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Enrollment
956
Middle
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENTON ISD·NCES 481674001453
Strickland Middle School
3003 N BELL, DENTON, TX 76209 · (940) 369-4200 · Denton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL956 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
66%
628 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 | 312 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 322 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 322 | 34% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +22.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
29.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 29 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 20.0% | 30.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 29.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 22.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
35.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Strickland Middle School
Strickland Middle School's state test result (35.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Strickland Middle School this school | 956 | 65.7% | 35.5% |
| Calhoun Middle School DENTON | 852 | 64.8% | 39.3% |
| Bozman Intermediate School CONROE | 1,113 | 66.4% | 43.2% |
| Mann Middle School ABILENE | 776 | 68.0% | 30.8% |
| J L Long Middle School DALLAS | 1,079 | 63.7% | 47.0% |
| Waller Junior High School WALLER | 951 | 64.6% | 37.6% |
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 Strickland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.5% | #1,145 of 1,635 | #37 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,391 of 1,670 ▼ 180 | #41 of 47 ▼ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,038 of 1,670 ▼ 5 | #38 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #752 of 1,570 | #19 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 956 | #332 of 1,749 | #9 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #520 of 1,542 | #16 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.4% | #484 of 1,543 | #35 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.7% | #817 of 1,648 | #6 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +8.5% | #257 of 437 | #13 of 17 |
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
956
+55 (+6%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 1,180
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 956 | 69.7 | 13.7:1 | 66% (628) |
| 2023-24 | 962 | 69.6 | 13.8:1 | 69% (661) |
| 2022-23 | 940 | 70.5 | 13.3:1 | 67% (631) |
| 2020-21 | 901 | 74 | 12.2:1 | 67% (608) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 71.3 | 12.4:1 | 66% (581) |
| 2015-16 | 900 | 69 | 13.0:1 | 60% (544) |
| 2010-11 | 819 | 65 | 12.6:1 | 54% (446) |
| 2000-01 | 1,284 | 91 | 14.1:1 | 30% (391) |
| 1990-91 | 1,180 | 62 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Strickland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (881 to 956); teachers down 2% (71.3 to 69.7).
About Strickland Middle School
Strickland Middle School, located in DENTON, Texas, is a medium-sized middle-grades school. Enrollment is 956 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 49% higher.
A total of 46 schools make up DENTON ISD, with 33,329 students enrolled.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Strickland Middle School, at 55%. The remaining students are 28% White, 12% Black, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Denton County is about 21% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 60% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 69.7 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 13.7:1. That matches the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas fairly closely. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 66%. The 35% average for public schools in Denton County is 31 points lower.
In Texas, Strickland Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 35.5% actual against a predicted 45.6%.
Denton County census figures show that the median household income is $111,498, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 49% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 4%. Denton County is home to 267 public schools and about 175,222 public school students.
The closest public school to Strickland Middle School is Evers Park Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Strickland Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. The school's 35.5% average proficiency ranks 6th among 7 nearby schools.
Federal data place Strickland Middle School in the City: Mid-size locale, which means it is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment is up 6% from 2020-21, when Strickland Middle School had 901 students, to 2024-25, when it had 956. The ratio of students to teachers went from 12.2:1 to 13.7:1 over the same years.
Topics for discussion here include school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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 DENTON ISD
- Ray Braswell High SchoolHigh · 2,812 students
- Guyer High SchoolHigh · 2,577 students
- Denton High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Ryan High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Crownover Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
- Pat Hagan Cheek Middle SchoolMiddle · 885 students
Other schools in DENTON
- Guyer High SchoolHigh · 2,577 students
- Denton High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Ryan High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Calhoun Middle SchoolMiddle · 852 students
- Nette ShultzElementary · 748 students
- Evers Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 732 students
Nearby schools
- Evers Park Elementary School0.5 mi · 732
- Ginnings Elementary School0.7 mi · 614
- Nette Shultz0.8 mi · 748
- Emilio & Guadalupe Gonzalez Pre-K Center1.4 mi · 255
- The Lagrone Academy1.4 mi · 212
- Calhoun Middle School1.6 mi · 852
Frequently asked questions
About Strickland Middle SchoolHow many students attend Strickland Middle School?
Strickland Middle School enrolls approximately 956 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Strickland Middle School serve?
Strickland Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Strickland Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Strickland Middle School is approximately 13.7:1 (70 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Strickland Middle School?
At Strickland Middle School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 55% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Strickland Middle School public or private?
Strickland Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DENTON ISD.
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