W E Pete Ford Middle

Summary:

W E Pete Ford Middle is a public middle school located in Allen, Texas, serving grades 7-8 with a total enrollment of 798 students. The school is part of the Allen Independent School District, which is ranked 61 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger.

W E Pete Ford Middle consistently ranks in the top 15% of Texas middle schools, with strong academic performance, particularly in reading, mathematics, and Algebra I. The school's diverse student population, with a racial makeup of 39.22% White, 20.43% African American, 18.67% Hispanic, and 14.41% Asian, performs well across different subgroups. W E Pete Ford Middle also has a strong Gifted and Talented program and performs well in serving students with special education needs.

Compared to nearby schools, W E Pete Ford Middle's academic performance is generally on par with or slightly lower than the other high-performing middle schools in the Allen Independent School District, such as Ereckson Middle and Walter & Lois Curtis Middle. However, the school outperforms nearby middle schools in the Plano and Frisco Independent School Districts, which have lower overall academic rankings and STAAR test scores.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 630 Park Pl Dr
       Allen, TX  75002-3006


(972) 727-0590

District: Allen Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
266th of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,746 Help


Students who attend W E Pete Ford Middle usually attend:

High:    Allen High School

Feeder schools for W E Pete Ford Middle:

Elementary:    Alvis C Story Elementary
    Bolin Elementary
    Carlena Chandler Elementary
    Max O Vaughan Elementary

Student/teacher ratio:  13.8 Help
Number of students:  716

Racial breakdown:

White:
41.2%
Hispanic:
19.8%
African American:
18.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  27.8% Help


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Compare Details W E Pete Ford Middle ranks better than 88.7% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks last among 3 ranked middle schools in the Allen Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.25. (See more...)
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Student Body
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Compare Details W E Pete Ford Middle has the smallest middle school student body size in the Allen Independent School District (Isd). Student population at W E Pete Ford Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (41.2%), Hispanic (19.8%), African American (18.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 27.8% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the highest percentage in the Allen Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at W E Pete Ford Middle is 13.8, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Allen Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at W E Pete Ford Middle is $9,746, which is the highest among 3 middle schools in the Allen Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

W E Pete Ford Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks W E Pete Ford Middle 266th of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See W E Pete Ford Middle in the ranking list.)

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Allen Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Allen Independent School District (Isd) 61st of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for W E Pete Ford Middle

