STEM ACADEMY AT GRIFFIN MIDDLE

As a reasonably sized 6-8 campus in THE COLONY, Texas, STEM ACADEMY AT GRIFFIN MIDDLE hosts 697 students from grades 6 through 8, part of LEWISVILLE ISD.

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

Demographically, STEM ACADEMY AT GRIFFIN MIDDLE records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 25% White, 18% Black, 8% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 53% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, STEM ACADEMY AT GRIFFIN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of -10.4 points.

In the broader community, Denton County reports that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), STEM ACADEMY AT GRIFFIN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: PETERS COLONY EL, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STEM ACADEMY AT GRIFFIN MIDDLE at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Looking at the recent track record. STEM ACADEMY AT GRIFFIN MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 805 (now 697). The White share of enrollment shrank from 42% to 25% over that span.

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