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ARGYLE MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ARGYLE MIDDLE
As a high-enrollment junior high in ARGYLE, Texas, ARGYLE MIDDLE hosts 969 students from grades 7 through 8, one of the schools within ARGYLE ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so ARGYLE MIDDLE sits 51% bigger than that benchmark.
Across the 8 schools in ARGYLE ISD (6,166 students total), ARGYLE MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, ARGYLE MIDDLE records that 57% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 20% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That composition is broadly in line with Denton County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 52 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.6:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ARGYLE MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that median household earnings sit near $111,498, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ARGYLE MIDDLE is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).
Nearest neighbor: ARGYLE 6TH GRADE CENTER, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools.
ARGYLE MIDDLE operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 43%: 679 students in 2018 compared to 969 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 81% to 57% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 18.6:1 in 2025.
On the community side, the feed for ARGYLE MIDDLE typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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