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Enrollment
2,709
High
DISTRICT 1,509 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYLIE ISD·NCES 484653011511
Wylie East High School
3000 WYLIE E DR, WYLIE, TX 75098 · (972) 429-3150 · Collin County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,709 STUDENTS
A
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Scored higher than 91% of Texas public high schools
- ATest 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.
- AThree-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 high schools
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
158 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
28%
758 students
DISTRICT 30% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 758 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 712 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 614 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 625 | 23% |
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 74% · 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
77.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
77.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +28.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 77 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 28 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 57.0% | 11.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 36.0% | 41.0% | 18.0% | 5.0% |
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 | 77.0% | 77.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 67.0% |
| 2022-23 | 47.0% | 48.0% |
| 2021-22 | 47.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 49.0% |
% 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
75.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 Wylie East High School
Wylie East High School's state test result (75.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wylie East High School this school | 2,709 | 28.0% | 75.4% |
| McKinney North High School MCKINNEY | 2,387 | 27.1% | 70.6% |
| Cypress Woods High School CYPRESS | 3,469 | 29.6% | 84.5% |
| George Ranch High School RICHMOND | 2,337 | 26.8% | 76.3% |
| Plano Sr High School PLANO | 2,267 | 26.6% | 41.2% |
| Central High School KELLER | 2,410 | 31.1% | 64.0% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Wylie East High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 75.4% | #147 of 1,385 | #9 of 31 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #79 of 1,425 ▲ 71 | #9 of 38 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 77.0% | #236 of 1,425 ▲ 76 | #15 of 38 ▲ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +29.5pp | #160 of 1,184 | #10 of 36 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,709 | #126 of 2,107 | #5 of 48 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,088 of 1,344 | #32 of 38 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.2% | #78 of 1,346 | #16 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.0% | #1,385 of 1,522 | #17 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +46.7% | #78 of 672 | #7 of 16 |
Ranked against other public high 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
2,709
+486 (+22%) vs 2020
+135% since 2010-11, when it was 1,153
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.0:1
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 | 2,709 | 158.2 | 17.1:1 | 28% (758) |
| 2023-24 | 2,640 | 151.9 | 17.4:1 | 27% (723) |
| 2022-23 | 2,532 | 144.3 | 17.6:1 | 28% (706) |
| 2020-21 | 2,223 | 131 | 17.0:1 | 28% (615) |
| 2017-18 | 1,846 | 120.3 | 15.3:1 | 25% (464) |
| 2015-16 | 1,820 | 114 | 16.0:1 | 25% (447) |
| 2010-11 | 1,153 | 79 | 14.6:1 | 29% (333) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wylie East High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 47% (1,846 to 2,709); teachers up 32% (120.3 to 158.2).
About Wylie East High School
In WYLIE, Texas, part of Collin County, Wylie East High School is a high school. It educates 2,709 students in grades 9 through 12. The typical figure for high schools in Texas is about 796 students.
The 21 schools in WYLIE ISD enroll 19,401 students altogether, Wylie East High School among them.
Wylie East High School has no majority group; White students are the largest, at 43%. Smaller groups are 25% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 54% of Collin County residents are White. Wylie East High School's diversity index is 71%, against a US figure of 70%.
Wylie East High School counts 158.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 17.1 students for each one. On average, high schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 17.1:1 here. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. For comparison, public schools in Collin County average 30%.
Wylie East High School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 91% of Texas public high schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
On BeatsExpectations, Wylie East High School is 13.7 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Across Collin County, the median household income is $121,600, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Collin County is home to 338 public schools and about 227,575 public school students.
The shortest distance from Wylie East High School to another public school is about 1.7 miles, to P M Akin Elementary School. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Wylie East High School ranks 2nd in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Wylie East High School falls in the Suburb: Large locale category, used for schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment has grown by 486 students since 2020-21, to 2,709.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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 WYLIE ISD
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Dr Al Draper IntermedMiddle · 963 students
Other schools in WYLIE
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 3,189 students
- Ab Harrison Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,093 students
- Grady Burnett Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,064 students
- Raymond B Cooper Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Frank McMillan Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,011 students
- Dr Al Draper IntermedMiddle · 963 students
Nearby schools
- P M Akin Elementary School1.7 mi · 583
- Achieve Academy2.4 mi · 133
- Grady Burnett Junior High School2.5 mi · 1,064
- Wally Watkins Elementary School2.5 mi · 832
- Ab Harrison Intermediate School2.8 mi · 1,093
- R F Hartman Elementary School2.9 mi · 518
Frequently asked questions
About Wylie East High SchoolHow many students attend Wylie East High School?
Wylie East High School enrolls approximately 2,709 students in grades 09-12.
Is Wylie East High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wylie East High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Wylie East High School have?
Wylie East High School employs 158 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 17.1:1.
How diverse is Wylie East High School?
Wylie East High School reports a student body of 43% White, 25% Hispanic, 18% Black, 11% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Wylie East High School?
Wylie East High School is overseen by WYLIE ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.