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GRADY BURNETT J H
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 GRADY BURNETT J H
GRADY BURNETT J H is a sizable intermediate school in WYLIE, Texas, run under WYLIE ISD. The school hosts 1,064 students in grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so GRADY BURNETT J H sits 65% above that benchmark.
GRADY BURNETT J H is one of 29 schools operated by WYLIE ISD, a district that educates 25,007 students overall.
In terms of who attends, GRADY BURNETT J H shows that 47% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder reads as 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 10% Asian, 5% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, GRADY BURNETT J H lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 28% of students at GRADY BURNETT J H qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GRADY BURNETT J H tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 61.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.5%.
In the broader community, Collin County reports that median household earnings sit near $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Collin County runs 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), of which GRADY BURNETT J H is one.
The closest other public school is ACHIEVE ACADEMY, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GRADY BURNETT J H. On composite proficiency, GRADY BURNETT J H comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 69.9%.
The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 38%: 772 students in 2018 compared to 1,064 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 55% to 47% over that span.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Collin County at a glance
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