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What advice would you give to incoming students at TRENT MIDDLE?
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Enrollment
697
Middle
DISTRICT 856 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001013136
Trent Middle School
13131 COLETO CREEK DR, FRISCO, TX 75033 · (469) 633-4400 · Denton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL697 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 83% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
11.9:1
59 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
9%
60 students
DISTRICT 15% · 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 | 227 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 246 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 224 | 32% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 70% · 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
83.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
74.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +37.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 83 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 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 37 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 56.0% | 27.0% | 12.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 41.0% | 33.0% | 18.0% | 8.0% |
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 | 83.0% | 74.0% |
| 2024-25 | 83.0% | 70.0% |
| 2023-24 | 82.0% | 69.0% |
| 2022-23 | 72.0% | 71.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 59.0% |
| 2020-21 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
72.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
70.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 70% 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 Trent Middle School
Trent Middle School's state test result (72.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Trent Middle School this school | 697 | 8.6% | 72.0% |
| Schimelpfenig Middle School PLANO | 826 | 17.2% | 79.4% |
| Sunnyvale Middle School SUNNYVALE | 556 | 16.5% | 74.5% |
| McKamy Middle School FLOWER MOUND | 757 | 5.5% | 77.2% |
| Cobb Middle School FRISCO | 798 | 15.9% | 66.6% |
| Murphy Middle School MURPHY | 901 | 19.5% | 72.1% |
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 Trent Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #77 of 1,635 | #8 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #92 of 1,670 ▲ 38 | #5 of 47 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #83 of 1,670 ▼ 14 | #7 of 47 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #990 of 1,570 | #28 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 697 | #757 of 1,749 | #28 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #146 of 1,542 | #8 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.3% | #107 of 1,543 | #9 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 8.6% | #1,629 of 1,648 | #38 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.4% | #307 of 942 | #7 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
697
-364 (-34%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 697 | 58.8 | 11.9:1 | 9% (60) |
| 2023-24 | 688 | 62.1 | 11.1:1 | 8% (55) |
| 2022-23 | 1,115 | 75.1 | 14.8:1 | 9% (99) |
| 2020-21 | 1,061 | 77 | 13.8:1 | 9% (98) |
| 2017-18 | 887 | 59.4 | 14.9:1 | 7% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 653 | 48 | 13.6:1 | 8% (51) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Trent Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (887 to 697); teachers down 1% (59.4 to 58.8).
About Trent Middle School
Trent Middle School is a medium-sized middle school in FRISCO, Texas, under FRISCO ISD. The school reports 697 students in grades 6 through 8.
Trent Middle School is run by FRISCO ISD, whose 76 schools enroll 65,289 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Trent Middle School. The largest is White students, at 43%. Smaller groups are 27% Asian, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 8% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Denton County is roughly 57% White. The school's diversity index is 71%, meaning two students picked at random have a 71% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The school employs the equivalent of 58.8 full-time teachers, for a ratio of 11.9:1. That is 2.5 students per teacher below the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Trent Middle School is 9%. For comparison, public schools in Denton County average 35%.
Trent Middle School is graded A- by allk12, scoring above 83% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Trent Middle School is 2.0 points above its prediction. Actual: 72.0%. Predicted: 70.0%.
County data help place the school in context: in Denton County, the median household income is $111,498, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 49%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. In all, Denton County has 267 public schools and roughly 175,222 students.
The nearest other public school, Newman Elementary School, is about 0.9 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 72.1%; Trent Middle School's is 72.0%, ranking 4th of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Suburb: Large. That means it sits in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Trent Middle School's enrollment declined from 1,061 in 2020-21 to 697 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 13.8 in 2020-21 to 11.9 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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 FRISCO ISD
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
- Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,996 students
Other schools in FRISCO
- Rock Hill High SchoolHigh · 2,442 students
- Wakeland High SchoolHigh · 2,230 students
- Reedy High SchoolHigh · 2,201 students
- Lebanon Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,173 students
- Centennial High SchoolHigh · 2,018 students
- Lone Star High SchoolHigh · 2,004 students
Nearby schools
- Newman Elementary School0.9 mi · 594
- Memorial High School1.0 mi · 1,439
- Griffin Middle School1.0 mi · 685
- Pink Elementary School1.2 mi · 593
- Wakeland High School1.3 mi · 2,230
- Lone Star High School1.3 mi · 2,004
Frequently asked questions
About Trent Middle SchoolHow many students attend Trent Middle School?
Trent Middle School enrolls approximately 697 students in grades 06-08.
Is Trent Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Trent Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Trent Middle School have?
Trent Middle School employs 59 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.9:1.
How diverse is Trent Middle School?
Trent Middle School reports a student body of 43% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 27% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Trent Middle School?
Trent Middle School is overseen by FRISCO ISD in Denton County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.