KNOX WILEY MIDDLE

Located at 1526 RAIDER WAY, in LEANDER, Texas, KNOX WILEY MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle-grades school that educates 916 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by LEANDER ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so KNOX WILEY MIDDLE sits 42% bigger than that benchmark.

LEANDER ISD runs 51 schools in total, collectively educating 42,680 students. KNOX WILEY MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, KNOX WILEY MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 8% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, KNOX WILEY MIDDLE has 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting KNOX WILEY MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 18% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Williamson County's rate of about 29%.

With demographic context factored in, KNOX WILEY MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 66.1%; this one comes in at 49.4%, -16.7 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Williamson County reports that median household income runs about $111,340, roughly 48% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), KNOX WILEY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is ROUSE H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KNOX WILEY MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 61.2%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 10%: 1,023 students in 2018 compared to 916 in 2025. The Asian share of enrollment increased from 2% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

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