The Baylor College of Medicine Academy at Ryan, a magnet middle school, now occupies the campus.

Since Ryan's beginning, Turner said that the school's fortunes had risen and fallen as time passed.

HISD staff stated that the district needed signing bonuses in order to convince employees to take positions at Ryan Middle School.

[9] During that year, principal Cimberli Johnson was fired because she socially promoted 25 students and issued about $70,800 in paychecks not earned by employees.

[12] He stated that he was required to keep working with the same assistant principals and counselors who were there prior to the start of his term and that he was not permitted to replace them.

McKenzie, a black man, disputed the findings that he made the comments of racial and sexual natures, and he added that he returned the furniture to the employee after initially believing it was HISD property.

If Ryan closed at that time, its students would have been divided between Attucks, Cullen, Dowling, Lanier, and Pershing middle schools.

[15] Dance said that over the previous five-year period, HISD had already invested an additional $438,000 per year into Ryan.

Plans were to rezone the students to Cullen Middle School, 4 miles (6.4 km) from Ryan.

[28] Cuney Homes and Ewing Apartments, units of public housing, were zoned to Ryan Middle School.

[34] Beginning in 2010 the former Ryan Middle School required male students to wear ties.