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Enrollment
901
Middle
DISTRICT 1,040 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WILLIS ISD·NCES 484590005933
Lynn Lucas Middle School
1304 N CAMPBELL ST, WILLIS, TX 77378 · (936) 856-1274 · Montgomery County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL901 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
650 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 299 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 300 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 302 | 34% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 26.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% | 43.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 16.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
29.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Lynn Lucas Middle School
Lynn Lucas Middle School's state test result (29.7% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lynn Lucas Middle School this school | 901 | 72.1% | 29.7% |
| Lowell Smith Jr Intermediate School CLEBURNE | 958 | 74.5% | 34.9% |
| Ad Wheat Middle School CLEBURNE | 998 | 69.9% | 34.8% |
| Kilgore Middle School KILGORE | 840 | 72.0% | 37.8% |
| Alvarado Junior High School ALVARADO | 862 | 67.7% | 38.8% |
| Norman Junior High School KAUFMAN | 961 | 69.9% | 44.4% |
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 Lynn Lucas Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Montgomery County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.7% | #1,397 of 1,635 | #29 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,380 of 1,670 ▲ 217 | #27 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,239 of 1,670 ▲ 162 | #25 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.5pp | #242 of 1,570 | #4 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 901 | #402 of 1,749 | #22 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.4:1 | #1,202 of 1,542 | #20 of 31 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.6% | #522 of 1,543 | #16 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.1% | #675 of 1,648 | #8 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.6% | #236 of 437 | #9 of 11 |
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
901
+53 (+6%) vs 2020
+36% since 1990-91, when it was 662
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 17.7:1
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 | 901 | 55 | 16.4:1 | 72% (650) |
| 2023-24 | 937 | 54.3 | 17.3:1 | 73% (684) |
| 2022-23 | 971 | 50.4 | 19.3:1 | 74% (714) |
| 2020-21 | 848 | 48 | 17.7:1 | 66% (556) |
| 2017-18 | 815 | 50.2 | 16.2:1 | 67% (550) |
| 2015-16 | 780 | 46 | 17.0:1 | 67% (525) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | 44 | 16.0:1 | 70% (495) |
| 2000-01 | 753 | 48 | 15.7:1 | 46% (349) |
| 1990-91 | 662 | 40 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lynn Lucas Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (815 to 901); teachers up 10% (50.2 to 55).
About Lynn Lucas Middle School
Lynn Lucas Middle School is a middle school in WILLIS, Texas, according to federal school records. A total of 901 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 40% higher.
WILLIS ISD runs Lynn Lucas Middle School along with 11 other schools, enrolling 9,313 students in total.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Lynn Lucas Middle School, at 47%. Other reported shares: 42% White, 8% Black, and 2% multiracial. Montgomery County's residents are about 28% Hispanic, 19 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The teaching staff at Lynn Lucas Middle School is 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the ratio is 16.4:1. This ratio sits 2.0 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 72%. The gap from the 48% average for public schools in Montgomery County is 24 points.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Lynn Lucas Middle School would be expected to post about 42.9%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 29.7%.
In Montgomery County (population about 684,432), the median household income is $97,701, roughly 39% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. There are 160 public schools in Montgomery County, enrolling about 134,595 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Roark Early Education Center, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 29.7% is below the 38.5% average for nearby schools.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Lynn Lucas Middle School had 848 students, to 2024-25, when it had 901. Its ratio of students to teachers was 17.7:1 in 2020-21, and 16.4:1 in 2024-25.
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Montgomery County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
684,432
Census ACS
Median income
$97,701
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
39%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
160
134,595 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WILLIS ISD
- Willis High SchoolHigh · 2,809 students
- Robert P Brabham Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- Eddie Ruth Lagway Elementary SchoolElementary · 779 students
- C C Hardy Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Edward B Cannan Elementary SchoolElementary · 714 students
- W Lloyd Meador Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
Other schools in WILLIS
- Willis High SchoolHigh · 2,809 students
- Robert P Brabham Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,179 students
- C C Hardy Elementary SchoolElementary · 756 students
- Edward B Cannan Elementary SchoolElementary · 714 students
- W Lloyd Meador Elementary SchoolElementary · 706 students
- Parmley Elementary SchoolElementary · 631 students
Nearby schools
- Roark Early Education Center0.2 mi · 348
- C C Hardy Elementary School0.2 mi · 756
- Parmley Elementary School0.4 mi · 631
- JJAEP0.4 mi · 2
- Stubblefield Academy0.4 mi · 25
- Edward B Cannan Elementary School1.7 mi · 714
Frequently asked questions
About Lynn Lucas Middle SchoolHow large is Lynn Lucas Middle School?
Lynn Lucas Middle School enrolls approximately 901 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lynn Lucas Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lynn Lucas Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Lynn Lucas Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Lynn Lucas Middle School is approximately 16.4:1 (55 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lynn Lucas Middle School?
At Lynn Lucas Middle School, the student body is approximately 42% White, 47% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Lynn Lucas Middle School in?
Lynn Lucas Middle School is part of WILLIS ISD.
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