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Enrollment
967
Middle
DISTRICT 856 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001011484
Fowler Middle School
3801 MCDERMOTT RD, PLANO, TX 75025 · (469) 633-5050 · Collin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL967 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
62 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
6%
62 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 316 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 290 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 361 | 37% |
Student demographics
45%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
90.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
88.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 90 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 88 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 73.0% | 17.0% | 6.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 70.0% | 18.0% | 7.0% | 5.0% |
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 | 90.0% | 88.0% |
| 2024-25 | 91.0% | 92.0% |
| 2023-24 | 91.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 89.0% | 88.0% |
| 2021-22 | 80.0% | 86.0% |
| 2020-21 | 55.0% | 76.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
89.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
71.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+18.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 89% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 71% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 18 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Fowler Middle School
Fowler Middle School's state test result (89.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fowler Middle School this school | 967 | 6.4% | 89.2% |
| Nelson Middle School FRISCO | 1,094 | 4.8% | 87.5% |
| Rice Middle School PLANO | 872 | 10.7% | 84.3% |
| Fort Settlement Middle School SUGAR LAND | 1,504 | 12.1% | 87.6% |
| Lawler Middle School FRISCO | 903 | 4.1% | 92.5% |
| Uplift North Hills Prep Middle School IRVING | 502 | 14.9% | 80.0% |
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 Fowler Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 89.2% | #5 of 1,635 | #2 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #15 of 1,670 ▼ 7 | #3 of 57 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 90.0% | #18 of 1,670 ▼ 3 | #4 of 57 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +0.5pp | #1,317 of 1,570 | #49 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 967 | #313 of 1,749 | #21 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.7:1 | #1,031 of 1,542 | #35 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #1,031 of 1,543 | #56 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 6.4% | #1,639 of 1,648 | #48 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.2% | #481 of 942 | #15 of 29 |
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
967
-35 (-3%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 1,076
Student : Teacher
15.7:1
was 16.7:1
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 | 967 | 61.7 | 15.7:1 | 6% (62) |
| 2023-24 | 978 | 66.4 | 14.7:1 | 9% (86) |
| 2022-23 | 1,034 | 67.8 | 15.2:1 | 9% (90) |
| 2020-21 | 1,002 | 60 | 16.7:1 | 8% (79) |
| 2017-18 | 1,141 | 73.5 | 15.5:1 | 7% (81) |
| 2015-16 | 1,058 | 72 | 14.7:1 | 6% (64) |
| 2010-11 | 1,076 | 74 | 14.5:1 | 11% (115) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fowler Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,141 to 967); teachers down 16% (73.5 to 61.7).
About Fowler Middle School
Fowler Middle School is a large middle school serving families in PLANO, Texas. Enrollment stands at 967 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That is 50% above the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
Enrollment across the 76 schools in FRISCO ISD totals 65,289 students.
Asian students are 73% of those enrolled at Fowler Middle School. Next come 14% White, 6% Black, and 5% Hispanic. That compares with about 19% Asian among all Collin County residents. A diversity index of 45% means there is a 45% chance two randomly chosen students at Fowler Middle School are from different groups.
There are about 15.7 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Fowler Middle School, which has 61.7. Middle schools in Texas have an average ratio of 14.4:1. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 6%. On average, public schools in Collin County report 30%.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Fowler Middle School does better than predicted by 18.3 points. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 89.2%; the prediction is 71.0%.
In Collin County, the median household earns about $121,600 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Collin County, 338 public schools serve about 227,575 students.
Wyatt Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 79.3%; Fowler Middle School's is 89.2%, ranking 1st of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Large. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 967, compared with 1,002 in 2020-21. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (15.7:1) than in 2020-21 (16.7:1).
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FRISCO ISD
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,996 students
Other schools in PLANO
- Plano East Sr High SchoolHigh · 3,033 students
- Plano West Senior High SchoolHigh · 2,559 students
- Plano Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,267 students
- Shepton High SchoolHigh · 1,360 students
- Jasper High SchoolHigh · 1,301 students
- Renner Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,137 students
Nearby schools
- Wyatt Elementary School0.2 mi · 318
- Borchardt Elementary School0.5 mi · 666
- Rice Middle School0.7 mi · 872
- Taylor Elementary School0.8 mi · 744
- Skaggs Elementary School0.9 mi · 356
- Anderson Elementary School1.2 mi · 748
Frequently asked questions
About Fowler Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fowler Middle School?
Fowler Middle School enrolls approximately 967 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Fowler Middle School serve?
Fowler Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Fowler Middle School?
Approximately 15.7:1 students per teacher at Fowler Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Fowler Middle School?
Student demographics at Fowler Middle School are roughly 14% White, 5% Hispanic, 6% Black, 73% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Fowler Middle School?
Fowler Middle School is overseen by FRISCO ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.