Life Middle Waxahachie

Life Middle Waxahachie is a middle school located in Red Oak, TX, serving grades 7–8 and approximately 600 students. Operated by Life School, the campus sits about 21.6 miles from The Dallas's newsroom and is part of The Dallas's ongoing local education coverage.

The school employs roughly 39 full-time-equivalent classroom teachers for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 15.4:1. That ratio is roughly in line with the state average for TX public schools.

Life Middle Waxahachie operates as a publicly funded charter school. These designations affect funding, enrollment policy, and the kinds of state and federal accountability measures the campus is subject to.

State accountability ratings for TEA are released annually and combine student achievement, growth, and closing-the-gaps metrics. The Dallas publishes rating updates as soon as they become public each fall, with comparisons to nearby campuses and prior-year trends.

Middle school transitions matter: The Dallas reports on Life Middle Waxahachie's academic offerings, athletics, and feeder-pattern shifts that determine where graduates attend high school.

Tip about Life Middle Waxahachie? Email editor@nexcom.media with the subject line "Life Middle Waxahachie". For more education coverage, see thedallas.org/schools or browse The Dallas's latest reporting at thedallas.org/news. This profile uses public data from the National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) and is updated annually as new federal filings are released.