LANCASTER MIDDLE

LANCASTER MIDDLE is one of the reasonably sized middle-grades schools in LANCASTER, Texas, overseen by LANCASTER ISD, with 908 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so LANCASTER MIDDLE sits 41% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 10 schools in LANCASTER ISD (6,822 students total), LANCASTER MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, LANCASTER MIDDLE records that 72% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix visibly more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LANCASTER MIDDLE has 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.0:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 85% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LANCASTER MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 25.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Dallas County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. LANCASTER MIDDLE is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

Nearest neighbor: G W CARVER 6TH GRADE STEM LEARNING CENTER, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LANCASTER MIDDLE comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a bedroom-community area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LANCASTER MIDDLE has contracted 10%, going from 1,007 students in 2018 to 908 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 19% to 25%. Class-load math has narrowed: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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