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KELLY LANE MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 75 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 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 23 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 KELLY LANE MIDDLE
KELLY LANE MIDDLE is a junior high of mid-tier scale in PFLUGERVILLE, Texas, operated by PFLUGERVILLE ISD, works with 910 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 42% larger than the state mean of about 643.
PFLUGERVILLE ISD comprises 35 schools with combined enrollment of 25,477 students; KELLY LANE MIDDLE is among them.
In terms of who attends, KELLY LANE MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 36% Hispanic, 10% Black, 9% Asian, 7% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 55%.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 19% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Travis County's rate of about 54%.
After controlling for student poverty, KELLY LANE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.4%; this one delivers 63.7%.
In the surrounding community, Travis County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,611, about 57% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which KELLY LANE MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: HENDRICKSON H S, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KELLY LANE MIDDLE at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 54.6%.
The school occupies a commuter-belt site.
Trend over the last 7 years. KELLY LANE MIDDLE's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 1,078 (now 910).
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the KELLY LANE MIDDLE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Travis County at a glance
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