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Rank History for all students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 83.16 87th 1573 94.5%
2005 86.72 62nd 1582 96.1%
2006 86.05 69th 1585 95.6%
2007 85.06 66th 1684 96.1%
2008 85.78 43rd 1718 97.5%
2009 83.00 71st 1763 96.0%
2010 81.12 91st 1803 95.0%
2011 78.90 137th 1895 92.8%
2012 87.19 116th 1951 94.1%
2013 85.14 135th 1973 93.2%
2014 86.79 121st 1987 93.9%
2015 82.90 207th 2043 89.9%
2016 84.44 178th 1987 91.0%
2017 86.12 199th 2027 90.2%
2018 89.61 143rd 2080 93.1%
2019 93.35 97th 2193 95.6%
2021 78.58 333rd 2252 85.2%
2022 83.61 264th 2254 88.3%
2023 77.07 380th 2330 83.7%
2024 83.25 266th 2361 88.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.50 148th 720 79.4%
2019 79.11 106th 753 85.9%
2021 59.34 243rd 743 67.3%
2022 73.78 145th 813 82.2%
2023 67.50 200th 817 75.5%
2024 76.02 135th 812 83.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 69.40 203rd 1376 85.2%
2019 87.03 80th 1445 94.5%
2021 73.57 181st 1592 88.6%
2022 74.82 211th 1643 87.2%
2023 56.97 552nd 1720 67.9%
2024 72.10 295th 1760 83.2%
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Rank History for Special Education students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.99 99th 1597 93.8%
2019 88.76 59th 1626 96.4%
2021 82.73 91st 1712 94.7%
2022 80.20 117th 1757 93.3%
2023 76.66 190th 1815 89.5%
2024 67.41 348th 1881 81.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 77.79 223rd 2039 89.1%
2019 85.75 121st 2073 94.2%
2021 76.71 260th 2172 88.0%
2022 74.97 303rd 2220 86.4%
2023 62.94 633rd 2251 71.9%
2024 64.61 531st 2224 76.1%
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Rank History for Female students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 89.61 126th 2008 93.7%
2019 92.62 99th 2047 95.2%
2021 72.98 416th 2151 80.7%
2022 81.95 268th 2221 87.9%
2023 73.69 422nd 2241 81.2%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.59 283rd 1430 80.2%
2019 76.92 180th 1446 87.6%
2021 77.44 251st 1501 83.3%
2022 77.06 211th 1488 85.8%
2023 81.17 15th 1481 99.0%
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Rank History for At Risk students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.43 159th 2008 92.1%
2019 83.75 141st 2058 93.1%
2021 67.73 372nd 2118 82.4%
2022 71.00 351st 2182 83.9%
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Rank History for Male students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.18 158th 2030 92.2%
2019 92.43 95th 2069 95.4%
2021 81.18 280th 2168 87.1%
2022 83.22 254th 2228 88.6%
2023 78.08 349th 2245 84.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.96 121st 587 79.4%
2019 75.81 116th 594 80.5%
2021 64.67 188th 589 68.1%
2022 72.87 140th 606 76.9%
2023 53.44 326th 616 47.1%
2024 56.47 294th 612 52.0%
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Rank History for African American students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.67 122nd 1167 89.5%
2019 90.38 68th 1193 94.3%
2021 81.34 126th 1213 89.6%
2022 78.08 166th 1251 86.7%
2023 73.69 235th 1273 81.5%
2024 79.19 158th 1271 87.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.71 125th 1895 93.4%
2019 91.21 94th 1935 95.1%
2021 65.07 506th 2043 75.2%
2022 71.61 374th 2077 82.0%
2023 64.50 552nd 2116 73.9%
2024 75.94 294th 2108 86.1%
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Rank History for Native American students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 92.44 3rd 41 92.7%
2019 76.44 9th 41 78.0%
2022 69.42 12th 40 70.0%
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Rank History for White students at W E Pete Ford Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 82.20 204th 1673 87.8%
2019 85.74 158th 1684 90.6%
2021 64.15 498th 1700 70.7%
2022 75.44 299th 1723 82.6%
2023 67.97 467th 1749 73.3%
2024 73.88 311th 1724 82.0%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for W E Pete Ford Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 635 25 8 19 8 n/a n/a 0 695
1989 710 19 5 18 7 n/a n/a 0 759
1990 698 25 5 26 4 n/a n/a 0 758
1991 747 26 6 26 3 n/a n/a 0 808
1992 844 28 11 35 2 n/a n/a 0 920
1993 908 38 10 44 1 n/a n/a 0 1001
1994 962 46 14 54 5 n/a n/a 0 1081
1995 740 49 14 56 4 n/a n/a 0 863
1996 740 49 14 56 4 n/a n/a 0 863
1997 770 40 15 66 2 n/a n/a 0 893
1998 807 39 18 75 6 n/a n/a 0 945
1999 828 51 16 78 8 n/a n/a 0 981
2000 586 36 13 51 4 n/a n/a 0 690
2001 583 43 18 58 5 n/a n/a 0 707
2002 903 86 36 108 8 n/a n/a 0 1141
2003 903 86 36 108 8 n/a n/a 0 1141
2004 900 116 33 133 9 n/a n/a 0 1191
2005 672 98 40 98 4 n/a n/a 0 912
2006 652 108 53 112 2 n/a n/a 0 927
2007 543 124 45 111 4 n/a n/a 0 827
2008 552 106 61 108 6 n/a n/a 0 833
2009 552 105 71 140 8 n/a n/a 0 876
2010 514 116 83 135 11 n/a n/a 0 859
2011 509 102 92 130 6 1 39 0 879
2012 544 121 89 146 7 6 43 0 956
2013 472 116 70 149 10 6 43 0 866
2014 483 118 74 163 13 2 42 0 895
2015 450 126 88 156 13 2 42 0 877
2016 441 145 98 146 5 4 55 0 894
2017 425 133 92 158 2 1 57 0 868
2018 423 125 94 162 5 4 61 0 874
2019 433 153 125 143 6 6 59 0 925
2020 416 143 122 123 1 4 39 0 848
2021 376 147 107 140 5 2 49 0 826
2022 337 163 121 160 6 1 59 0 847
2023 313 163 115 149 1 2 55 0 798
2024 295 133 106 142 1 1 38 0 716

