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LAWLER MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout LAWLER MIDDLE
LAWLER MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle school in FRISCO, Texas, part of FRISCO ISD. The school caters to 903 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% larger than the state mean of about 643.
FRISCO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 65,289 students; LAWLER MIDDLE is among them.
Looking at the student body, LAWLER MIDDLE shows that nearly all students (83%) are Asian. Beyond that, the school reports 9% White, 3% Black, 3% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, LAWLER MIDDLE has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting LAWLER MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 4% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
With demographic context factored in, LAWLER MIDDLE sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 72.1%; actual is 93.3%, +21.2 points clear of the demographic baseline.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Collin County put median household earnings sit near $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. LAWLER MIDDLE is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).
Nearest neighbor: CENTENNIAL H S, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, LAWLER MIDDLE comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 75.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.
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