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NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 59 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE
Set in AUSTIN, Texas, NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE is a reasonably sized middle-grades school, overseen by ROUND ROCK ISD. It works with 615 students across grades 6 through 8.
ROUND ROCK ISD runs 58 schools in total, collectively educating 46,954 students. NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE logs that 36% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 36% Hispanic, 18% Asian, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE logs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.7%, the actual is 62.2%, a residual of -0.5 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Williamson County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: ANDERSON MILL EL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 67.8%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE has shrank 6%, going from 655 students in 2018 to 615 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 29% to 36%.
On this page, members of the NOEL GRISHAM MIDDLE community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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