📍 822 W Pleasant Run Rd, Lancaster, Dallas County, 75146
Lancaster Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lancaster, Dallas County. The school has 1,007 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Travis Anderson. It is part of the Lancaster Isd school district. It serves grades 7–8 in a suburban setting. The school employs 62.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1. 32% of students are proficient in reading. 20% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lancaster Middle enrolls 1,007 students across grades 7–8. The student body is 48% male and 52% female. A teaching staff of 62.9 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 74% Black or African American, 22% Hispanic or Latino and 2% Two or more races.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Black or African American | 748 | 74% |
| Hispanic or Latino | 221 | 22% |
| Two or more races | 20 | 2% |
| White | 11 | 1.1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 4 | <1% |
| Asian | 3 | <1% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
849 of the school's 1,007 students (84%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 843 qualify for free lunch and 6 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lancaster Middle is located in a suburban setting (NCES locale: Suburb, Large). The school runs a schoolwide Title I program, which provides federal funding to support students from low-income families. For civic and policy purposes, the school sits in congressional district TX At-Large (non-voting delegate), state senate district 23, state house district 109.
Lancaster Middle is one of 11 schools in LANCASTER ISD, based in LANCASTER, Texas. The district serves 6,822 students district-wide and employs 443 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 1,007 students, Lancaster Middle is larger than the district average of about 620 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Suburb - Large