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Enrollment
1,537
High
DISTRICT 701 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WYLIE ISD·NCES 484650005293
Wylie High School
4502 ANTILLEY RD, ABILENE, TX 79606 · (325) 690-1181 · Taylor County
GRADES 09–12HIGH12-CITYREGULAR SCHOOL1,537 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
97 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
18%
270 students
DISTRICT 24% · 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 | 426 | 28% |
| Grade 10 | 389 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 369 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 353 | 23% |
Student demographics
54%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +26.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 61.0% | 12.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 41.0% | 29.0% | 7.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 77.0% | 60.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 50.0% | N/A |
% 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
73.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 66% 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 High School
Wylie High School's state test result (73.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wylie High School this school | 1,537 | 17.6% | 73.8% |
| Liberty Hill High School LIBERTY HILL | 2,156 | 18.9% | 66.0% |
| Lake Creek High School MONTGOMERY | 1,692 | 20.3% | 72.5% |
| Boerne High School BOERNE | 1,494 | 18.0% | 75.1% |
| McCallum High School AUSTIN | 1,897 | 23.0% | 76.8% |
| Boerne - Samuel V Champion High School BOERNE | 2,067 | 14.0% | 78.6% |
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 High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Taylor County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 73.8% | #169 of 1,385 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #234 of 1,425 ▲ 17 | #4 of 6 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #258 of 1,425 ▲ 18 | #3 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +42.5pp | #21 of 1,184 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,537 | #449 of 2,107 | #3 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #873 of 1,344 | #5 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.3% | #536 of 1,346 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 17.6% | #1,467 of 1,522 | #7 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.0% | #125 of 672 | N/A |
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
1,537
+224 (+17%) vs 2020
+203% since 1990-91, when it was 507
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 15.1:1
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 | 1,537 | 97.2 | 15.8:1 | 18% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 1,517 | 99.4 | 15.3:1 | 20% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 1,467 | 100.3 | 14.6:1 | 18% (257) |
| 2020-21 | 1,313 | 87 | 15.1:1 | 15% (194) |
| 2017-18 | 1,164 | 80.4 | 14.5:1 | 10% (117) |
| 2015-16 | 1,055 | 69 | 15.3:1 | 8% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 922 | 64 | 14.4:1 | 9% (87) |
| 2000-01 | 783 | 53 | 14.8:1 | 6% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 507 | 31 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wylie High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 32% (1,164 to 1,537); teachers up 21% (80.4 to 97.2).
About Wylie High School
At 4502 ANTILLEY RD in ABILENE, Texas, Wylie High School operates as a large high school. In all, 1,537 students attend the school in grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 93% bigger than the 796-student average for high schools in Texas.
WYLIE ISD has 8 schools and 5,606 students, and Wylie High School is one of those schools.
More than half of enrollment at Wylie High School is White: 63%. The remaining shares are 24% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black, and 3% Asian. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Wylie High School scores 54%.
For every teacher at Wylie High School, there are about 15.8 students; the school has 97.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. There are 270 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 18% of enrollment. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Taylor County is 53%.
Wylie High School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 73.8% is 7.6 points above the 66.2% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Taylor County show that the median household earns about $67,139 a year, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 11%. Across Taylor County, 54 public schools serve about 24,159 students.
Wylie High School's nearest public school is Wylie West Early Childhood Center (about 0.6 miles). Inside a five-mile radius, there are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.0%; Wylie High School's is 73.8%, ranking 1st of 7.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is City: Mid-size.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 17%, from 1,313 to 1,537.
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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 West Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,038 students
- Wylie East Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
- Wylie West Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
- Wylie East Junior High SchoolMiddle · 540 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 West Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,038 students
- Texas Leadership of AbileneCombined · 834 students
- Mann Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
- Wylie East Elementary SchoolElementary · 776 students
Other Wylie High schools
One other US public school is named Wylie High. Wylie High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Wylie High SchoolWYLIE, TX · 3,189 students
Nearby schools
- Wylie West Early Childhood Center0.6 mi · 193
- Wylie West Junior High School1.5 mi · 1,038
- Wylie West Elementary School1.8 mi · 673
- Ward Elementary School1.8 mi · 502
- Wylie West Intermediate School1.9 mi · 465
- Bassetti Elementary School2.7 mi · 546
Frequently asked questions
About Wylie High SchoolHow many students attend Wylie High School?
Wylie High School enrolls approximately 1,537 students in grades 09-12.
Is Wylie High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Wylie High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Wylie High School have?
Wylie High School employs 97 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.8:1.
What is the student diversity at Wylie High School?
Student demographics at Wylie High School are roughly 63% White, 24% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Wylie High School in?
Wylie High School is part of WYLIE ISD.
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