As of the 2024-2025 school year, McKinney North's curriculum offers 30 Advanced Placement(AP) classes.

In addition, classes in the visual and performing arts, computer science, and foreign languages are offered as well.

The McKinney North Tennis Team has won 8 district titles and 11 total playoff appearances.

The McKinney North Bulldogs compete in the following sports:[7] In 2006, a group of cheerleaders from McKinney North High School, one of whom was Karrissa Theret, daughter of the then-school principal, Linda Theret, became notorious for truancy, rudeness in class, violations of the school's dress code and other acts of misconduct.

In December 2006, the District Board hired a Dallas attorney, Harry Jones, to investigate the issue.

Then-Principal Theret was placed on paid administrative leave and later retired, and the superintendent has said she would not return to the school or any other campus.