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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the LAURA B WALLACE MIDDLE administration to hear?
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Enrollment
831
Middle
DISTRICT 894 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HAYS CISD·NCES 480001008837
Laura B Wallace Middle School
1500 W CENTER ST, KYLE, TX 78640 · (512) 268-2891 · Hays County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL831 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
391 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 270 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 276 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 285 | 34% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 50% · 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
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 28.0% | 23.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 26.0% | 29.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 55.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 60.0% | 39.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 26.0% |
% 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
44.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Laura B Wallace Middle School
Laura B Wallace Middle School's state test result (44.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Laura B Wallace Middle School this school | 831 | 47.1% | 44.0% |
| Stevenson Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 779 | 44.9% | 46.0% |
| Calallen Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 858 | 48.1% | 52.0% |
| San Jacinto Junior High School MIDLAND | 744 | 47.3% | 45.0% |
| Harris Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 903 | 47.3% | 43.9% |
| Medina Valley Loma Alta Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,046 | 48.9% | 52.8% |
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 Laura B Wallace Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hays County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #747 of 1,635 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #885 of 1,670 ▼ 39 | #6 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #766 of 1,670 ▼ 117 | #8 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #491 of 1,570 | #6 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 831 | #508 of 1,749 | #8 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,096 of 1,542 | #8 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.4% | #945 of 1,543 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 47.1% | #1,202 of 1,648 | #6 of 9 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +3.7% | #351 of 437 | #7 of 9 |
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
831
+51 (+7%) vs 2020
+45% since 2000-01, when it was 574
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 831 | 52.1 | 15.9:1 | 47% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 785 | 52.9 | 14.8:1 | 54% (423) |
| 2022-23 | 789 | 53.5 | 14.8:1 | 53% (421) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 49 | 15.9:1 | 47% (366) |
| 2017-18 | 801 | 49.6 | 16.2:1 | 52% (420) |
| 2015-16 | 950 | 53 | 17.9:1 | 55% (519) |
| 2010-11 | 768 | 48 | 16.0:1 | 54% (412) |
| 2000-01 | 574 | 37 | 15.5:1 | 42% (240) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Laura B Wallace Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 4% (801 to 831); teachers up 5% (49.6 to 52.1).
About Laura B Wallace Middle School
Laura B Wallace Middle School is a medium-sized middle school based in KYLE, Texas. A total of 831 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 29% higher.
Across its 27 schools, HAYS CISD enrolls 24,330 students. Laura B Wallace Middle School is one of those schools.
Hispanic students account for 68% of enrollment at Laura B Wallace Middle School. Enrollment also includes 24% White, 4% multiracial, and 4% Black. The school's Hispanic share is 28 points above the 39% share among Hays County residents. By the diversity index, Laura B Wallace Middle School comes in at 48%.
With 52.1 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Laura B Wallace Middle School was 15.9:1. Among middle schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 14.4:1. Laura B Wallace Middle School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 47%. That is close to the 46% average for public schools in Hays County.
The allk12 BeatsExpectations score for Laura B Wallace Middle School is -9.6 points: 44.0% actual, 53.6% predicted.
Among Hays County residents, median household income is about $89,097, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 43%, and about 6% of people live in poverty. Laura B Wallace Middle School is one of 63 public schools in Hays County, which together enroll about 46,946 students.
Kyle Elementary School is the public school closest to Laura B Wallace Middle School, about 0.7 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. Compared with its nearest neighbors, Laura B Wallace Middle School ranks 6th of 9 on average proficiency.
NCES assigns Laura B Wallace Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 831 was 7% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 780.
Discussions about Laura B Wallace Middle School may include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Hays County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
268,638
Census ACS
Median income
$89,097
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
43%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
63
46,946 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HAYS CISD
- Moe and Gene Johnson High SchoolHigh · 2,870 students
- Jack C Hays High SchoolHigh · 2,304 students
- Lehman High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Dr T C McCormick Jr Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,198 students
- Camino Real Elementary SchoolElementary · 962 students
- Uhland Elementary SchoolElementary · 919 students
Other schools in KYLE
- Lehman High SchoolHigh · 2,128 students
- Valor KyleCombined · 907 students
- D J Red Simon Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- Laura B Negley Elementary SchoolElementary · 845 students
- Tobias Elementary SchoolElementary · 736 students
- Susie Fuentes Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
Nearby schools
- Kyle Elementary School0.7 mi · 633
- Laura B Negley Elementary School1.4 mi · 845
- IDEA Kyle Academy1.6 mi · 637
- IDEA Kyle College Preparatory1.6 mi · 681
- Susie Fuentes Elementary School1.9 mi · 726
- Tobias Elementary School2.1 mi · 736
Frequently asked questions
About Laura B Wallace Middle SchoolHow large is Laura B Wallace Middle School?
Laura B Wallace Middle School enrolls approximately 831 students in grades 06-08.
Is Laura B Wallace Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Laura B Wallace Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Laura B Wallace Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Laura B Wallace Middle School is approximately 15.9:1 (52 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Laura B Wallace Middle School?
Laura B Wallace Middle School reports a student body of 24% White, 68% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Laura B Wallace Middle School public or private?
Laura B Wallace Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HAYS CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.