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at W E Pete Ford Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 695 41.0 16.9 n/a
1989 759 n/a n/a n/a
1990 758 45.0 16.8 n/a
1991 808 84.4 9.5 n/a
1992 920 48.0 19.1 3
1993 1001 54.0 18.5 5.2
1994 1081 58.3 18.5 3.9
1995 863 55.8 15.5 3.2
1996 863 55.8 15.5 3.2
1997 893 59.2 15.1 3.6
1998 945 69.3 13.6 2.5
1999 981 77.5 12.7 1.8
2000 690 52.9 13.0 2.9
2001 707 50.1 14.1 6.1
2002 1141 76.7 14.9 8
2003 1141 76.7 14.9 8
2004 1191 83.8 14.2 9.9
2005 912 65.5 13.9 11.4
2006 927 71.1 13.0 12.8
2007 827 67.4 12.3 14.9
2008 833 66.4 12.5 16.6
2009 876 69.6 12.6 16.3
2010 859 67.8 12.6 19
2011 879 58.0 15.1 22.1
2012 956 57.6 16.5 23.5
2013 866 55.9 15.4 24
2014 895 54.3 16.4 23.5
2015 877 55.0 15.9 21.6
2016 894 55.0 16.2 21.7
2017 868 54.9 15.7 23.3
2018 874 52.8 16.5 21.1
2019 925 55.8 16.5 24.1
2020 848 54.4 15.5 25.8
2021 826 52.9 15.6 34.5
2022 847 52.6 16.0 26.9
2023 798 53.5 14.9 28.8
2024 716 51.6 13.8 27.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio W E Pete Ford Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 695 41.0 16.9 n/a
1989 759 n/a n/a n/a
1990 758 45.0 16.8 n/a
1991 808 84.4 9.5 n/a
1992 920 48.0 19.1 3
1993 1001 54.0 18.5 5.2
1994 1081 58.3 18.5 3.9
1995 863 55.8 15.5 3.2
1996 863 55.8 15.5 3.2
1997 893 59.2 15.1 3.6
1998 945 69.3 13.6 2.5
1999 981 77.5 12.7 1.8
2000 690 52.9 13.0 2.9
2001 707 50.1 14.1 6.1
2002 1141 76.7 14.9 8
2003 1141 76.7 14.9 8
2004 1191 83.8 14.2 9.9
2005 912 65.5 13.9 11.4
2006 927 71.1 13.0 12.8
2007 827 67.4 12.3 14.9
2008 833 66.4 12.5 16.6
2009 876 69.6 12.6 16.3
2010 859 67.8 12.6 19
2011 879 58.0 15.1 22.1
2012 956 57.6 16.5 23.5
2013 866 55.9 15.4 24
2014 895 54.3 16.4 23.5
2015 877 55.0 15.9 21.6
2016 894 55.0 16.2 21.7
2017 868 54.9 15.7 23.3
2018 874 52.8 16.5 21.1
2019 925 55.8 16.5 24.1
2020 848 54.4 15.5 25.8
2021 826 52.9 15.6 34.5
2022 847 52.6 16.0 26.9
2023 798 53.5 14.9 28.8
2024 716 51.6 13.8 27.8

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for W E Pete Ford Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $470 (5.3%) $8,355 (94.7%) $8,825
2020 $498 (5.1%) $9,297 (94.9%) $9,795
2021 $578 (5.9%) $9,168 (94.1%) $9,746

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on W E Pete Ford Middle

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Rankings

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Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 97th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 380th of 2330 Middle schools
 11.9%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Reading (W E Pete Ford Middle)7362
 11%
   7th Grade Reading (Allen Independent School District (Isd))7677
 1%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (W E Pete Ford Middle)7763
 14%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Allen Independent School District (Isd))7974
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (W E Pete Ford Middle)7564
 11%
   8th Grade Reading (Allen Independent School District (Isd))7879
 1%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (W E Pete Ford Middle)7345
 28%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Allen Independent School District (Isd))7060
 10%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (W E Pete Ford Middle)7961
 18%
   8th Grade Science (Allen Independent School District (Isd))8071
 9%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (W E Pete Ford Middle)6449
 15%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Allen Independent School District (Isd))6857
 11%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (W E Pete Ford Middle)100100
   End of Course Algebra I (Allen Independent School District (Isd))8173
 8%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students925798
 13.7%
African American153163
 6.5%
American Indian61
 83.3%
Asian125115
 8%
Hispanic143149
 4.2%
Pacific Islander62
 66.7%
White433313
 27.7%
Two or More Races5955
 6.8%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients24.1%28.8%
 4.7%


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W E Pete Ford Middle ranks 266th of 2361 Texas middle schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 4 stars out of 5.

In the 2023-24 school year, 716 students attended W E Pete Ford Middle.

Students at W E Pete Ford Middle are 41% White, 20% Hispanic, 19% African American, 15% Asian, 5% Two or more races.

Students who attend W E Pete Ford Middle usually go on to attend Allen High School


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