melissa ISD ranked #433, and McKinney ISD ranked #461.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.niche.com/k12/search/best-school-districts/t/mckinney-collin-tx/|title=2023 Best School Districts in McKinney}}</ref>

====Public high schools====
[[File:McKinney High Entrance.jpg|thumb|[[McKinney High School]]]]
For high school, the two thirds of the city's students are in McKinney ISD attend either [[McKinney High School]], [[McKinney North High School]] or [[McKinney Boyd High School]]. The remaining third of McKinney students attend [[Emerson High School (Texas)|Emerson High School]] (Frisco ISD), [[Heritage High School (Frisco, Texas)|Heritage High School]] (Frisco ISD), [[Independence High School (Frisco, Texas)|Independence High School]] (Frisco ISD), [[Rock Hill High School (Texas)|Rock Hill High School]] (Prosper ISD), Walnut Grove High School (Prosper ISD), [[Allen High School (Texas)|Allen High School]], [[Melissa High School]], [[Lovejoy High School (Texas)|Lovejoy High School]], or [[Celina High School (Texas)|Celina High School]].

In the 2023–2024 ''U.S. News & World Report'' rankings of 17,680 high schools nationwide, Lovejoy High School ranked #360, Independence High School ranked #687, Heritage High School ranked #837, McKinney North High School ranked #1,271, McKinney Boyd High School ranked #1,432, Allen High School ranked #1,704, Rock Hill High School ranked #2,563, McKinney High School ranked #2,629, Celina High School ranked #4,713, Melissa High School ranked #10,372, while Emerson High School and Walnut Grove High School were unranked due to being new schools.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.usnews.com/education/best-high-schools/search?state-urlname=texas|title=U.S. News Best High Schools}}</ref>

===Public charter schools===
Imagine International Academy of North Texas is a no-tuition open-enrollment public charter school for grades K–12 in McKinney. It is open to students in any school district that serves McKinney residents. It is state-funded, independently run, and not part of any school district.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dallasnews.com/news/mckinney/2014/08/22/mckinney-charter-school-opens-academic-year-as-international-baccalaureate-world-school|title=McKinney charter school opens academic year as International Baccalaureate World School|date=August 22, 2014}}</ref>

===Private schools===
There are two private schools in the city that serve all grades from K–12, McKinney Christian Academy and Cornerstone Christian Academy. Both schools are associated with [[non-denominational Christianity]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=About Us |url=https://www.mckinneychristian.org/about_us |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=www.mckinneychristian.org |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=About |url=https://ccawarriors.org/about/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Cornerstone Christian Academy in McKinney, Texas |language=en-US}}</ref>