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Lanny Frasier Middle School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 291 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 327 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 341 | 36% |
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 25.0% | 27.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 34.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 39.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 37.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
Where Lanny Frasier Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.6% | #911 of 1,635 | #36 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #970 of 1,670 | #63 of 123 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #957 of 1,670 | #42 of 123 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -2.0pp | #182 of 1,570 | #30 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 959 | #328 of 1,749 | #19 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.2:1 | #639 of 1,542 | #42 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 45.7% | #1,005 of 1,543 | #67 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.7% | #395 of 1,648 | #65 of 121 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 959 | 67.7 | 14.2:1 | 85% (812) |
| 2023-24 | 998 | 69.2 | 14.4:1 | 88% (876) |
| 2022-23 | 1,050 | 70.9 | 14.8:1 | 85% (896) |
| 2020-21 | 1,127 | 73 | 15.4:1 | 83% (939) |
About Lanny Frasier Middle School
Lanny Frasier Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in MESQUITE, Texas, one of the schools in MESQUITE ISD. The school reports 959 students in grades 6 through 8. The typical figure for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students.
Lanny Frasier Middle School is among 51 schools run by MESQUITE ISD, which serves 37,930 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Lanny Frasier Middle School, with 71% of enrollment. It is also 17% Black and 8% White. Dallas County's residents are about 41% Hispanic, 30 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 46% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at Lanny Frasier Middle School total 67.7 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.2:1. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Federal records put free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at 85%.
Lanny Frasier Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (40.6%) and its predicted rate (37.5%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Dallas County show that the median household income is $76,547, about 36% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Lanny Frasier Middle School is one of 771 public schools in the county.
The nearest other public school, West Mesquite High School, is about 0.2 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. On state test proficiency, Lanny Frasier Middle School ranks 3rd in a group of 9 nearby schools.
For locale, NCES codes Lanny Frasier Middle School as Suburb: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, the school had 168 fewer students in 2024-25. There were fewer students per teacher in 2024-25 (14.2:1) than in 2020-21 (15.4:1).
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