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Enrollment
540
Middle
DISTRICT 789 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYLIE ISD·NCES 484650014007
Wylie East Junior High School
1682 COLONY HILL RD, ABILENE, TX 79602 · (325) 437-2360 · Taylor County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL540 STUDENTS
A-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 75% 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.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
13.2:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.1:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
130 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 183 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 182 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 175 | 32% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WYLIE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
69.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 69 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 37.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% | 9.0% |
| Mathematics | 26.0% | 34.0% | 28.0% | 12.0% |
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 | 69.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 52.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 44.0% |
| 2020-21 | 73.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
58.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 Junior High School
Wylie East Junior High School's state test result (58.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wylie East Junior High School this school | 540 | 24.1% | 58.2% |
| Steam Middle School BURLESON | 595 | 26.6% | 67.8% |
| Van Alstyne Middle School VAN ALSTYNE | 433 | 22.6% | 57.1% |
| Lago Vista Middle School LAGO VISTA | 435 | 24.8% | 52.6% |
| Douglas Benold Middle School GEORGETOWN | 720 | 21.3% | 56.4% |
| Danforth Junior High School WIMBERLEY | 639 | 22.2% | 61.3% |
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 Wylie East Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Taylor County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.2% | #275 of 1,635 | #4 of 9 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #311 of 1,670 ▲ 65 | #4 of 9 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #317 of 1,670 ▼ 41 | #4 of 9 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +31.5pp | #62 of 1,570 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 540 | #1,031 of 1,749 | #6 of 9 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #395 of 1,542 | #2 of 9 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.7% | #677 of 1,543 | #6 of 9 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.1% | #1,523 of 1,648 | #6 of 9 |
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
540
-145 (-21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 540 | 40.9 | 13.2:1 | 24% (130) |
| 2023-24 | 552 | 40.2 | 13.8:1 | 28% (154) |
| 2022-23 | 524 | 40.6 | 12.9:1 | 27% (139) |
| 2020-21 | 685 | 45 | 15.2:1 | 22% (154) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wylie East Junior High School.
About Wylie East Junior High School
Wylie East Junior High School is a small middle school in ABILENE, Texas, one of the schools in WYLIE ISD. The student body numbers 540 students, from grades 6 through 8.
WYLIE ISD has 5,606 students in 8 schools, and Wylie East Junior High School is one of those schools.
A majority of students at Wylie East Junior High School, 61%, are White. Other reported shares: 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 5% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Wylie East Junior High School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 56%.
Its teaching staff equals 40.9 full-time positions, a ratio of 13.2:1. For comparison, middle schools in Texas average 14.4:1. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility, a common measure of family income, is 24%. The 53% average for public schools in Taylor County is 29 points higher.
The allk12 Grade for Wylie East Junior High School is A-. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 75% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
After adjusting for student poverty, Wylie East Junior High School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 58.2%; the prediction is 63.4%.
Taylor County census figures show that median household income is about $67,139, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Wylie East Junior High School is among the 54 public schools in Taylor County.
Wylie East Elementary School is the public school closest to Wylie East Junior High School, about 0.5 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. On average proficiency, Wylie East Junior High School is 4th of 5 nearby schools with test data.
By NCES locale, the school is City: Mid-size, or inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Federal counts put enrollment at 685 in 2020-21 and 540 in 2024-25, a 21% decrease. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.2:1.
Community posts for Wylie East Junior High School can cover sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Taylor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,863
Census ACS
Median income
$67,139
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
24,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WYLIE ISD
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 1,537 students
- Wylie West Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,038 students
- Wylie East Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Wylie West Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
- Wylie West Intermediate SchoolElementary · 465 students
- Wylie East Intermediate SchoolElementary · 384 students
Other schools in ABILENE
- Abilene High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 1,537 students
- Wylie West Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,038 students
- Texas Leadership of AbileneCombined · 834 students
- Mann Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Wylie East Elementary School0.5 mi · 776
- Wylie East Intermediate School1.3 mi · 384
- Cooper High School2.9 mi · 1,570
- Wylie West Elementary School3.0 mi · 673
- Wylie West Intermediate School3.1 mi · 465
- Juvenile Detention Center3.2 mi · 11
Frequently asked questions
About Wylie East Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wylie East Junior High School?
Wylie East Junior High School enrolls approximately 540 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Wylie East Junior High School serve?
Wylie East Junior High School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Wylie East Junior High School have?
Wylie East Junior High School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Wylie East Junior High School?
Student demographics at Wylie East Junior High School are roughly 61% White, 26% Hispanic, 5% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
What district is Wylie East Junior High School in?
Wylie East Junior High School is part of WYLIE ISD.
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