Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Summary:

Walter & Lois Curtis Middle is a highly-rated public middle school in Allen, Texas, serving 1,308 students in grades 7-8. As part of the Allen Independent School District, which is ranked 61 out of 968 districts in Texas, this school consistently delivers outstanding academic performance and positive student outcomes.

Walter & Lois Curtis Middle is a standout among its peers, ranking 83rd out of 2,361 middle schools in Texas and earning a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's students consistently outperform state and district averages on STAAR tests across all subject areas. Additionally, the school boasts a diverse student population, with a mix of White, Asian, African American, and Hispanic students. This diversity is a key strength, and the school's performance on student group rankings, such as for female, male, Asian, African American, and special education students, is consistently high.

Compared to nearby middle schools like Ereckson Middle and W.E. Pete Ford Middle, both part of the Allen ISD, Walter & Lois Curtis Middle generally outperforms them on academic measures. The school also has a relatively low student-teacher ratio of 16.6, which may contribute to its strong academic results. While the school's spending per student ($8,344 in 2020-2021) is slightly lower than the state average, it is still able to maintain its high level of performance and positive student outcomes.


Detail:

Public 7-8

 1530 Rivercrest Blvd
       Allen, TX  75002-4547


(972) 727-0340

District: Allen Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
83rd of 2,361 Texas Middle Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,344 Help


Students who attend Walter & Lois Curtis Middle usually attend:

High:    Allen High School

Feeder schools for Walter & Lois Curtis Middle:

Elementary:    Beverly Cheatham Elementary
    David And Lynda Olson Elementary
    Gene M Reed Elementary
    James And Margie Marion Elementary
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Student/teacher ratio:  17.0 Help
Number of students:  1,304

Racial breakdown:

White:
37.6%
Asian:
29.7%
Hispanic:
13.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  19% Help


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Compare Details Walter & Lois Curtis Middle ranks better than 96.5% of middle schools in Texas. It also ranks 2nd 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 93.73. (See more...)
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Walter & Lois Curtis Middle has the largest middle school student body size in the Allen Independent School District (Isd). Student population at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (37.6%), Asian (29.7%), Hispanic (13.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 19% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Allen Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle is 17. 1 middle schools in the Allen Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle is $8,344, which is the lowest among 3 middle schools in the Allen Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Walter & Lois Curtis Middle:

SchoolDigger ranks Walter & Lois Curtis Middle 83rd of 2361 Texas public middle schools. (See Walter & Lois Curtis 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 Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

