ROACH MIDDLE

ROACH MIDDLE operates as a mid-tier junior high in FRISCO, Texas, operated by FRISCO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 953 students spanning grades 6 through 8. That puts it 48% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

FRISCO ISD comprises 76 schools with combined enrollment of 65,289 students; ROACH MIDDLE is among them.

On the student-mix side, ROACH MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Asian at 41%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 28% White, 12% Black, 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Asian, putting the school's mix visibly more Asian than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.7:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 14% of students at ROACH MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Collin County runs at roughly 30%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ROACH MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.7%, the actual is 73.8%, a residual of +6.1 points.

Around the school, census data for Collin County shows the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), ROACH MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HERITAGE H S, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROACH MIDDLE at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 70.3%.

The school occupies an outer-ring site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROACH MIDDLE has edged up 11%, going from 855 students in 2018 to 953 in 2025. Asian enrollment moved from 23% to 41% across the same window.

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