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Alumni: what's one memory from CANYON RIDGE MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
964
Middle
DISTRICT 991 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEANDER ISD·NCES 482703011110
Canyon Ridge Middle School
12601 COUNTRY TRAILS LN, AUSTIN, TX 78732 · (512) 570-3500 · Travis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL964 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 88% of Texas public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
14.9:1
65 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
42 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 | 296 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 322 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 346 | 36% |
Student demographics
61%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
85.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
77.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 58.0% | 27.0% | 11.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 43.0% | 34.0% | 16.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 85.0% | 77.0% |
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 79.0% |
| 2023-24 | 84.0% | 76.0% |
| 2022-23 | 75.0% | 77.0% |
| 2021-22 | 68.0% | 66.0% |
| 2020-21 | 65.0% | 64.0% |
% 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
78.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 78% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 72% 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 Canyon Ridge Middle School
Canyon Ridge Middle School's state test result (78.0% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Canyon Ridge Middle School this school | 964 | 4.4% | 78.0% |
| Memorial Middle School HOUSTON | 1,236 | 10.0% | 81.7% |
| Griffin Middle School FRISCO | 685 | 7.9% | 65.4% |
| Bear Creek Intermediate School KELLER | 904 | 9.1% | 74.3% |
| Keller Middle School KELLER | 894 | 7.7% | 68.6% |
| Sloan Creek Intermediate School FAIRVIEW | 612 | 3.8% | 76.0% |
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 Canyon Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #35 of 1,635 | #2 of 42 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #68 of 1,670 ▼ 14 | #6 of 48 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #65 of 1,670 ▼ 14 | #7 of 48 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #1,100 of 1,570 | #33 of 47 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 964 | #321 of 1,749 | #8 of 50 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #843 of 1,542 | #25 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.6% | #478 of 1,543 | #10 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 4.4% | #1,644 of 1,648 | #42 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.1% | #206 of 942 | #11 of 36 |
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
964
-214 (-18%) vs 2020
+11% since 2010-11, when it was 872
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 964 | 64.8 | 14.9:1 | 4% (42) |
| 2023-24 | 1,050 | 69.2 | 15.2:1 | 5% (56) |
| 2022-23 | 1,104 | 72.2 | 15.3:1 | 6% (62) |
| 2020-21 | 1,178 | 66 | 17.9:1 | 4% (45) |
| 2017-18 | 1,305 | 74.7 | 17.5:1 | 3% (38) |
| 2015-16 | 1,284 | 75 | 17.1:1 | 2% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 872 | 56 | 15.6:1 | 4% (32) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Canyon Ridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (1,305 to 964); teachers down 13% (74.7 to 64.8).
About Canyon Ridge Middle School
Canyon Ridge Middle School is a mid-sized middle-grades school in AUSTIN, Texas, administered by LEANDER ISD. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 964 students. Middle schools in Texas have about 643 students on average; enrollment here is 50% higher.
LEANDER ISD has 51 schools and 42,680 students, and Canyon Ridge Middle School is one of those schools.
The share of White students at Canyon Ridge Middle School is 58%, a majority. It is also 17% Asian, 14% Hispanic, and 9% multiracial. Census estimates put Travis County at about 55% White, close to the school's figure. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 61%.
A staff of 64.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.9:1. The ratio is within a point of the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 4%. That is 50 points below the 54% average for public schools in Travis County.
Among Texas public middle schools, Canyon Ridge Middle School outscored 88%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 71.8% for Canyon Ridge Middle School. The school posts 78.0%, 6.1 points above the prediction.
The school's county is Travis County. According to Census Bureau estimates, the median household earns about $99,611 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Public schools in Travis County number 333, with about 191,706 students.
The closest school to Canyon Ridge Middle School is Laura Welch Bush Elementary School, located about 0.2 miles away. Canyon Ridge Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Canyon Ridge Middle School ranks 3rd of 7 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 78.0% against a local average of 65.5%.
Canyon Ridge Middle School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Canyon Ridge Middle School enrolled 1,178 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 964. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 17.9:1 to 14.9:1.
Canyon Ridge Middle School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 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 AUSTIN
- Lake Travis High SchoolHigh · 3,569 students
- Bowie High SchoolHigh · 2,876 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Westlake High SchoolHigh · 2,854 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
Other Canyon Ridge Middle schools
One other US public school is named Canyon Ridge Middle. Canyon Ridge Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Canyon Ridge Middle SchoolKent, WA · 821 students
Nearby schools
- Laura Welch Bush Elementary School0.2 mi · 503
- Steiner Ranch Elementary School1.5 mi · 417
- River Ridge Elementary School1.5 mi · 370
- Lake Travis Elementary School2.5 mi · 737
- Hudson Bend Middle School2.6 mi · 806
- River Place Elementary School3.9 mi · 589
Frequently asked questions
About Canyon Ridge Middle SchoolHow large is Canyon Ridge Middle School?
Canyon Ridge Middle School enrolls approximately 964 students in grades 06-08.
Is Canyon Ridge Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Canyon Ridge Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Canyon Ridge Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Canyon Ridge Middle School is approximately 14.9:1 (65 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Canyon Ridge Middle School?
Student demographics at Canyon Ridge Middle School are roughly 58% White, 14% Hispanic, 2% Black, 17% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Canyon Ridge Middle School in?
Canyon Ridge Middle School is part of LEANDER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.