McAllen Independent School District - Excellence in Education

Only a small percentage of schools in Texas earned it but 29 schools in McAllen ISD have received the CREST (Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas) award for the...

Congratulations to the McAllen ISD Counselors of the Year for 2024! Aimee Nunez of Lamar Academy (Secondary school winner) and Celeste Martinez of Castaneda Elementary (Elementary...

Catherine Bynum, a choir performer from McAllen High School, was named to the 2024 All-State choir. She is one of 16 students from McAllen ISD to earn All-State in music (band, ch...

From City of McAllen It’s that time of the year: spring has sprung and Keep McAllen Beautiful (KMB) is spring-cleaning the city through their annual Great American Clean-Up & D...

Only a small percentage of schools in Texas earned it but 29 schools in McAllen ISD have received the CREST (Counselors Reinforcing Excellence for Students in Texas) award for the...

Twin brothers Gabriel (left) and Michael Banda, choir singers from Rowe High School, were named to the 2024 All-State choir. They are two of 16 students from McAllen ISD to earn A...

Congratulations to McAllen High's Max Alvarez who signed February 7, 2024 to play football for the University of Texas A&M-Kingsville. He is the latest McAllen ISD student-athlet...

Special from Avery Arizola, Region One Education Service Center McAllen ISD Mock Trial teams dominated the Region One Annual Mock Trial Competition for a third consecutive year,...

Michelle Cavazos, a third-grade dual language teacher at Sanchez Elementary, was surprised in her classroom with news she was a state finalist for the Rising Star category in the ...

Alexis Aguilar, a French horn player from Memorial High, was named to the 2024 All-State band. He is one of 16 students from McAllen ISD to earn All-State in music (band, choir, o...

The Rio Grande Valley Sports Hall of Fame has selected a coach and former athlete with McAllen ISD connections for induction. Coach Magda Canales, winner of nearly 500 matches ...

McAllen ISD’s Achieve Early College High is ranked seventh in the state of Texas in rankings released this month by Children at Risk – an advocacy organization for children’s educ...

McAllen ISD is set to welcome all four-year-old children to Pre-Kindergarten next year. Pre-Kinder is the way to establish a solid foundation to a child’s education, and now all c...

McAllen ISD students had a whopping 16 students earn All-State honors in four music programs this year. This includes 12 students in choir, two in band and one each in orchestr...

Congratulations to McAllen High seniors Jesus Lopez-Sanchez and Antawn Namuag who both signed to join the US military after graduation on Dec. 14, 2023. Lopez-Sanchez (top) signed...

McAllen ISD staff are getting a raise. On Monday, the McAllen ISD School Board voted to use additional monies generated from a recently passed Voter Approved Tax Rate Election ...

Celebrating the Bright Minds of McAllen ISD! 🚀 Huge thanks to all the elementary students who brought their curiosity and innovation to the Elementary Science Fair. Your enthusias...

The 2024-2025 transfer application is now open. Transfer applications should be submitted if you are new to the district and requesting a school you are not zoned for, or if you ...

One of the most decorated educators in the Rio Grande Valley is coming home. The McAllen ISD Board of Trustees officially approved Dr. Rene Gutierrez as the district’s new supe...

For the 20th time in 21 years, McAllen ISD has received the state’s highest mark by the Texas Education Agency’s School FIRST (Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas), earning...