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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at SHADOW RIDGE MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
623
Middle
DISTRICT 710 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LEWISVILLE ISD·NCES 482730010615
Shadow Ridge Middle School
2050 ABERDEEN DR, FLOWER MOUND, TX 75028 · (469) 713-5984 · Denton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL623 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Texas public middle schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
7%
46 students
DISTRICT 40% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 192 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 231 | 37% |
| Grade 8 | 200 | 32% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
85.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +50.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
74.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 85 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 74 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 50 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 64.0% | 21.0% | 11.0% | 4.0% |
| Mathematics | 44.0% | 30.0% | 16.0% | 10.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 85.0% | 74.0% |
| 2024-25 | 85.0% | 77.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 70.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 68.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 55.0% |
| 2020-21 | 35.0% | 47.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
76.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 76% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 71% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Shadow Ridge Middle School
Shadow Ridge Middle School's state test result (76.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shadow Ridge Middle School this school | 623 | 7.4% | 76.5% |
| McKamy Middle School FLOWER MOUND | 757 | 5.5% | 77.2% |
| Wester Middle School FRISCO | 918 | 11.9% | 82.3% |
| Roach Middle School FRISCO | 953 | 14.2% | 73.6% |
| Cedar Valley Middle School AUSTIN | 1,306 | 10.6% | 79.4% |
| Pioneer Heritage Middle School FRISCO | 1,037 | 6.3% | 83.6% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Shadow Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 76.5% | #40 of 1,635 | #4 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #94 of 1,670 ▼ 22 | #6 of 47 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 85.0% | #66 of 1,670 ▼ 14 | #5 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.0pp | #793 of 1,570 | #20 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 623 | #887 of 1,749 | #34 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #853 of 1,542 | #29 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #310 of 1,543 | #22 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 7.4% | #1,637 of 1,648 | #40 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.6% | #519 of 942 | #13 of 25 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
623
-7 (-1%) vs 2020
-20% since 2010-11, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 14.7:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 623 | 41.7 | 14.9:1 | 7% (46) |
| 2023-24 | 642 | 44.9 | 14.3:1 | 9% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 649 | 46.4 | 14.0:1 | 11% (70) |
| 2020-21 | 630 | 43 | 14.7:1 | 8% (48) |
| 2017-18 | 721 | 51.7 | 13.9:1 | 3% (25) |
| 2015-16 | 690 | 49 | 14.1:1 | 5% (32) |
| 2010-11 | 782 | 52 | 15.0:1 | 4% (35) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shadow Ridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 14% (721 to 623); teachers down 19% (51.7 to 41.7).
About Shadow Ridge Middle School
Shadow Ridge Middle School runs as a mid-sized middle school in FLOWER MOUND, Texas. The school enrolls 623 students in grades 6 through 8.
Shadow Ridge Middle School falls under LEWISVILLE ISD, which has 62 schools enrolling 47,876 students.
The largest group at Shadow Ridge Middle School is White students, at 40%. The school is also 40% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, and 2% Black. That is lower than the 57% White share among all Denton County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
The school lists 41.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is similar, at 14.4:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 7% of the student body. The average for public schools in Denton County is 35%.
Shadow Ridge Middle School earns an A on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 91% of Texas public middle schools.
Shadow Ridge Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 76.5% is 6.0 points above the 70.5% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Denton County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 4% of people live in poverty. There are 267 public schools in the county, enrolling about 175,222, Shadow Ridge Middle School among them.
About 0.2 miles separate Shadow Ridge Middle School from the closest public school, Bluebonnet Elementary School. The five-mile area around Shadow Ridge Middle School holds at least 8 other public schools. Shadow Ridge Middle School ranks 5th of 9 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 76.5% against a local average of 69.6%.
NCES assigns Shadow Ridge Middle School the locale Suburb: Large, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
In 2020-21, Shadow Ridge Middle School enrolled 630; in 2024-25, 623.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Shadow Ridge Middle School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LEWISVILLE ISD
- Lewisville High SchoolHigh · 4,001 students
- Hebron High SchoolHigh · 3,668 students
- Flower Mound High SchoolHigh · 3,426 students
- Marcus High SchoolHigh · 2,998 students
- The Colony High SchoolHigh · 1,803 students
- Killian Middle SchoolMiddle · 997 students
Other schools in FLOWER MOUND
- Flower Mound High SchoolHigh · 3,426 students
- Marcus High SchoolHigh · 2,998 students
- Argyle High SchoolHigh · 1,644 students
- Founders Classical Academy of Flower MoundCombined · 949 students
- STEM Academy at Forestwood Middle SchoolMiddle · 894 students
- Argyle South Elementary SchoolElementary · 783 students
Other Shadow Ridge Middle schools
One other US public school is named Shadow Ridge Middle. Shadow Ridge Middle School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Shadow Ridge Middle SchoolTHORNTON, CO · 632 students
Nearby schools
- Bluebonnet Elementary School0.2 mi · 668
- STEM Academy at Donald Elementary School1.3 mi · 526
- STEM Academy at Forestwood Middle School1.6 mi · 894
- McKamy Middle School1.7 mi · 757
- Old Settlers Elementary School1.7 mi · 468
- Forest Vista Elementary School1.7 mi · 557
Frequently asked questions
About Shadow Ridge Middle SchoolHow many students attend Shadow Ridge Middle School?
Shadow Ridge Middle School enrolls approximately 623 students in grades 06-08.
Is Shadow Ridge Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Shadow Ridge Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Shadow Ridge Middle School have?
Shadow Ridge Middle School employs 42 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Shadow Ridge Middle School?
Student demographics at Shadow Ridge Middle School are roughly 40% White, 12% Hispanic, 2% Black, 40% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Shadow Ridge Middle School in?
Shadow Ridge Middle School is part of LEWISVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.