AD WHEAT MIDDLE

AD WHEAT MIDDLE, a roomy junior high in CLEBURNE, Texas, part of CLEBURNE ISD, serves 998 students, covering grades 7 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 55% above typical.

CLEBURNE ISD comprises 11 schools with combined enrollment of 6,877 students; AD WHEAT MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, AD WHEAT MIDDLE logs that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 44% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, AD WHEAT MIDDLE records 70 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.3:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is north of Johnson County's rate of about 51%.

With demographic context factored in, AD WHEAT MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.3%, the actual is 34.4%, a residual of -9.0 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Johnson County) shows that median household income runs about $84,859, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Johnson County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), of which AD WHEAT MIDDLE is one.

CLEBURNE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around AD WHEAT MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), AD WHEAT MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 41.0%.

AD WHEAT MIDDLE operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 45%: 687 students in 2018 compared to 998 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 49% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 in 2025.

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