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Enrollment
417
Middle
DISTRICT 366 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ACADEMY ISD·NCES 480747006348
Academy Middle School
602 E MAIN ST, LITTLE RIVER, TX 76554 · (254) 982-4201 · Bell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL417 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 61% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- BThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
34%
143 students
DISTRICT 39% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 145 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 138 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 134 | 32% |
Student demographics
58%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Academy Middle School→Academy High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ACADEMY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +13.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 13 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 30.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 65.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 50.0% |
| 2023-24 | 62.0% | 50.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 41.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 34.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
59.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Academy Middle School
Academy Middle School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Middle School this school | 417 | 34.3% | 53.3% |
| China Spring Middle School CHINA SPRING | 483 | 34.2% | 54.6% |
| China Spring Intermediate School WACO | 491 | 34.6% | 54.6% |
| Hamshire-Fannett Middle School BEAUMONT | 469 | 36.5% | 41.7% |
| East Bernard Junior High School EAST BERNARD | 314 | 37.6% | 58.3% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School AMARILLO | 427 | 31.4% | 63.3% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Academy Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #407 of 1,635 | #4 of 23 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #633 of 1,670 ▼ 132 | #5 of 23 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #389 of 1,670 ▲ 220 | #3 of 23 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.5pp | #631 of 1,570 | #10 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 417 | #1,232 of 1,749 | #20 of 25 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #711 of 1,542 | #7 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.5% | #568 of 1,543 | #19 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 34.3% | #1,405 of 1,648 | #20 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.2% | #134 of 437 | #2 of 8 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
417
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+46% since 1990-91, when it was 285
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 14.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 417 | 29 | 14.4:1 | 34% (143) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 24.8 | 16.2:1 | 37% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 419 | 27.7 | 15.1:1 | 46% (194) |
| 2020-21 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 33% (138) |
| 2017-18 | 344 | 22.6 | 15.3:1 | 40% (137) |
| 2015-16 | 327 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 43% (142) |
| 2010-11 | 357 | 24 | 14.9:1 | 29% (105) |
| 2000-01 | 310 | 25 | 12.4:1 | 24% (74) |
| 1990-91 | 285 | 15 | 19.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Academy Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 21% (344 to 417); teachers up 28% (22.6 to 29).
About Academy Middle School
Academy Middle School is a middle school located in LITTLE RIVER, Texas, in Bell County. Students in grades 6 through 8 attend the school, which enrolls 417 students. The average among middle schools in Texas is roughly 643 students; this school is 35% smaller than that.
The district for Academy Middle School is ACADEMY ISD, with 5 schools and 1,832 students.
At Academy Middle School, White students make up 56% of the student body. The next largest groups are 30% Hispanic, 6% Black, and 5% multiracial. Pick two students at random and there is a 58% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teachers at the school number 29 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.4:1. That matches the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas fairly closely. Roughly 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Bell County, the average is 57%.
Academy Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 61% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
In Texas, Academy Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 53.3% actual against a predicted 59.0%.
Census Bureau estimates for Bell County show that the median household income is $68,865, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 27% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 11%. There are 130 public schools in Bell County, enrolling about 71,041 students in all.
Academy Intermediate School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 6. Of 6 schools in the immediate area with test results, Academy Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Fringe, or in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 422 in 2020-21 and 417 in 2024-25.
Community posts for Academy Middle School can cover school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ACADEMY ISD
- Academy High SchoolHigh · 546 students
- Academy Intermediate SchoolElementary · 444 students
- Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 258 students
- Academy Early Childhood CenterElementary · 167 students
- Bell County Alternative SchoolHigh
- Academy JJAEPElementary
Other schools in LITTLE RIVER
- Academy High SchoolHigh · 546 students
- Academy Intermediate SchoolElementary · 444 students
- Academy Elementary SchoolElementary · 258 students
- Academy Early Childhood CenterElementary · 167 students
- Bell County Alternative SchoolHigh
- Academy JJAEPElementary
Nearby schools
- Academy Intermediate School0.2 mi · 444
- Academy Elementary School0.3 mi · 258
- Academy Early Childhood Center0.4 mi · 167
- Academy High School0.6 mi · 546
- Raye-Allen Elementary School4.6 mi · 441
- Sampson-Howard Elementary School4.8 mi · 611
Frequently asked questions
About Academy Middle SchoolHow many students attend Academy Middle School?
Academy Middle School enrolls approximately 417 students in grades 06-08.
Is Academy Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Academy Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Academy Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Academy Middle School is approximately 14.4:1 (29 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Academy Middle School?
At Academy Middle School, the student body is approximately 56% White, 30% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Academy Middle School in?
Academy Middle School is part of ACADEMY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.