LOWELL H STRIKE MIDDLE

LOWELL H STRIKE MIDDLE is a 6-8 campus of middle-of-the-pack scale in LITTLE ELM, Texas, part of LITTLE ELM ISD, instructing 881 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 37% above the state mean of about 643.

Within LITTLE ELM ISD, which oversees 10 schools and 8,036 students, LOWELL H STRIKE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, LOWELL H STRIKE MIDDLE shows that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 32% White, 20% Black, 7% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LOWELL H STRIKE MIDDLE has 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at LOWELL H STRIKE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LOWELL H STRIKE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 42.5%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Denton County indicate median household income runs about $111,498, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), LOWELL H STRIKE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

PRESTWICK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LOWELL H STRIKE MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 68.8%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.