ALTO MIDDLE

Located at 240 CR 2429, in ALTO, Texas, ALTO MIDDLE is a very small intermediate school that teaches 152 students (grades 5 through 8), overseen by ALTO ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 76% leaner than typical.

ALTO ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 505 students. ALTO MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ALTO MIDDLE shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (41%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder consists of 29% White, 20% Black, 11% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting ALTO MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Cherokee County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, ALTO MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.9%.

Across the wider county, Cherokee County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,261, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Cherokee County runs 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,948 students), of which ALTO MIDDLE is one.

ALTO H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ALTO MIDDLE. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALTO MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. ALTO MIDDLE's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 192 (now 152). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 44% to 29%.

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