MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE

MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE is a reasonably sized intermediate school in LEWISVILLE, Texas, part of LEWISVILLE ISD. The school teaches 646 students in grades 6 through 8.

LEWISVILLE ISD runs 62 schools in total, collectively educating 47,876 students. MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE lists that 42% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 34% Black, 11% Asian, 6% White, 5% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 76% of students at MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 40.8%; MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE posts 22.5%, -18.4 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that median household income runs about $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

SOUTHRIDGE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARSHALL DURHAM MIDDLE at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 26%: 871 students in 2018 compared to 646 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 16% to 6%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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