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Honest take: what's the hardest part about being a student at LEANDER MIDDLE?
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Enrollment
873
Middle
DISTRICT 991 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEANDER ISD·NCES 482703007496
Leander Middle School
410 S W ST, LEANDER, TX 78641 · (512) 570-3200 · Williamson County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL873 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 55% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
75 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
25%
222 students
DISTRICT 19% · 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 | 321 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 263 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 289 | 33% |
Student demographics
68%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 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 | 29.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 21.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 57.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
52.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
62.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Leander Middle School
Leander Middle School's state test result (52.0% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leander Middle School this school | 873 | 25.4% | 52.0% |
| Oakcrest Intermediate School CYPRESS | 815 | 30.8% | 74.5% |
| Bush Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 823 | 25.5% | 66.8% |
| Grand Lakes Junior High School TOMBALL | 1,015 | 30.0% | 68.9% |
| Lamar Middle School FLOWER MOUND | 716 | 24.0% | 59.1% |
| Kelly Lane Middle School PFLUGERVILLE | 910 | 19.3% | 64.1% |
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 Leander Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Williamson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #441 of 1,635 | #17 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #464 of 1,670 ▼ 119 | #16 of 31 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #740 of 1,670 ▼ 297 | #19 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.5pp | #340 of 1,570 | #12 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 873 | #446 of 1,749 | #17 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.6:1 | #113 of 1,542 | #4 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #237 of 1,543 | #12 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 25.4% | #1,506 of 1,648 | #17 of 30 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.7% | #497 of 942 | #8 of 14 |
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
873
+16 (+2%) vs 2020
+1% since 2000-01, when it was 867
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 873 | 75.3 | 11.6:1 | 25% (222) |
| 2023-24 | 768 | 66.7 | 11.5:1 | 35% (266) |
| 2022-23 | 802 | 65.1 | 12.3:1 | 34% (276) |
| 2020-21 | 857 | 72 | 11.9:1 | 30% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 1,024 | 73.3 | 14.0:1 | 37% (381) |
| 2015-16 | 919 | 65 | 14.1:1 | 39% (359) |
| 2010-11 | 813 | 60 | 13.6:1 | 53% (428) |
| 2000-01 | 867 | 71 | 12.2:1 | 22% (192) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leander Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (1,024 to 873); teachers up 3% (73.3 to 75.3).
About Leander Middle School
Leander Middle School is a public mid-sized middle school in LEANDER, Texas. It teaches 873 students in grades 6 through 8. Middle schools in Texas have about 643 students on average; enrollment here is 36% higher.
LEANDER ISD is the local district for Leander Middle School. It runs 51 schools with 42,680 students.
The biggest share of students at Leander Middle School, 41%, is White. Other reported shares: 37% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 6% multiracial, and 6% Black. That compares with about 60% White among all Williamson County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 68%.
Its ratio of 11.6:1 is based on 75.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1, 2.8 more students per teacher than here. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 25%.
Leander Middle School holds a B allk12 Grade, placing it above 55% of Texas public middle schools.
Test results at Leander Middle School are 10.8 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (52.0% actual, 62.8% predicted).
Looking at the county, Williamson County, median household income comes to about $111,340, about 48% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 4% of residents are in poverty. The county has 208 public schools and about 126,147 students.
The closest school to Leander Middle School is Leander Virtual Learning Academy, located about 0.1 miles away. Leander Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 46.0% on proficiency, and Leander Middle School is above that at 52.0%.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
There was little change in enrollment from 2020-21 (857) to 2024-25 (873).
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Leander Middle School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Williamson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
672,688
Census ACS
Median income
$111,340
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
48%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
208
126,147 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEANDER ISD
- Vista Ridge High SchoolHigh · 2,480 students
- Vandegrift High SchoolHigh · 2,437 students
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Cedar Park High SchoolHigh · 2,155 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
Other schools in LEANDER
- Rouse High SchoolHigh · 2,260 students
- Leander High SchoolHigh · 2,131 students
- Glenn High SchoolHigh · 2,024 students
- Florence W Stiles Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,493 students
- Stacy Kaye Danielson Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,182 students
- Knox Wiley Middle SchoolMiddle · 916 students
Nearby schools
- Leander Virtual Learning Academy0.1 mi · 72
- New Hope High School0.1 mi · 65
- Leander Extended Opportunity0.2 mi · 67
- Christine Camacho Elementary School0.3 mi · 622
- Founders Classical Academy of Leander0.9 mi · 693
- Early College High School1.0 mi · 267
Frequently asked questions
About Leander Middle SchoolHow large is Leander Middle School?
Leander Middle School enrolls approximately 873 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Leander Middle School serve?
Leander Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Leander Middle School?
Approximately 11.6:1 students per teacher at Leander Middle School.
How diverse is Leander Middle School?
Leander Middle School reports a student body of 41% White, 37% Hispanic, 6% Black, 10% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees Leander Middle School?
Leander Middle School is overseen by LEANDER ISD in Williamson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.