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Enrollment
517
Middle
DISTRICT 511 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DUNCANVILLE ISD·NCES 481764001530
William H Byrd Middle School
1040 W WHEATLAND RD, DUNCANVILLE, TX 75137 · (972) 708-3400 · Dallas County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL517 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
83%
429 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 7 | 239 | 46% |
| Grade 8 | 278 | 54% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
31.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
10.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 31 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 10 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2020, while math scores are down about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 9.0% | 22.0% | 30.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 2.0% | 8.0% | 27.0% | 63.0% |
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 | 31.0% | 10.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 13.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 19.0% |
| 2022-23 | 35.0% | 31.0% |
| 2021-22 | 39.0% | 34.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 30.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
22.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 23% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 38% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 William H Byrd Middle School
William H Byrd Middle School's state test result (22.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| William H Byrd Middle School this school | 517 | 83.0% | 22.5% |
| Teague Middle School HUMBLE | 550 | 83.6% | 27.1% |
| J Herman Reed Middle School DUNCANVILLE | 460 | 83.0% | 29.0% |
| Iltexas Westpark Middle School HOUSTON | 440 | 83.4% | 42.0% |
| Uplift Summit Prep Middle School ARLINGTON | 509 | 84.3% | 33.4% |
| Dueitt Middle School SPRING | 720 | 83.1% | 25.2% |
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 William H Byrd Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Dallas County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 22.5% | #1,562 of 1,635 | #116 of 118 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 10.0% | #1,666 of 1,670 ▼ 21 | #123 of 123 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,631 of 1,670 ▼ 116 | #119 of 123 ▼ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.5pp | #24 of 1,570 | #5 of 121 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 517 | #1,064 of 1,749 | #79 of 126 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.7:1 | #506 of 1,542 | #25 of 123 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.9% | #786 of 1,543 | #44 of 123 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 83.0% | #438 of 1,648 | #75 of 121 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -25.1% | #228 of 942 | #33 of 80 |
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
517
-100 (-16%) vs 2020
-35% since 1990-91, when it was 792
Student : Teacher
13.7:1
was 13.4:1
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 | 517 | 37.8 | 13.7:1 | 83% (429) |
| 2023-24 | 524 | 37.7 | 13.9:1 | 79% (415) |
| 2022-23 | 594 | 43.9 | 13.6:1 | 85% (504) |
| 2020-21 | 617 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 84% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 690 | 46.2 | 14.9:1 | 71% (488) |
| 2015-16 | 717 | 49 | 14.6:1 | 73% (526) |
| 2010-11 | 772 | 46 | 16.8:1 | 64% (492) |
| 2000-01 | 858 | 51 | 16.8:1 | 29% (253) |
| 1990-91 | 792 | 43 | 18.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for William H Byrd Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (690 to 517); teachers down 18% (46.2 to 37.8).
About William H Byrd Middle School
William H Byrd Middle School is a low-enrollment middle-grades school in DUNCANVILLE, Texas, (ZIP code 75137). Enrollment is 517 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 7 through 8.
District-wide, DUNCANVILLE ISD has 17 schools and 11,562 students.
Hispanic students account for 54% of enrollment at William H Byrd Middle School. Smaller groups are 42% Black and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Dallas County is roughly 41% Hispanic. William H Byrd Middle School has a diversity index of 53%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
The school has about 13.7 students per teacher and 37.8 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, higher than at this school. About 83% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch.
William H Byrd Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Texas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 38.3%. The school's actual rate is 22.5%, 15.7 points lower.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Dallas County show that median household income is about $76,547, 36% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Federal data list 771 public schools in Dallas County, with a combined enrollment of about 459,645.
Of nearby public schools, Clint Q Smith Elementary School is the closest, at about 0.3 miles. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, William H Byrd Middle School is 6th of 9 on proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
William H Byrd Middle School saw enrollment fall 16% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Dallas County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,621,179
Census ACS
Median income
$76,547
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
36%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
771
459,645 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DUNCANVILLE ISD
- Duncanville High SchoolHigh · 4,399 students
- G W Kennemer Middle SchoolMiddle · 795 students
- James R Bilhartz Jr Elementary SchoolElementary · 541 students
- Charles Acton Leadershp AcademyElementary · 537 students
- William Lee Hastings Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Glenn C Hardin Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 508 students
Other schools in DUNCANVILLE
- Duncanville High SchoolHigh · 4,399 students
- Village Tech SchoolsCombined · 1,335 students
- William Lee Hastings Elementary SchoolElementary · 529 students
- Glenn C Hardin Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 508 students
- J Herman Reed Middle SchoolMiddle · 460 students
- Central Elementary SchoolElementary · 457 students
Nearby schools
- Clint Q Smith Elementary School0.3 mi · 344
- H Bob Daniel Sr Intermediate School0.4 mi · 443
- William Lee Hastings Elementary School0.7 mi · 529
- Ume Preparatory Academy - Duncanville0.8 mi · 258
- Charles Acton Leadershp Academy0.9 mi · 537
- G W Kennemer Middle School0.9 mi · 795
Frequently asked questions
About William H Byrd Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at William H Byrd Middle School?
William H Byrd Middle School enrolls approximately 517 students in grades 07-08.
What age range does William H Byrd Middle School serve?
William H Byrd Middle School serves students from grade 07 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at William H Byrd Middle School?
Approximately 13.7:1 students per teacher at William H Byrd Middle School.
How diverse is William H Byrd Middle School?
William H Byrd Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 54% Hispanic, 42% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees William H Byrd Middle School?
William H Byrd Middle School is overseen by DUNCANVILLE ISD in Dallas County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.