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CROWNOVER MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 51 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 47 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CROWNOVER MIDDLE
CROWNOVER MIDDLE is an average-sized middle school in CORINTH, Texas, run under DENTON ISD. The school caters to 891 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 39% larger than typical.
Within DENTON ISD, which oversees 46 schools and 33,329 students, CROWNOVER MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, CROWNOVER MIDDLE logs that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 32% Hispanic, 9% Black, 7% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, CROWNOVER MIDDLE has 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.6:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 31% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CROWNOVER MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.9%.
In the surrounding community, Denton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. CROWNOVER MIDDLE is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).
The closest other public school is HAWK EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CROWNOVER MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a residential area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CROWNOVER MIDDLE has declined 4%, going from 927 students in 2018 to 891 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 60% to 48%.
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Denton County at a glance
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