PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE

PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE, a roomy junior high in ROUND ROCK, Texas, part of ROUND ROCK ISD, enrolls 981 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 53% larger than the state mean of about 643.

ROUND ROCK ISD comprises 58 schools with combined enrollment of 46,954 students; PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE shows that the most-represented group is Asian (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic, 20% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Williamson County as a whole is about 10% Asian, so the school skews noticeably more Asian than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. Around 18% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Williamson County's rate of about 29%.

After controlling for student poverty, PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 66.0%, the actual is 77.4%, a residual of +11.3 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Williamson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $111,340, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

ELSA ENGLAND EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 75.9%.

PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE operates from a suburban location.

Looking at the recent track record. PEARSON RANCH MIDDLE's enrollment has edged up 47% since 2018, when it stood at 668 (now 981). The White share of enrollment declined from 34% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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