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Enrollment
916
Middle
DISTRICT 991 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEANDER ISD·NCES 482703011369
Knox Wiley Middle School
1526 RAIDER WAY, LEANDER, TX 78641 · (512) 570-3600 · Williamson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL916 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
69 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
163 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 320 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 285 | 31% |
| Grade 8 | 311 | 34% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
75.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +54.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +41.0pp since 2020
What 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 54 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 41 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 45.0% | 30.0% | 16.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 31.0% | 25.0% | 17.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 75.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 54.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 17.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Knox Wiley Middle School
Knox Wiley Middle School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Knox Wiley Middle School this school | 916 | 17.8% | 53.5% |
| Santa Rita Middle School LIBERTY HILL | 1,230 | 15.4% | 56.0% |
| STEM Academy at Forestwood Middle School FLOWER MOUND | 894 | 15.2% | 68.9% |
| Jerry & Linda Moore Middle School CELINA | 1,219 | 16.4% | 57.1% |
| Artie L Henry Middle School CEDAR PARK | 1,347 | 16.8% | 61.5% |
| Kealing Middle School AUSTIN | 1,196 | 24.7% | 72.2% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Knox Wiley Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #398 of 1,635 | #14 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #343 of 1,670 ▲ 73 | #13 of 31 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 75.0% | #196 of 1,670 ▲ 34 | #11 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #533 of 1,570 | #18 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 916 | #379 of 1,749 | #14 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #407 of 1,542 | #8 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.8% | #127 of 1,543 | #4 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.8% | #1,574 of 1,648 | #23 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.5% | #616 of 942 | #9 of 14 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
916
+93 (+11%) vs 2020
-25% since 2010-11, when it was 1,219
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 13.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 916 | 69.1 | 13.3:1 | 18% (163) |
| 2023-24 | 789 | 58.5 | 13.5:1 | 19% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 783 | 59.7 | 13.1:1 | 21% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 823 | 60 | 13.7:1 | 23% (189) |
| 2017-18 | 1,023 | 69.7 | 14.7:1 | 30% (308) |
| 2015-16 | 951 | 64 | 14.9:1 | 25% (234) |
| 2010-11 | 1,219 | 80 | 15.2:1 | 23% (276) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Knox Wiley Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (1,023 to 916); teachers down 1% (69.7 to 69.1).
About Knox Wiley Middle School
In LEANDER, Texas, part of Williamson County, Knox Wiley Middle School is a middle school. A federal count lists 916 students at the school, in grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Texas) has about 643 students.
Knox Wiley Middle School is one school in a 51-school district, LEANDER ISD, which enrolls 42,680 students.
Knox Wiley Middle School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 42%. Other students are 26% Hispanic, 19% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 4% Black. By comparison, Williamson County residents are about 60% White. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 69.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. That is lower than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Eligible students account for 18% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Williamson County is 29%.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Knox Wiley Middle School's results are 12.6 points below predicted: 53.5% against 66.1%.
Census Bureau estimates for Williamson County show that the median household income is $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Knox Wiley Middle School is one of 208 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Knox Wiley Middle School is Rouse High School, about 0.3 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Knox Wiley Middle School is 5th of 8 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Fringe, meaning it is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Federal data show an 11% enrollment increase, from 823 in 2020-21 to 916 in 2024-25.
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Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEANDER ISD
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
Other schools in LEANDER
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Florence W Stiles Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,493 students
- Stacy Kaye Danielson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,182 students
- Leander Middle SchoolMiddle · 873 students
Nearby schools
- Rouse High School0.3 mi · 2,260
- Pleasant Hill Elementary School1.2 mi · 720
- Founders Classical Academy of Leander1.5 mi · 693
- Monta Jane Akin Elementary School1.6 mi · 872
- Florence W Stiles Middle School1.7 mi · 1,493
- Block House Creek Elementary School2.0 mi · 468
Frequently asked questions
About Knox Wiley Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Knox Wiley Middle School?
Knox Wiley Middle School enrolls approximately 916 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Knox Wiley Middle School serve?
Knox Wiley Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Knox Wiley Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Knox Wiley Middle School is approximately 13.3:1 (69 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Knox Wiley Middle School?
At Knox Wiley Middle School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 26% Hispanic, 4% Black, 19% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is Knox Wiley Middle School in?
Knox Wiley Middle School is part of LEANDER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.