ANSON MIDDLE

As a minimally staffed intermediate school in ANSON, Texas, ANSON MIDDLE educates 163 students from grades 6 through 8, part of ANSON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 75% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

ANSON MIDDLE is one of 3 schools operated by ANSON ISD, a district that teaches 723 students overall.

Looking at the student body, ANSON MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% White. The wider county runs roughly 29% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, ANSON MIDDLE reports 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ANSON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.2%; this one delivers 35.9%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Jones County indicate median household income runs about $59,464, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Jones County's 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,572 students), ANSON MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ANSON EL, around 0.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ANSON MIDDLE comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 49.4%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Looking at the recent track record. ANSON MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 178 (now 163). Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 52% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 11.1:1 in 2018 to 9.4:1 today.

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