DELAY MIDDLE

As a moderately sized middle school in LEWISVILLE, Texas, DELAY MIDDLE instructs 598 students from grades 6 through 8, overseen by LEWISVILLE ISD.

Within LEWISVILLE ISD, which oversees 62 schools and 47,876 students, DELAY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, DELAY MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 80% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 11% Black, 6% White, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting DELAY MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Denton County's rate of about 35%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DELAY MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.1%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Denton County put median household earnings sit near $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which DELAY MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: STEM ACADEMY AT VALLEY RIDGE EL, around 1.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DELAY MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, DELAY MIDDLE comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 53.6%.

The school occupies a commuter-belt site.

Over the past 7-year window. DELAY MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 38% since 2018, when it stood at 967 (now 598). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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