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Rank History for all students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 82.29 104th 1573 93.4%
2005 86.74 61st 1582 96.1%
2006 86.12 66th 1585 95.8%
2007 82.77 114th 1684 93.2%
2008 85.10 57th 1718 96.7%
2009 83.56 61st 1763 96.5%
2010 82.10 70th 1803 96.1%
2011 79.19 133rd 1895 93.0%
2012 88.70 90th 1951 95.4%
2013 86.64 107th 1973 94.6%
2014 91.00 49th 1987 97.5%
2015 86.97 124th 2043 93.9%
2016 87.26 116th 1987 94.2%
2017 97.24 44th 2027 97.8%
2018 96.76 50th 2080 97.6%
2019 94.87 78th 2193 96.4%
2021 92.59 112th 2252 95.0%
2022 91.37 117th 2254 94.8%
2023 93.90 81st 2330 96.5%
2024 93.73 83rd 2361 96.5%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.81 32nd 720 95.6%
2019 82.37 72nd 753 90.4%
2021 69.82 151st 743 79.7%
2022 56.54 309th 813 62.0%
2023 80.98 102nd 817 87.5%
2024 84.47 71st 812 91.3%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.29 150th 1376 89.1%
2019 70.41 238th 1445 83.5%
2021 44.50 773rd 1592 51.4%
2022 63.53 376th 1643 77.1%
2023 82.82 154th 1720 91.0%
2024 83.68 161st 1760 90.9%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 90.79 51st 1597 96.8%
2019 89.58 50th 1626 96.9%
2021 92.98 31st 1712 98.2%
2022 83.53 96th 1757 94.5%
2023 91.83 55th 1815 97.0%
2024 89.97 53rd 1881 97.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 88.73 90th 2039 95.6%
2019 81.17 185th 2073 91.1%
2021 80.92 191st 2172 91.2%
2022 76.92 274th 2220 87.7%
2023 82.22 191st 2251 91.5%
2024 81.95 175th 2224 92.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 95.07 58th 2008 97.1%
2019 92.73 97th 2047 95.3%
2021 90.25 132nd 2151 93.9%
2022 90.04 123rd 2221 94.5%
2023 93.85 68th 2241 97.0%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 78.44 144th 1430 89.9%
2019 78.67 111th 1446 92.3%
2021 81.72 121st 1501 91.9%
2022 79.82 122nd 1488 91.8%
2023 80.51 41st 1481 97.2%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.54 99th 2008 95.1%
2019 75.08 246th 2058 88.0%
2021 75.80 219th 2118 89.7%
2022 75.18 275th 2182 87.4%
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Rank History for Male students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 97.08 39th 2030 98.1%
2019 95.46 62nd 2069 97.0%
2021 93.00 100th 2168 95.4%
2022 91.16 115th 2228 94.8%
2023 92.69 97th 2245 95.7%
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Rank History for Asian students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 83.57 45th 587 92.3%
2019 81.81 58th 594 90.2%
2021 79.28 77th 589 86.9%
2022 78.84 82nd 606 86.5%
2023 79.07 80th 616 87.0%
2024 73.85 126th 612 79.4%
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Rank History for African American students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 87.60 80th 1167 93.1%
2019 88.98 78th 1193 93.5%
2021 87.70 78th 1213 93.6%
2022 80.98 141st 1251 88.7%
2023 85.79 116th 1273 90.9%
2024 84.79 103rd 1271 91.9%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 96.82 35th 1895 98.2%
2019 90.48 103rd 1935 94.7%
2021 76.04 286th 2043 86.0%
2022 78.36 270th 2077 87.0%
2023 82.01 218th 2116 89.7%
2024 81.93 191st 2108 90.9%
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Rank History for Native American students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 99.38 1st 41 97.6%
2019 80.51 5th 41 87.8%
2022 95.69 1st 40 97.5%
2023 92.72 2nd 35 94.3%
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Rank History for White students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked Middle Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 91.74 62nd 1673 96.3%
2019 87.31 131st 1684 92.2%
2021 82.20 175th 1700 89.7%
2022 82.40 175th 1723 89.8%
2023 84.92 143rd 1749 91.8%
2024 82.75 153rd 1724 91.1%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1995 916 21 16 36 3 n/a n/a 0 992
1996 916 21 16 36 3 n/a n/a 0 992
1997 1033 26 21 41 6 n/a n/a 0 1127
1998 1120 37 18 49 8 n/a n/a 0 1232
1999 1192 41 25 49 8 n/a n/a 0 1315
2000 799 25 17 42 15 n/a n/a 0 898
2001 896 36 30 63 14 n/a n/a 0 1039
2002 799 68 53 65 4 n/a n/a 0 989
2003 799 68 53 65 4 n/a n/a 0 989
2004 866 67 66 79 9 n/a n/a 0 1087
2005 590 68 38 71 10 n/a n/a 0 777
2006 629 84 49 87 5 n/a n/a 0 854
2007 434 78 67 85 6 n/a n/a 0 670
2008 459 80 68 94 9 n/a n/a 0 710
2009 467 85 87 102 6 n/a n/a 0 747
2010 454 75 95 98 4 n/a n/a 0 726
2011 485 79 102 138 8 3 23 0 838
2012 553 116 143 145 6 5 32 0 1000
2013 603 118 153 149 6 5 39 0 1073
2014 640 113 160 136 5 4 36 0 1094
2015 677 144 180 143 1 2 44 0 1191
2016 671 153 206 152 7 5 42 0 1236
2017 658 146 225 163 8 5 51 0 1256
2018 677 150 239 154 9 5 62 0 1296
2019 710 164 249 143 12 6 61 0 1345
2020 679 192 307 151 12 6 65 0 1412
2021 650 178 342 159 11 6 64 0 1410
2022 609 163 341 147 7 3 74 0 1344
2023 562 156 350 161 8 3 68 0 1308
2024 490 165 387 180 8 2 72 0 1304

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 992 61.3 16.2 1.7
1996 992 61.3 16.2 1.7
1997 1127 73.0 15.4 2
1998 1232 85.7 14.4 1.5
1999 1315 87.4 15.0 0.8
2000 898 65.2 13.8 1.7
2001 1039 66.2 15.7 2.5
2002 989 64.4 15.4 3.8
2003 989 64.4 15.4 3.8
2004 1087 70.2 15.5 4.7
2005 777 55.3 14.1 7.6
2006 854 57.5 14.9 9.6
2007 670 50.7 13.2 11.3
2008 710 51.5 13.8 10.8
2009 747 52.3 14.3 13.4
2010 726 50.9 14.2 15.6
2011 838 49.9 16.7 15.2
2012 1000 52.9 18.8 13.3
2013 1073 60.5 17.7 13.2
2014 1094 63.7 17.1 11.2
2015 1191 71.0 16.7 11.8
2016 1236 74.0 16.7 11.5
2017 1256 74.2 16.9 12
2018 1296 76.2 17.0 11.7
2019 1345 76.0 17.6 14.1
2020 1412 78.0 18.0 14.3
2021 1410 80.0 17.6 18.4
2022 1344 77.7 17.2 17.3
2023 1308 78.7 16.6 17.9
2024 1304 76.6 17.0 19

