ACTON MIDDLE

ACTON MIDDLE is a junior high of middle-of-the-pack scale in GRANBURY, Texas, operated by GRANBURY ISD, hosting 938 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 46% larger than the state mean of about 643.

GRANBURY ISD comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 7,962 students; ACTON MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, ACTON MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 72%; the rest looks like 23% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 85% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, ACTON MIDDLE has 66 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 42% of students at ACTON MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Hood County's rate of about 51%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ACTON MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.4%, the actual is 57.3%, a residual of +2.0 points.

In the broader community, Hood County reports that median household income runs about $88,160, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Hood County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,530 students), of which ACTON MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is ACTON EL, roughly 1.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ACTON MIDDLE at 3rd of 5; the average score across the group is 53.3%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. ACTON MIDDLE's enrollment has grew 11% since 2018, when it stood at 846 (now 938). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 16% to 23% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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