LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE

LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE, a medium-sized 6-8 campus in NEVADA, Texas, overseen by COMMUNITY ISD, teaches 662 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within COMMUNITY ISD, which oversees 8 schools and 5,271 students, LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 40% White, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 16% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 55% of students at LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.9%, the actual is 37.7%, a residual of -12.2 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Collin County indicate the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, roughly 56% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

Nearest neighbor: MCCLENDON EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LELAND E EDGE MIDDLE comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 44.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 32%: 503 students in 2018 compared to 662 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 57% to 40% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 21.0:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.