Allen ISD’s enrollment is projected to continue declining over the next five years, according to a report from School District Strategies.

The big picture: Enrollment could decline between 1% and 2.3% in the next six years, according to School District Strategies’ projections. The projections come as a new snapshot confirmed that enrollment fell again in 2025.

During a Feb. 23 board of trustees meeting, Demographic Research Director Brent Alexander said enrollment has declined by 1,440 students since 2020. That’s about a 6.7% net decline, according to Alexander’s presentation. Enrollment has fallen each year since 2022. The enrollment snapshot was taken at the end of October 2025 that showed a total of 20,140 students enrolled at Allen ISD for the current school year, according to the presentation.

Quote of note: “The rate of decline over these last three years has accelerated, averaging about 2.6% over the last three years,” Alexander said.

Horror-themed toy store Elm Street Toys permanently closed its Allen store in late January, according to a company social media post.

A closer look: The business still sells toys at a booth at the North Dallas Antique Mall, which is located at 11722 Marsh Lane, Ste. 353, Dallas, per its website.

• 1206 E. Main St., Ste. 110, Allen

A new Texas Health hospital is set to bring at least 60 hospital beds to north McKinney.

The hospital campus is being developed by the faith-based nonprofit health system to serve the growing needs of North Texas, a Feb. 24 news release states. The facility is expected to open in 2028.

The specifics: The hospital campus is slated for a 51-acre site near the intersection of US 75 and Laud Howell Parkway in northeast McKinney, and will include both a hospital and a medical office building. The McKinney hospital will feature 60 beds when it opens, but officials plan to double the capacity in the future, the release states.

Quote of note: "This new facility will provide advanced medical care and emergency services to thousands of local families who deserve convenient, quality treatment close to home,” Texas Health CEO Barclay Berdan said in the release.

The University of North Texas is facing a roughly $45 million budget deficit for fiscal year 2025-26 after a drop in international graduate student enrollment and changes to the state funding formula, UNT president Harrison Keller said at a Feb. 19 board of regents meeting.

The gist: Changes to the funding formula in the last legislative session and a drop in international graduate student enrollment caused a state funding loss of about $32 million in instruction and operations funding for UNT.

The board of regents previously approved a $32 million deficit for FY 2025-26, but the international graduate student enrollment drop was higher than UNT officials expected, causing the funding loss to exceed the $32 million deficit the board approved, Keller said.

A budget report from Greg Anderson, the deputy chancellor for finance, shows international student enrollment has dropped from 6,200 students in fall 2024 to 3,400 students in fall 2025, giving the university a total deficit of about $45 million.

Renovations at local medical facilities are some of the new projects filed recently with the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation.

Here are five of the most expensive permits filed with TDLR for North Texas projects in the past week.

1. Parkhill Junior High and North Junior High at Richardson ISD

2. Alliance Embraer MRO

3. Garage and helipad for Medical City Fort Worth

4. Legacy ER and Urgent Care Frisco West

5. McIntyre Industrial Phase I buildings 1, 2 and 3