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Enrollment
918
Middle
DISTRICT 856 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FRISCO ISD·NCES 482001009162
Wester Middle School
12293 SHEPHERDS HILL LN, FRISCO, TX 75035 · (469) 633-4800 · Collin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL918 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 92% 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.
- 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
15.2:1
61 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
12%
109 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 | 290 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 306 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 322 | 35% |
Student demographics
70%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
88.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
80.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 88 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 80 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 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 67.0% | 21.0% | 7.0% | 5.0% |
| Mathematics | 53.0% | 27.0% | 11.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 88.0% | 80.0% |
| 2024-25 | 88.0% | 83.0% |
| 2023-24 | 88.0% | 81.0% |
| 2022-23 | 79.0% | 85.0% |
| 2021-22 | 61.0% | 71.0% |
| 2020-21 | 49.0% | 72.0% |
% 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
82.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
68.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 82% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Wester Middle School
Wester Middle School's state test result (82.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wester Middle School this school | 918 | 11.9% | 82.3% |
| Roach Middle School FRISCO | 953 | 14.2% | 73.6% |
| Robinson Middle School PLANO | 1,084 | 17.1% | 71.2% |
| Cedar Valley Middle School AUSTIN | 1,306 | 10.6% | 79.4% |
| Pioneer Heritage Middle School FRISCO | 1,037 | 6.3% | 83.6% |
| Canyon Vista Middle School AUSTIN | 1,295 | 9.2% | 83.1% |
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 Wester Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 82.3% | #21 of 1,635 | #6 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #51 of 1,670 ▼ 18 | #9 of 57 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 88.0% | #32 of 1,670 ▼ 2 | #5 of 57 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #1,254 of 1,570 | #47 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 918 | #375 of 1,749 | #27 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #892 of 1,542 | #26 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.1% | #162 of 1,543 | #27 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 11.9% | #1,618 of 1,648 | #45 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -9.1% | #659 of 942 | #23 of 29 |
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
918
+127 (+16%) vs 2020
+13% since 2010-11, when it was 809
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 918 | 60.5 | 15.2:1 | 12% (109) |
| 2023-24 | 894 | 63.9 | 14.0:1 | 12% (111) |
| 2022-23 | 843 | 63.6 | 13.3:1 | 14% (116) |
| 2020-21 | 791 | 62 | 12.8:1 | 15% (117) |
| 2017-18 | 1,010 | 74.8 | 13.5:1 | 12% (125) |
| 2015-16 | 884 | 69 | 12.8:1 | 12% (102) |
| 2010-11 | 809 | 66 | 12.3:1 | 11% (85) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wester Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (1,010 to 918); teachers down 19% (74.8 to 60.5).
About Wester Middle School
Wester Middle School is classified as a middle school. It is located in FRISCO, Texas. The latest federal count shows 918 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 43% higher.
Wester Middle School is run by FRISCO ISD, whose 76 schools enroll 65,289 students.
Wester Middle School has no majority group; Asian students are the largest, at 42%. The next largest groups are 31% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 6% multiracial. The school's Asian share is 24 points above the 19% share among Collin County residents. The school's diversity index is 70%, meaning two students picked at random have a 70% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 60.5 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.2:1. This ratio sits 0.8 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 12%. That is 18 points below the 30% average for public schools in Collin County.
The allk12 Grade for Wester Middle School is A. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 92% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Wester Middle School's results are 13.7 points above predicted: 82.3% against 68.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Collin County show that the median household income is $121,600, 56% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Wester Middle School is one of 338 public schools in the county.
Gunstream Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles of Wester Middle School, there are at least 8 other public schools. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Wester Middle School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Suburb: Large, meaning it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment is up 16% from 2020-21, when Wester Middle School had 791 students, to 2024-25, when it had 918. The ratio was 12.8:1 in 2020-21 and 15.2:1 in 2024-25.
The Wester Middle School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 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
- Gunstream Elementary School0.3 mi · 725
- Centennial High School0.4 mi · 2,018
- Lawler Middle School0.5 mi · 903
- McSpedden Elementary School1.0 mi · 773
- Talley Elementary School1.1 mi · 616
- Shawnee Trail Elementary School1.1 mi · 494
Frequently asked questions
About Wester Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wester Middle School?
Wester Middle School enrolls approximately 918 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wester Middle School serve?
Wester Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Wester Middle School have?
Wester Middle School employs 61 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.2:1.
How diverse is Wester Middle School?
Wester Middle School reports a student body of 31% White, 12% Hispanic, 9% Black, 42% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Wester Middle School in?
Wester Middle School is part of FRISCO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.