LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE

LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of moderately sized scale in WILLIS, Texas, overseen by WILLIS ISD, teacheing 901 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% above the state mean of about 643.

Across the 12 schools in WILLIS ISD (9,313 students total), LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE reports that 47% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 42% White, 8% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. About 72% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Montgomery County's rate of about 48%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.4%, the actual is 31.6%, a residual of -10.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Montgomery County reports that the typical household earns roughly $97,701 per year, 39% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Montgomery County's 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ROARK EARLY EDUCATION CENTER, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 35.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LYNN LUCAS MIDDLE has rose 11%, going from 815 students in 2018 to 901 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 39% to 47%.

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