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Lyles Collegiate Middle School

4655 S COUNTRY CLUB RD, GARLAND, TX 75043 · (972) 240-3720 · Dallas County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL869 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% 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.
  • CBeats 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

Enrollment
869
Middle
DISTRICT 822 · STATE 643
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
769 students
DISTRICT 76% · 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

GradeStudentsShare
Grade 627131%
Grade 730335%
Grade 829534%
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
556%
DISTRICT 14% · STATE 24% · US 43%
Hispanic
41548%
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 54% · US 30%
Black
31837%
DISTRICT 18% · STATE 13% · US 15%
Asian
475%
DISTRICT 10% · STATE 6% · US 6%
Two+
324%
DISTRICT 3% · STATE 3% · US 5%
Native American
20%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 0% · US 1%
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
Male
46754%
Female
40246%

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Test scores

STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +10.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +23.0pp since 2022

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 10 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 23 points.

Performance levels, 2025-26

SubjectMasters Grade LevelMeets Grade LevelApproaches Grade LevelDid Not Meet Grade Level
Reading19.0%24.0%27.0%30.0%
Mathematics15.0%28.0%27.0%30.0%
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 yearReadingMathematics
2025-2643.0%43.0%
2024-2536.0%30.0%
2023-2429.0%17.0%
2022-2333.0%20.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
27.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation

What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Lyles Collegiate Middle School

Lyles Collegiate Middle School's state test result (27.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.

SchoolStudentsLow-incomeProficient
Lyles Collegiate Middle School this school86988.5%27.3%
Budewig Intermediate School
HOUSTON
1,05487.7%26.6%
Wedgwood Middle School
FORT WORTH
70189.3%19.3%
Hopper Middle School
CYPRESS
87383.7%34.5%
Campbell Middle School
HOUSTON
1,07685.6%38.6%
Christa McAuliffe Middle School
HOUSTON
80691.1%24.9%
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 Lyles Collegiate Middle School ranks

Among middle schools
MeasureThis schoolIn TexasIn Dallas County
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
27.3%#1,471 of 1,635#103 of 118
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
43.0%#802 of 1,670
▲ 489
#50 of 123
▲ 38
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
43.0%#1,360 of 1,670
▲ 135
#83 of 123
▲ 20
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+16.5pp#431 of 1,570#18 of 121
Enrollment
ranked largest first
869#453 of 1,749#27 of 126
Students per teacher
ranked fewest first
15.3:1#937 of 1,542#72 of 123
Diversity index
ranked most diverse first
63.0%#403 of 1,543#22 of 123
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
88.5%#294 of 1,648#49 of 121
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.

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2024-2586956.715.3:188% (769)
2023-2457835.316.4:184% (483)
2022-2328116.217.4:189% (250)
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lyles Collegiate Middle School.

About Lyles Collegiate Middle School

Lyles Collegiate Middle School, located in GARLAND, Texas, is a medium-sized middle-grades school. It enrolled 869 students in grades 6 through 8 for the 2024-25 school year. Enrollment is 35% higher than the average for middle schools in Texas, which is about 643.

Lyles Collegiate Middle School is one of 76 schools in GARLAND ISD, which enrolls 53,173 students in total.

Lyles Collegiate Middle School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 48%. The remaining students are 37% Black, 6% White, 5% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 63% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.

A ratio of 15.3:1 comes from the school's 56.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The lunch program counts 88% of students at Lyles Collegiate Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The average for public schools in Dallas County is 77%.

Lyles Collegiate Middle School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 18% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.

Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 35.9% for Lyles Collegiate Middle School. The school posts 27.3%, 8.6 points below the prediction.

Census estimates describe Dallas County this way: the median household income is $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Lyles Collegiate Middle School, Dallas County has 770 other public schools.

The next-closest public school is Lyles Middle School, less than a tenth of a mile away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 27.3% is below the 42.3% average for nearby schools.

Its location is classified as Suburb: Large by the National Center for Education Statistics.

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Dallas County at a glance

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Population
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students

Quick facts

School name
Lyles Collegiate Middle School
District
GARLAND ISD
Address
4655 S COUNTRY CLUB RD, GARLAND, TX 75043
Phone
(972) 240-3720
County
Dallas County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
869
Teachers (FTE)
57
Student–teacher ratio
15.3:1
Free and reduced lunch
769 (88%)
Locale
21-Suburb: Large
NCES ID
482034022816
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Lyles Collegiate Middle School
How large is Lyles Collegiate Middle School?
Lyles Collegiate Middle School enrolls approximately 869 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Lyles Collegiate Middle School serve?
Lyles Collegiate Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Lyles Collegiate Middle School have?
Lyles Collegiate Middle School employs 57 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
What is the student diversity at Lyles Collegiate Middle School?
Student demographics at Lyles Collegiate Middle School are roughly 6% White, 48% Hispanic, 37% Black, 5% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Lyles Collegiate Middle School?
Lyles Collegiate Middle School is overseen by GARLAND ISD in Dallas County.
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