William H Byrd Middle School

Size

William H Byrd Middle School is the 2nd largest of Duncanville ISD's 6 middle schools; its 517 students are 4.5% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest middle schools sit a median 2.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 474; William H Byrd Middle School is close to their typical size.

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 8 with 278 students, and its smallest is grade 7 with 239, against an average of 259 per grade. This year grade 8 has 16% more students than grade 7 (278 against 239). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 54.4% here and 55.1% across Duncanville ISD. Black students are next, at 41.8%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

83% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 78.1% across Duncanville 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 37.84 full-time-equivalent teachers for 517 students, William H Byrd Middle School has 13.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas middle school ratio of 14.4, a school with 517 students would have about 35.9 teachers, so William H Byrd Middle School has 1.9 more.

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

Location

William H Byrd 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 H Bob Daniel Sr. Intermediate School, 0.4 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there are 45 other middle schools, 14 of them within 5 miles.

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