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WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 19 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE
WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE, a low-enrollment 6-8 campus in DUNCANVILLE, Texas, operated by DUNCANVILLE ISD, educates 517 students, covering grades 7 through 8.
Within DUNCANVILLE ISD, which oversees 17 schools and 11,562 students, WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE is one campus in the system.
Demographically, WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 42% Black, 3% White. By comparison, Dallas County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 83% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 37.6%, the actual is 25.8%, a residual of -11.8 points.
In the broader community, census data for Dallas County shows median household earnings sit near $76,547, about 36% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Dallas County's 771 public schools (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students), WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
CLINT Q SMITH EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 31.7%.
The campus sits in a residential setting.
Looking at the recent track record. WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 25% since 2018, when it stood at 690 (now 517). Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for WILLIAM H BYRD MIDDLE typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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