KILLIAN MIDDLE

KILLIAN MIDDLE, a big 6-8 campus in LEWISVILLE, Texas, operated by LEWISVILLE ISD, hosts 997 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 55% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

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

On the student-mix side, KILLIAN MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Asian at 35%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 24% White, 23% Hispanic, 11% Black, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

On the resource side, On paper, KILLIAN MIDDLE has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 25% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Denton County's rate of about 35%.

After controlling for student poverty, KILLIAN MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.8%; this one delivers 66.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Denton County reports that median household income runs about $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), KILLIAN MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

INDEPENDENCE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KILLIAN MIDDLE comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. KILLIAN MIDDLE's enrollment has edged up 5% since 2018, when it stood at 947 (now 997). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 31% to 24%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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