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What's the one class at ARMANDO CHAPA MIDDLE every student should take?
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Enrollment
724
Middle
DISTRICT 894 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYS CISD·NCES 480001010804
Armando Chapa Middle School
3311 DACY LN, KYLE, TX 78640 · (512) 268-8500 · Hays County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL724 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
471 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 261 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 214 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 249 | 34% |
Student demographics
44%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 22.0% | 33.0% | 34.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 14.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Armando Chapa Middle School
Armando Chapa Middle School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Armando Chapa Middle School this school | 724 | 65.1% | 41.0% |
| Wood Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 641 | 67.4% | 31.9% |
| Howell Middle School VICTORIA | 716 | 66.3% | 33.2% |
| Alamo Junior High School MIDLAND | 786 | 64.1% | 28.8% |
| G W Harby Junior High School ALVIN | 781 | 66.6% | 43.2% |
| Grant Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 772 | 63.0% | 43.2% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Armando Chapa Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #889 of 1,635 | #7 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,221 of 1,670 ▼ 288 | #9 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #924 of 1,670 ▼ 112 | #9 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,085 of 1,570 | #11 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 724 | #701 of 1,749 | #10 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #710 of 1,542 | #2 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 43.9% | #1,043 of 1,543 | #8 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.1% | #833 of 1,648 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.2% | #623 of 942 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
724
+52 (+8%) vs 2020
+15% since 2010-11, when it was 629
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 724 | 50.3 | 14.4:1 | 65% (471) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 48.9 | 13.7:1 | 65% (437) |
| 2022-23 | 668 | 48.2 | 13.9:1 | 65% (435) |
| 2020-21 | 672 | 49 | 13.7:1 | 56% (377) |
| 2017-18 | 806 | 48.6 | 16.6:1 | 61% (489) |
| 2015-16 | 731 | 41 | 17.8:1 | 61% (445) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 41 | 15.3:1 | 58% (362) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Armando Chapa Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (806 to 724); teachers up 3% (48.6 to 50.3).
About Armando Chapa Middle School
The public middle-grades school Armando Chapa Middle School is located in KYLE, Texas. It offers grades 6 through 8 and has 724 students enrolled.
Armando Chapa Middle School is one of 27 schools in HAYS CISD, which enrolls 24,330 students in total.
About 73% of the student body at Armando Chapa Middle School is Hispanic. Other students are 18% White, 6% Black, and 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hays County residents are about 39% Hispanic. A diversity index of 44% means there is a 44% chance two randomly chosen students at Armando Chapa Middle School are from different groups.
With 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, the student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.4:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Student poverty is often measured by lunch eligibility; at Armando Chapa Middle School, 65% qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Hays County average 46%.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Armando Chapa Middle School is 4.9 points below the average proficiency rate across its state test results predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 41.0% actual, 45.9% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Hays County is the school's county. There, the median household earns about $89,097 a year, roughly 43% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Hays County number 63, with about 46,946 students.
Armando Chapa Middle School's nearest public school is Science Hall Elementary School (about 0.5 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 44.4%; Armando Chapa Middle School's is 41.0%, ranking 6th of 9.
Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 8%.
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Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAYS CISD
- Moe and Gene Johnson High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Jack C Hays High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lehman High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Camino Real Elementary SchoolElementary · 962 students
- Uhland Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in KYLE
- Lehman High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Valor KyleCombined · 907 students
- D J Red Simon Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- Laura B Negley Elementary SchoolElementary · 845 students
- Laura B Wallace Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Tobias Elementary SchoolElementary · 736 students
Nearby schools
- Science Hall Elementary School0.5 mi · 667
- Ralph Pfluger Elementary School1.4 mi · 779
- Valor Kyle1.6 mi · 907
- Lehman High School2.0 mi · 2,128
- Susie Fuentes Elementary School2.1 mi · 726
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle School2.4 mi · 1,198
Frequently asked questions
About Armando Chapa Middle SchoolHow large is Armando Chapa Middle School?
Armando Chapa Middle School enrolls approximately 724 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Armando Chapa Middle School serve?
Armando Chapa Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Armando Chapa Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Armando Chapa Middle School is approximately 14.4:1 (50 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Armando Chapa Middle School?
At Armando Chapa Middle School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 73% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Armando Chapa Middle School in?
Armando Chapa Middle School is part of HAYS CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.