ALVORD MIDDLE

Set in ALVORD, Texas, ALVORD MIDDLE is a minimally staffed junior high, overseen by ALVORD ISD. It enrolls 182 students across grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 72% below typical.

ALVORD ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 844 students; ALVORD MIDDLE is among them.

On demographics, ALVORD MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder comes out to 16% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, ALVORD MIDDLE records 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Wise County's rate of about 47%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ALVORD MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Wise County put median household earnings sit near $93,421, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Wise County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,854 students), of which ALVORD MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: ALVORD H S, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALVORD MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. ALVORD MIDDLE's enrollment has ticked up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 172 (now 182). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 10% to 16%. Class-load math has fell: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

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