MARY LILLARD I S

Set in MANSFIELD, Texas, MARY LILLARD I S is a reasonably sized junior high, run under MANSFIELD ISD. It educates 740 students across grades 5 through 6.

MANSFIELD ISD comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 35,354 students; MARY LILLARD I S is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARY LILLARD I S logs that the largest single group is Black at 43%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 18% White, 17% Hispanic, 16% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 18% Black, putting the school's mix noticeably more Black than the area baseline.

On the resource side, MARY LILLARD I S records 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting MARY LILLARD I S higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 32% of students at MARY LILLARD I S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Tarrant County's rate of about 63%.

With demographic context factored in, MARY LILLARD I S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.0%.

Across the wider county, census data for Tarrant County shows the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), MARY LILLARD I S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is DANNY JONES MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARY LILLARD I S at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 61.5%.

MARY LILLARD I S operates from a commuter-belt location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MARY LILLARD I S has declined 29%, going from 1,049 students in 2018 to 740 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 28% to 18%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 in 2025.

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