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How has LAWLER MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
903
Middle
DISTRICT 856 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001013472
LAWLER MIDDLE
12921 ROLATER RD, FRISCO, TX 75035 · (469) 633-4150 · Collin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL903 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
4%
37 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
96.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
95.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 96 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 95 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
93.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
72.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+21.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 93% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 72% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About 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.
On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FRISCO ISD
- WAKELAND H SHigh · 2,230 students
- REEDY H SHigh · 2,201 students
- LEBANON TRAIL H SHigh · 2,173 students
- CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,018 students
- LONE STAR H SHigh · 2,004 students
- HERITAGE H SHigh · 1,996 students
Other schools in FRISCO
- ROCK HILL H SHigh · 2,442 students
- WAKELAND H SHigh · 2,230 students
- REEDY H SHigh · 2,201 students
- LEBANON TRAIL H SHigh · 2,173 students
- CENTENNIAL H SHigh · 2,018 students
- LONE STAR H SHigh · 2,004 students
Nearby schools
- CENTENNIAL H S0.2 mi · 2,018
- WESTER MIDDLE0.5 mi · 918
- TALLEY EL0.7 mi · 616
- GUNSTREAM EL0.7 mi · 725
- MCSPEDDEN EL0.8 mi · 773
- CURTSINGER EL0.9 mi · 623
Frequently asked questions
About LAWLER MIDDLEHow many students attend LAWLER MIDDLE?
LAWLER MIDDLE enrolls approximately 903 students in grades 06-08.
Is LAWLER MIDDLE an elementary, middle, or high school?
LAWLER MIDDLE is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at LAWLER MIDDLE?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at LAWLER MIDDLE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at LAWLER MIDDLE?
At LAWLER MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 9% White, 3% Hispanic, 3% Black, 83% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is LAWLER MIDDLE in?
LAWLER MIDDLE is part of FRISCO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.