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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at B MCDANIEL INT this year?
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Enrollment
708
Middle
DISTRICT 721 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENISON ISD·NCES 481671013045
B McDaniel Intermediate School
400 LILLIS LN, DENISON, TX 75020 · (903) 462-7200 · Grayson County
GRADES 05–06MIDDLE13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL708 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
430 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 5 | 371 | 52% |
| Grade 6 | 337 | 48% |
Student demographics
64%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
B McDaniel Intermediate School→Henry Scott Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within DENISON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 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 17 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 32.0% |
| 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 | 46.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 43.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 46.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
44.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 B McDaniel Intermediate School
B McDaniel Intermediate School's state test result (44.9% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| B McDaniel Intermediate School this school | 708 | 60.7% | 44.9% |
| West Brazos Junior High School BRAZORIA | 651 | 62.5% | 40.9% |
| Livingston Junior High School LIVINGSTON | 901 | 57.8% | 38.5% |
| Henry Scott Middle School DENISON | 733 | 54.4% | 39.1% |
| Sulphur Springs Middle School SULPHUR SPRINGS | 961 | 63.2% | 44.2% |
| Burnet Middle School BURNET | 711 | 57.5% | 36.8% |
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 B McDaniel Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.9% | #704 of 1,635 | #9 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,242 of 1,670 ▼ 492 | #13 of 14 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,216 of 1,670 ▼ 391 | #12 of 14 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.0pp | #1,294 of 1,570 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 708 | #733 of 1,749 | #4 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #155 of 1,542 | #2 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.7% | #382 of 1,543 | #2 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 60.7% | #925 of 1,648 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +4.7% | #337 of 437 | 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
708
+10 (+1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.7:1
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 | 708 | 59.3 | 11.9:1 | 61% (430) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 55.3 | 12.6:1 | 66% (459) |
| 2022-23 | 703 | 53.8 | 13.1:1 | 54% (381) |
| 2020-21 | 698 | 55 | 12.7:1 | 65% (452) |
| 2017-18 | 676 | 52.4 | 12.9:1 | 68% (460) |
| 2015-16 | 674 | 49 | 13.8:1 | 63% (426) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for B McDaniel Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (676 to 708); teachers up 13% (52.4 to 59.3).
About B McDaniel Intermediate School
B McDaniel Intermediate School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in DENISON, Texas. Grades offered run from 5 through 6, with 708 students enrolled.
B McDaniel Intermediate School is one school in a 10-school district, DENISON ISD, which enrolls 4,977 students.
By race and ethnicity, B McDaniel Intermediate School is 53% White. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 11% multiracial, and 9% Black. That compares with about 76% White among all Grayson County residents. B McDaniel Intermediate School has a diversity index of 64%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Federal data list 59.3 full-time-equivalent teachers at B McDaniel Intermediate School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 11.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, higher than at this school. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 61%. It compares with 53% for public schools in Grayson County.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, B McDaniel Intermediate School would score about 47.8%. It scores 44.9%, 2.9 points below that figure.
In the county around the school, Grayson County, median household income is about $72,182, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. A total of 68 public schools operate in Grayson County, serving about 25,915 students.
The school nearest to B McDaniel Intermediate School is Mayes Elementary School, at a distance of about 0.2 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, B McDaniel Intermediate School is 4th among 8 schools close by.
In the federal locale system, B McDaniel Intermediate School is coded City: Small, for schools inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 708, close to the 698 recorded in 2020-21.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Grayson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,337
Census ACS
Median income
$72,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
25,915 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DENISON ISD
- Denison High SchoolHigh · 1,351 students
- Henry Scott Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Mayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Hyde Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Terrell Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Lamar Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
Other schools in DENISON
- Denison High SchoolHigh · 1,351 students
- Henry Scott Middle SchoolMiddle · 733 students
- Mayes Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- Hyde Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 502 students
- Terrell Elementary SchoolElementary · 432 students
- Lamar Elementary SchoolElementary · 425 students
Nearby schools
- Mayes Elementary School0.2 mi · 508
- Hyde Park Elementary School1.0 mi · 502
- Houston Elementary School1.7 mi · 255
- Henry Scott Middle School2.4 mi · 733
- Pathways High School2.4 mi · 62
- Terrell Elementary School2.6 mi · 432
Frequently asked questions
About B McDaniel Intermediate SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at B McDaniel Intermediate School?
B McDaniel Intermediate School enrolls approximately 708 students in grades 05-06.
Is B McDaniel Intermediate School an elementary, middle, or high school?
B McDaniel Intermediate School is a middle school covering grades 05-06.
How many teachers does B McDaniel Intermediate School have?
B McDaniel Intermediate School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
What is the student diversity at B McDaniel Intermediate School?
Student demographics at B McDaniel Intermediate School are roughly 53% White, 26% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 11% Two or more.
What district is B McDaniel Intermediate School in?
B McDaniel Intermediate School is part of DENISON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.