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FOUR POINTS MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About FOUR POINTS MIDDLE
FOUR POINTS MIDDLE is a medium-sized middle-grades school in AUSTIN, Texas, one of the schools within LEANDER ISD. The school instructs 581 students in grades 6 through 8.
LEANDER ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 42,680 students. FOUR POINTS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, FOUR POINTS MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is White (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 29% Hispanic, 11% Black, 10% multiracial, 7% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 55% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, FOUR POINTS MIDDLE has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 27% of students at FOUR POINTS MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), FOUR POINTS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.1%, the actual is 62.1%, a residual of +0.1 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Travis County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,611 per year, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which FOUR POINTS MIDDLE is one.
The closest other public school is VANDEGRIFT H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FOUR POINTS MIDDLE comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 72.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.
Over the past 7-year window. FOUR POINTS MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 25% since 2018, when it stood at 773 (now 581). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 59% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.6:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
Travis County at a glance
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