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 Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1995 992 61.3 16.2 1.7
1996 992 61.3 16.2 1.7
1997 1127 73.0 15.4 2
1998 1232 85.7 14.4 1.5
1999 1315 87.4 15.0 0.8
2000 898 65.2 13.8 1.7
2001 1039 66.2 15.7 2.5
2002 989 64.4 15.4 3.8
2003 989 64.4 15.4 3.8
2004 1087 70.2 15.5 4.7
2005 777 55.3 14.1 7.6
2006 854 57.5 14.9 9.6
2007 670 50.7 13.2 11.3
2008 710 51.5 13.8 10.8
2009 747 52.3 14.3 13.4
2010 726 50.9 14.2 15.6
2011 838 49.9 16.7 15.2
2012 1000 52.9 18.8 13.3
2013 1073 60.5 17.7 13.2
2014 1094 63.7 17.1 11.2
2015 1191 71.0 16.7 11.8
2016 1236 74.0 16.7 11.5
2017 1256 74.2 16.9 12
2018 1296 76.2 17.0 11.7
2019 1345 76.0 17.6 14.1
2020 1412 78.0 18.0 14.3
2021 1410 80.0 17.6 18.4
2022 1344 77.7 17.2 17.3
2023 1308 78.7 16.6 17.9
2024 1304 76.6 17.0 19

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 Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $402 (4.9%) $7,849 (95.1%) $8,251
2020 $399 (4.8%) $7,915 (95.2%) $8,314
2021 $454 (5.4%) $7,889 (94.5%) $8,344

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

The coronavirus has had a profound impact on education in America. Learning shifted online overnight, attendance numbers dwindled, and enrollment decreased. SchoolDigger.com is making it easier for you to better assess how COVID-19 has impacted your school. Through the collection of pre-pandemic (2019) and current data, SchoolDigger.com is sharing test scores, enrollment numbers and school demographics from schools across the country – and we make it easy to see how impacted schools compare locally and statewide.

Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 78th of 2193 Middle schoolsRanks 81st of 2330 Middle schools
 0.1%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
7th Grade Reading (Walter & Lois Curtis Middle)7882
 4%
   7th Grade Reading (Allen Independent School District (Isd))7677
 1%
   7th Grade Reading (Texas)4752
 5%
7th Grade Mathematics (Walter & Lois Curtis Middle)7775
 2%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Allen Independent School District (Isd))7974
 5%
   7th Grade Mathematics (Texas)4135
 6%
8th Grade Reading (Walter & Lois Curtis Middle)8084
 4%
   8th Grade Reading (Allen Independent School District (Isd))7879
 1%
   8th Grade Reading (Texas)5356
 3%
8th Grade Mathematics (Walter & Lois Curtis Middle)6668
 2%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Allen Independent School District (Isd))7060
 10%
   8th Grade Mathematics (Texas)5544
 11%
8th Grade Science (Walter & Lois Curtis Middle)7771
 6%
   8th Grade Science (Allen Independent School District (Isd))8071
 9%
   8th Grade Science (Texas)4945
 4%
8th Grade Social Studies (Walter & Lois Curtis Middle)7058
 12%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Allen Independent School District (Isd))6857
 11%
   8th Grade Social Studies (Texas)3531
 4%
End of Course Algebra I (Walter & Lois Curtis Middle)10097
 3%
   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 Students13451308
 2.8%
African American164156
 4.9%
American Indian128
 33.3%
Asian249350
 40.6%
Hispanic143161
 12.6%
Pacific Islander63
 50%
White710562
 20.8%
Two or More Races6168
 11.5%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients14.1%17.9%
 3.8%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Walter & Lois Curtis Middle

Students who attend Walter & Lois Curtis Middle usually go on to attend Allen High School

In the 2023-24 school year, 1,304 students attended Walter & Lois Curtis Middle.

Students at Walter & Lois Curtis Middle are 38% White, 30% Asian, 14% Hispanic, 13% African American, 6% Two or more races.

Yes! Walter & Lois Curtis Middle is one of the best middle schools in the state. It ranks 83rd of 2361 Texas middle schools.


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