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Alumni: what's one memory from CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
718
Middle
DISTRICT 970 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROUND ROCK ISD·NCES 483808005803
Chisholm Trail Middle School
500 OAKRIDGE DR, ROUND ROCK, TX 78681 · (512) 428-2500 · Williamson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL718 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
33%
235 students
DISTRICT 34% · 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 | 252 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 253 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 213 | 30% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +50.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 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 50 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 29.0% | 18.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 40.0% | 25.0% | 22.0% | 13.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 65.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 62.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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 Chisholm Trail Middle School
Chisholm Trail Middle School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chisholm Trail Middle School this school | 718 | 32.7% | 55.3% |
| Pearland J H East PEARLAND | 801 | 35.5% | 60.1% |
| Alexander Middle School PEARLAND | 765 | 30.7% | 68.3% |
| Heritage Middle School LUBBOCK | 821 | 36.8% | 57.0% |
| Bailey Middle School AUSTIN | 785 | 34.1% | 47.0% |
| Parkhill Junior High School DALLAS | 650 | 32.3% | 53.6% |
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 Chisholm Trail Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #343 of 1,635 | #12 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #211 of 1,670 ▼ 7 | #10 of 31 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #384 of 1,670 ▲ 214 | #15 of 31 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +31.0pp | #68 of 1,570 | #5 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 718 | #713 of 1,749 | #23 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #678 of 1,542 | #15 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 64.7% | #350 of 1,543 | #19 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.7% | #1,421 of 1,648 | #15 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.6% | #241 of 942 | #1 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
718
-67 (-9%) vs 2020
-41% since 1990-91, when it was 1,214
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 12.5:1
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 | 718 | 50.3 | 14.3:1 | 33% (235) |
| 2023-24 | 703 | 55.9 | 12.6:1 | 38% (265) |
| 2022-23 | 688 | 53.1 | 13.0:1 | 35% (244) |
| 2020-21 | 785 | 63 | 12.5:1 | 32% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 952 | 67.2 | 14.2:1 | 35% (336) |
| 2015-16 | 1,045 | 71 | 14.7:1 | 37% (388) |
| 2010-11 | 1,062 | 68 | 15.6:1 | 34% (361) |
| 2000-01 | 1,000 | 71 | 14.1:1 | 19% (187) |
| 1990-91 | 1,214 | 65 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Chisholm Trail Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (952 to 718); teachers down 25% (67.2 to 50.3).
About Chisholm Trail Middle School
Chisholm Trail Middle School is a mid-sized middle school with its address in ROUND ROCK, Texas. The school covers grades 6 through 8 and reported 718 students in 2024-25.
ROUND ROCK ISD is the district for Chisholm Trail Middle School. It has 58 schools and 46,954 students.
The student body at Chisholm Trail Middle School has no majority group. Hispanic students lead at 43%. The next largest groups are 40% White, 7% Black, 6% Asian, and 4% multiracial. The school's Hispanic share is 18 points above the 25% share among Williamson County residents. A diversity index of 65% means there is a 65% chance two randomly chosen students at Chisholm Trail Middle School are from different groups.
Chisholm Trail Middle School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1, with 50.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is close to this figure. The school has 33% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
After adjusting for student poverty, Chisholm Trail Middle School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 55.3%; the prediction is 59.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for Williamson County show that median household income comes to about $111,340, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48%, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. Williamson County has 208 public schools with about 126,147 students, including Chisholm Trail Middle School.
Among nearby public schools, Deep Wood Elementary School is closest at about 0.4 miles. Chisholm Trail Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 49.4% proficiency; Chisholm Trail Middle School posts 55.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as City: Mid-size.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment fell from 785 to 718, a 9% decline. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 12.5:1 in 2020-21 to 14.3:1 in 2024-25.
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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 ROUND ROCK ISD
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Westwood High SchoolHigh · 2,858 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- McNeil High SchoolHigh · 2,660 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Cedar Valley Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,306 students
Other schools in ROUND ROCK
- Round Rock High SchoolHigh · 3,824 students
- Cedar Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,713 students
- Stony Point High SchoolHigh · 2,508 students
- Meridian World School LlcCombined · 1,745 students
- Ridgeview Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,249 students
- James Garland Walsh Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,208 students
Other Chisholm Trail Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 2 states are named Chisholm Trail Middle. Chisholm Trail Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Chisholm Trail Middle SchoolRHOME, TX · 878 students
- Chisholm Trail Middle SchoolOlathe, KS · 569 students
Nearby schools
- Deep Wood Elementary School0.4 mi · 360
- Round Rock High School0.5 mi · 3,824
- Rrisdpk3p0.7 mi · 40
- Bluebonnet Elementary School1.1 mi · 413
- Claude Berkman Elementary School1.2 mi · 470
- C D Fulkes Middle School1.4 mi · 604
Frequently asked questions
About Chisholm Trail Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Chisholm Trail Middle School?
Chisholm Trail Middle School enrolls approximately 718 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Chisholm Trail Middle School serve?
Chisholm Trail Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Chisholm Trail Middle School have?
Chisholm Trail Middle School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.3:1.
How diverse is Chisholm Trail Middle School?
Chisholm Trail Middle School reports a student body of 40% White, 43% Hispanic, 7% Black, 6% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Chisholm Trail Middle School public or private?
Chisholm Trail Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROUND ROCK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.