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Parents: what's one thing you'd want the LEONARD MIDDLE administration to hear?
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Enrollment
568
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970001874
Leonard Middle School
8900 CHAPIN, FORT WORTH, TX 76116 · (817) 815-6200 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL568 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
93%
526 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 193 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 186 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 189 | 33% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
33.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 10.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 17.0% | 29.0% | 46.0% |
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 | 33.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 11.0% |
| 2023-24 | 22.0% | 13.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 11.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
17.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-17.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 17% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 34% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Leonard Middle School
Leonard Middle School's state test result (17.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Leonard Middle School this school | 568 | 92.6% | 17.1% |
| Alex W Spence Talented/Gifted Academy DALLAS | 486 | 90.7% | 44.0% |
| KIPP Academy Middle School HOUSTON | 508 | 91.9% | 50.8% |
| Forest Park Magnet School LONGVIEW | 474 | 91.6% | 41.3% |
| Harold Wendell Lang Sr Middle School DALLAS | 740 | 96.1% | 28.9% |
| Meadowbrook Middle School FORT WORTH | 727 | 96.6% | 25.0% |
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 Leonard Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 17.1% | #1,617 of 1,635 | #106 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #1,531 of 1,670 ▲ 123 | #101 of 112 ▲ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,612 of 1,670 ▲ 18 | #107 of 112 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.0pp | #1,028 of 1,570 | #56 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 568 | #983 of 1,749 | #84 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #923 of 1,542 | #57 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.0% | #665 of 1,543 | #81 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 92.6% | #177 of 1,648 | #14 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -26.4% | #197 of 942 | #16 of 74 |
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
568
-181 (-24%) vs 2020
-29% since 1990-91, when it was 802
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 568 | 37.2 | 15.3:1 | 93% (526) |
| 2023-24 | 607 | 39.1 | 15.5:1 | 91% (550) |
| 2022-23 | 695 | 46.3 | 15.0:1 | 92% (636) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 57 | 13.1:1 | 92% (691) |
| 2017-18 | 772 | 62.4 | 12.4:1 | 87% (673) |
| 2015-16 | 709 | 55 | 12.9:1 | 79% (560) |
| 2010-11 | 752 | 53 | 14.2:1 | 62% (468) |
| 2000-01 | 861 | 44 | 19.6:1 | 31% (263) |
| 1990-91 | 802 | 44 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Leonard Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 26% (772 to 568); teachers down 40% (62.4 to 37.2).
About Leonard Middle School
In FORT WORTH, Texas, part of Tarrant County, Leonard Middle School is a middle school. The school had 568 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25.
FORT WORTH ISD, which runs Leonard Middle School, has 136 schools and 70,612 students.
Leonard Middle School is 58% Hispanic by enrollment. The rest of enrollment is 32% Black, 5% White, and 3% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Tarrant County's population at about 30%. The school's diversity index is 56%, meaning two students picked at random have a 56% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal records show a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1 at Leonard Middle School, with 37.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. This ratio sits 0.9 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 93%. The average for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
The BeatsExpectations model predicts 34.1% for Leonard Middle School, given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The actual figure is 17.1%. The 17.0-point gap ranks in the bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Census Bureau estimates for Tarrant County show that the median household income is $84,207, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 35% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. There are 639 public schools in Tarrant County, enrolling about 385,835 students in all.
Waverly Park Elementary School is located about 0.4 miles from Leonard Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On proficiency, Leonard Middle School is behind the 34.1% nearby average, ranking 7th of 8.
Leonard Middle School has an NCES locale of City: Large.
Enrollment dropped 24% from its 2020-21 level of 749. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.1:1 to 15.3:1 over the same years.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Other Leonard Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Leonard Middle. Leonard Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Leonard Middle SchoolLawrence, MA · 310 students
- Leonard Middle SchoolOld Town, ME · 278 students
Nearby schools
- Waverly Park Elementary School0.4 mi · 639
- Western Hills High School1.0 mi · 854
- Western Hills Elementary School1.2 mi · 499
- Western Hills Primary School1.3 mi · 393
- IDEA Rise College Preparatory1.4 mi · 598
- IDEA Rise Academy1.4 mi · 681
Frequently asked questions
About Leonard Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Leonard Middle School?
Leonard Middle School enrolls approximately 568 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Leonard Middle School serve?
Leonard Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Leonard Middle School have?
Leonard Middle School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Leonard Middle School?
Student demographics at Leonard Middle School are roughly 5% White, 58% Hispanic, 32% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Leonard Middle School?
Leonard Middle School is overseen by FORT WORTH ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.