Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School

Size

Of the 3 middle schools in Allen ISD, Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School is the largest, with 6.3% of the district's students. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 5.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 756; Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 7 with 676 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 647, against an average of 662 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 676 in grade 7 and 647 in grade 8.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 35.7% here and 34.7% across Allen ISD. Asian students are next, at 30.1%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

19.2% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 22% across Allen ISD and a median of 65.6% for Texas middle schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 73.39 full-time-equivalent teachers for 1,323 students, Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School has 18 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 1,323 students would have about 91.9 teachers, so Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School has 18.5 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas middle schools (14.4).

Location

Walter & Lois Curtis Middle School is in an urbanized area of 250,000 people or more, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, large. The nearest other middle school is W E Pete Ford Middle School, 1.8 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 39 other middle schools, 4 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.