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ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 55 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE
ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of sizable scale in CEDAR PARK, Texas, part of LEANDER ISD, serveing 1,347 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE sits 109% above that benchmark.
LEANDER ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 42,680 students. ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE shows that the most-represented group is White (40%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 29% Hispanic, 20% Asian, 7% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Williamson County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE has 94 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 17% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Williamson County's rate of about 29%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.5%.
Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Williamson County indicate median household income runs about $111,340, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Williamson County runs 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), of which ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE is one.
The closest other public school is VISTA RIDGE H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ARTIE L HENRY MIDDLE at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 66.7%.
Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 1,355 students in 2018 compared to 1,347 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 55% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.
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