The Texas Education Agency maintains accountability in Texas schools by annually reviewing school districts and individual schools based on test scores and high school completion rates. Within Collin county, the Allen, Celina, Frisco, Lovejoy, Melissa and Prosper districts were given the highest possible rating of "exemplary" by the TEA in 2010. The Anna, Blueridge, Community, Farmersville, McKinney, Plano, Princeton and Wylie districts were given the next best "recognized" rating.
There are hundreds of public middle schools in Collin County; students are assigned to schools according to the student's residential address in relation to the school's zoning district.The middle schools with the lowest student-to-teacher ratio are Blue Ridge Middle School of the Blue Ridge ISD, Staley and Wester Middle Schools of Frisco ISD, and Prosper Middle School of Prosper ISD. The largest middle schools are Frankford Middle School of Dallas ISD, Griffin and Roach Middle Schools of Frisco ISD and Murphy Middle School of Murphy ISD.
Private schools in Collin County serving the middle school age group provide families with several alternatives to public school. All of the private schools in Collin County incorporate Christian theology into the curriculum except for the non-religious Montessori School Of North Dallas which seeks to educate K-12 students in a comfortable, home-like environment. Most Christian academies in Collin County educate at the K-12 levels, drawing influence from Baptist, Protestant and Lutheran theologies.
There are 17 special needs schools that offer middle school grades in Collin County. Whether non-religious, Christian or Jewish faith-based, these schools seek to educate students with a wide variety of disabilities and special needs including dyslexia, attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, autism or blindness. Special needs options in public schools vary by school district; some offer full classroom integration while other districts offer separate facilities.