Melissa Isd

8 campuses · Collin County

Melissa Isd enrolled 1,980 students across 8 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 97.9% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Melissa Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24+5.7 vs TX
Melissa Isd 95.5%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24+18.2 vs TX
Melissa Isd 93.3%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22+17.9 vs TX
Melissa Isd 62.5%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24-13.9 vs TX
Melissa Isd 67.2%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24+29.4 vs TX
Melissa Isd 43.9%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25+14.4 vs TX
Melissa Isd 40.4%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+7.6 vs TX
Melissa Isd 62.7%Texas 55.1%

20 of 61 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

60708090100201220152018202120249690

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

20406080100201720192021202320249375

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

2040608010020162018202020226345

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

20406080100201220152018202120248167

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

020406080201220152018202120244415

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

20406080201720192022202420254026

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

20406080201420172020202320246355

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

020406020122015201820212024170

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202497.9%95.5%98.4%98.1%97.3%
College/career/military ready202494.7%93.3%96.8%94.3%93%
Algebra I proficiency202552.5%40.4%47.3%57.6%40.2%
Biology proficiency202583.4%71.6%80%85.5%73.8%
English II proficiency202578.8%66.3%78.4%80.4%60.5%
Grade 3 math202368.2%65.6%52.6%73.4%57.3%
Grade 4 math202367.3%58.7%61.3%70.6%55.1%
Grade 5 math202369.3%67.4%53.2%75.5%48.8%
Grade 6 math202362.9%44.4%55.7%67%48.4%
Grade 7 math202358.6%42.2%48.4%66.9%58.2%
Grade 8 math202377.2%75%68.4%80.5%62.2%
Grade 3 reading202372.2%73.4%60.5%75.9%56.3%
Grade 4 reading202368.6%61.9%57.3%74.5%55.1%
Grade 5 reading202378.2%69.6%68.4%82.3%61.3%
Grade 6 reading202381.4%69.1%76.4%83%63.6%
Grade 7 reading202375.3%62.5%66.7%79%66.1%
Grade 8 reading202378.2%69.2%69.7%84.3%54.2%
Advanced course completion202472%62.7%76.7%72.4%63.2%
Took an AP/IB course20243.7%8.2%1.6%2.8%1.4%
Took an AP/IB exam20240%0%0%0%0%
Passed an AP/IB exam201527.4%0%28.6%14.3%

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