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ALEDO MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 82 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 69% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 68% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ALEDO MIDDLE
Set in ALEDO, Texas, ALEDO MIDDLE is a roomy junior high, run under ALEDO ISD. It educates 1,049 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 63% bigger than typical.
ALEDO ISD comprises 12 schools with combined enrollment of 8,430 students; ALEDO MIDDLE is among them.
Looking at the student body, ALEDO MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Parker County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, ALEDO MIDDLE records 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Parker County's rate of about 33%.
After controlling for student poverty, ALEDO MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 68.3%; this one delivers 69.4%.
Around the school, census data for Parker County shows median household earnings sit near $104,443, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Parker County runs 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students), of which ALEDO MIDDLE is one.
The closest other public school is EARLY CHILDHOOD ACADEMY, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ALEDO MIDDLE at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 68.5%.
ALEDO MIDDLE operates from a town-center location.
Looking at the recent track record. ALEDO MIDDLE's enrollment has ticked up 19% since 2018, when it stood at 882 (now 1,049). White enrollment moved from 82% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 19.2:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.
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