📍 12820 Glenn Lofton, Lyford, Willacy County, 78569
Lyford Middle is a State/Public serving middle age pupils, located in Lyford, Willacy County. The school has 299 pupils enrolled. The Principal is Kacey Williams. It is part of the Lyford Cisd school district. It serves grades 6–8 in a small-town setting. The school employs 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1. 34% of students are proficient in reading. 19% are proficient in maths. Technology infrastructure includes fiber internet, campus-wide Wi-Fi, devices for students.
Lyford Middle enrolls 299 students across grades 6–8. The student body is 50% male and 50% female. A teaching staff of 23 full-time-equivalent teachers supports the school, giving a student-teacher ratio of 13.0:1.
By race and ethnicity, the student body is 96% Hispanic or Latino and 4% White.
| Race / ethnicity | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Hispanic or Latino | 287 | 96% |
| White | 12 | 4% |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data.
240 of the school's 299 students (80%) qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Of these, 230 qualify for free lunch and 10 for a reduced price. Free and reduced-price lunch eligibility is a widely used indicator of the share of students from lower-income households.
Lyford Middle is located in a small-town setting (NCES locale: Town, Distant). 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 27, state house district 31.
Lyford Middle is one of 3 schools in LYFORD CISD, based in LYFORD, Texas. The district serves 1,396 students district-wide and employs 103 full-time-equivalent teachers. With 299 students, Lyford Middle is smaller than the district average of about 465 students per school.
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Proficiency based on state assessments.
Setting: Town - Distant