ALPINE MIDDLE

ALPINE MIDDLE is one of the rural-scale middle schools in ALPINE, Texas, one of the schools within ALPINE ISD, with 244 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within ALPINE ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 905 students, ALPINE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, ALPINE MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment; the rest reads as 36% White, 2% Asian. By comparison, Brewster County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ALPINE MIDDLE has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.6:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 52% of students at ALPINE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ALPINE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.1%; this one delivers 41.8%.

In the broader community, Brewster County reports that median household earnings sit near $56,212, about 46% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Brewster County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,093 students), ALPINE MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

ALPINE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 2 of the 5 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ALPINE MIDDLE comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. ALPINE MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 26% since 2018, when it stood at 331 (now 244). The White share of enrollment climbed from 31% to 36% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for ALPINE MIDDLE typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.