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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
1,347
Middle
DISTRICT 991 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEANDER ISD·NCES 482703009439
Artie L Henry Middle School
100 N VISTA RDG BLVD, CEDAR PARK, TX 78613 · (512) 570-3400 · Williamson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL1,347 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 77% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
94 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
17%
226 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 401 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 447 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 499 | 37% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
77.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 53.0% | 24.0% | 13.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 32.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 77.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 50.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 36.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
61.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Artie L Henry Middle School
Artie L Henry Middle School's state test result (61.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Artie L Henry Middle School this school | 1,347 | 16.8% | 61.5% |
| Santa Rita Middle School LIBERTY HILL | 1,230 | 15.4% | 56.0% |
| Jerry & Linda Moore Middle School CELINA | 1,219 | 16.4% | 57.1% |
| Knox Wiley Middle School LEANDER | 916 | 17.8% | 53.5% |
| Kealing Middle School AUSTIN | 1,196 | 24.7% | 72.2% |
| STEM Academy at Forestwood Middle School FLOWER MOUND | 894 | 15.2% | 68.9% |
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 Artie L Henry Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 61.5% | #216 of 1,635 | #8 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #221 of 1,670 ▲ 89 | #11 of 31 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #155 of 1,670 ▲ 74 | #6 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.0pp | #169 of 1,570 | #8 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,347 | #60 of 1,749 | #3 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #712 of 1,542 | #16 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #120 of 1,543 | #3 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.8% | #1,583 of 1,648 | #25 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.6% | #922 of 942 | #14 of 14 |
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
1,347
+22 (+2%) vs 2020
-1% since 2010-11, when it was 1,364
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 1,347 | 93.6 | 14.4:1 | 17% (226) |
| 2023-24 | 1,198 | 81.1 | 14.8:1 | 22% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 1,254 | 85.9 | 14.6:1 | 23% (292) |
| 2020-21 | 1,325 | 88 | 15.1:1 | 21% (278) |
| 2017-18 | 1,355 | 83.5 | 16.2:1 | 20% (269) |
| 2015-16 | 1,306 | 72 | 18.1:1 | 21% (275) |
| 2010-11 | 1,364 | 84 | 16.2:1 | 21% (280) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Artie L Henry Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (1,355 to 1,347); teachers up 12% (83.5 to 93.6).
About Artie L Henry Middle School
Artie L Henry Middle School is a public high-enrollment middle-grades school in CEDAR PARK, Texas. A total of 1,347 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students, so this school is 109% bigger than average.
In LEANDER ISD, 51 schools enroll a combined 42,680 students.
Enrollment at Artie L Henry Middle School is mixed, with White students the largest group at 40%. The rest of enrollment is 29% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 7% multiracial, and 4% Black. Census estimates put the White share of Williamson County's population at about 60%. Artie L Henry Middle School has a diversity index of 71%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The ratio of students to teachers is 14.4:1, with 93.6 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. Middle schools in Texas average about 14.4:1, a similar figure. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 17%. Among public schools in Williamson County, the average eligibility rate is 29%.
The allk12 Grade for Artie L Henry Middle School is A-. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 77% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Artie L Henry Middle School, the prediction is 66.5% and the result is 61.5%.
Census Bureau estimates for Williamson County show that median household income is about $111,340, roughly 48% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Artie L Henry Middle School is one of 208 public schools in Williamson County, which together enroll about 126,147 students.
The closest public school to Artie L Henry Middle School is Vista Ridge High School, about 0.4 miles away. Within five miles of Artie L Henry Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 61.5% is below the 67.3% average for nearby schools.
Artie L Henry Middle School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 1,325 to 1,347.
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Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEANDER ISD
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
Other schools in CEDAR PARK
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Cedar Park Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,365 students
- Running Brushy Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,120 students
- Basis Cedar Park Primary SchoolElementary · 859 students
- Ronald Reagan Elementary SchoolElementary · 800 students
Nearby schools
- Vista Ridge High School0.4 mi · 2,480
- Ronald Reagan Elementary School0.7 mi · 800
- Charlotte Cox Elementary School1.6 mi · 534
- Rutledge Elementary School1.7 mi · 853
- Patsy Sommer Elementary School2.5 mi · 817
- Officer Leonard A Reed Elementary School2.6 mi · 638
Frequently asked questions
About Artie L Henry Middle SchoolHow large is Artie L Henry Middle School?
Artie L Henry Middle School enrolls approximately 1,347 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Artie L Henry Middle School serve?
Artie L Henry Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Artie L Henry Middle School have?
Artie L Henry Middle School employs 94 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Artie L Henry Middle School?
Student demographics at Artie L Henry Middle School are roughly 40% White, 29% Hispanic, 4% Black, 20% Asian, 7% Two or more.
What district is Artie L Henry Middle School in?
Artie L Henry Middle School is part of LEANDER ISD.
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