Enrollment
299
Middle
DISTRICT 465 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LYFORD CISD·NCES 482862003242
Lyford Middle School
12820 GLENN LOFTON, LYFORD, TX 78569 · (956) 347-3910 · Willacy County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL299 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas public middle schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-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
14.0:1
21 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
219 students
DISTRICT 70% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 93 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 101 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 105 | 35% |
Student demographics
8%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 10% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Lyford Middle School→Lyford High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LYFORD CISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +19.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 29.0% | 29.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 25.0% | 33.0% | 32.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 18.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 12.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 14.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
23.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 24% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 42% 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 Lyford Middle School
Lyford Middle School's state test result (23.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lyford Middle School this school | 299 | 73.2% | 23.6% |
| Carrizo Springs Junior High School CARRIZO SPRINGS | 277 | 74.7% | 41.5% |
| Sterling H Fly Jr High School CRYSTAL CITY | 355 | 76.1% | 32.8% |
| Friona Junior High School FRIONA | 225 | 71.6% | 32.4% |
| Kermit Junior High School KERMIT | 313 | 76.7% | 29.4% |
| Poteet Junior High School POTEET | 393 | 72.5% | 23.4% |
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 Lyford Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 23.6% | #1,546 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,152 of 1,670 ▲ 449 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,006 of 1,670 ▲ 312 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.0pp | #170 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 299 | #1,395 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #594 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 7.7% | #1,414 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.2% | #656 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -20.5% | #322 of 942 |
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
299
-54 (-15%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 374
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 299 | 21.4 | 14.0:1 | 73% (219) |
| 2023-24 | 297 | 22 | 13.5:1 | 79% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 299 | 23 | 13.0:1 | 80% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 353 | 23 | 15.3:1 | 80% (282) |
| 2017-18 | 376 | 23.5 | 16.0:1 | 79% (297) |
| 2015-16 | 357 | 23 | 15.5:1 | 76% (271) |
| 2010-11 | 335 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 0% (0) |
| 2000-01 | 345 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 0% (0) |
| 1990-91 | 374 | 24 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyford Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 20% (376 to 299); teachers down 9% (23.5 to 21.4).
About Lyford Middle School
Lyford Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in LYFORD, Texas. The school reports 299 students in grades 6 through 8. The school's enrollment is 53% smaller than the 643 average for middle schools in Texas.
Lyford Middle School is one school in a 3-school district, LYFORD CISD, which enrolls 1,396 students.
The large majority of students at Lyford Middle School, 96%, are Hispanic. The remaining shares are 3% White. Willacy County as a whole is about 87% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. The chance that two students picked at random at Lyford Middle School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 8%.
Lyford Middle School counts 21.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.0 students for each one. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 14.4:1. About 73% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits.
allk12 grades Lyford Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Lyford Middle School is 42.4%. It actually posts 23.6%, which is 18.8 points lower and in the bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Willacy County has these Census figures: median household income is about $54,180, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 14% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 19%. The public schools of Willacy County number 15 and enroll about 3,889.
The shortest distance from Lyford Middle School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Lyford High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes 5 other public schools. Lyford Middle School places 8th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Under the NCES locale system, Lyford Middle School is Town: Distant.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, Lyford Middle School went from 353 students to 299. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 15.3:1 to 14.0:1.
To ask about school safety, transportation, and start times, start a discussion on this page. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Willacy County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,139
Census ACS
Median income
$54,180
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
19%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
3,889 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LYFORD CISD
- Lyford Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Lyford High SchoolHigh · 439 students
- CcjjaepCombined
Other schools in LYFORD
- Lyford Elementary SchoolElementary · 658 students
- Lyford High SchoolHigh · 439 students
- CcjjaepCombined
Nearby schools
- Lyford High School0.1 mi · 439
- Lyford Elementary School0.3 mi · 658
- Raymondville High School4.4 mi · 522
- Myra Green Middle School4.6 mi · 399
- Pittman Elementary School5.0 mi · 561
- Raymondville Options Academic Academy5.1 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About Lyford Middle SchoolHow many students attend Lyford Middle School?
Lyford Middle School enrolls approximately 299 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lyford Middle School serve?
Lyford Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Lyford Middle School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Lyford Middle School.
How diverse is Lyford Middle School?
Lyford Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 96% Hispanic.
Is Lyford Middle School public or private?
Lyford Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LYFORD CISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.