W E PETE FORD MIDDLE

W E PETE FORD MIDDLE is a reasonably sized middle school in ALLEN, Texas, part of ALLEN ISD. The school works with 702 students in grades 7 through 8.

Within ALLEN ISD, which oversees 23 schools and 20,838 students, W E PETE FORD MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, W E PETE FORD MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White at 40%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 22% Hispanic, 18% Black, 15% Asian, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Collin County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 26% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), W E PETE FORD MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 62.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.5%.

Zooming out to the county, 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%. W E PETE FORD MIDDLE is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

The closest other public school is MAX O VAUGHAN EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, W E PETE FORD MIDDLE comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.5%.

The school occupies a bedroom-community site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W E PETE FORD MIDDLE has declined 20%, going from 874 students in 2018 to 702 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 48% to 40%. Class-load math has fell: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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