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How has BELTON MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
661
Middle
DISTRICT 778 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELTON ISD·NCES 480986013921
BELTON MIDDLE
1704 SPARTA RD, BELTON, TX 76513 · (254) 215-2800 · Bell County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL661 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
49 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
286 students
DISTRICT 47% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +21.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
About BELTON MIDDLE
Set in BELTON, Texas, BELTON MIDDLE is a reasonably sized middle-grades school, operated by BELTON ISD. It hosts 661 students across grades 6 through 8.
BELTON ISD runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 13,980 students. BELTON MIDDLE is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, BELTON MIDDLE lists that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 35% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 6% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 43% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bell County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BELTON MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.0%; BELTON MIDDLE posts 40.5%, -14.4 points below that line.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate median household income runs about $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. BELTON MIDDLE is one of 130 public schools in Bell County (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students).
Nearest neighbor: BELTON H S, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, BELTON MIDDLE comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 49.0%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the BELTON MIDDLE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BELTON ISD
- LAKE BELTON H SHigh · 2,300 students
- BELTON H SHigh · 1,763 students
- NORTH BELTON MIDDLEMiddle · 979 students
- LAKE BELTON MIDDLEMiddle · 803 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL ELElementary · 766 students
- SOUTH BELTON MIDDLEMiddle · 667 students
Other schools in BELTON
- BELTON H SHigh · 1,763 students
- CHISHOLM TRAIL ELElementary · 766 students
- SOUTH BELTON MIDDLEMiddle · 667 students
- LAKEWOOD ELElementary · 572 students
- SPARTA ELElementary · 549 students
- HUBBARD BRANCH ELElementary · 514 students
Nearby schools
- BELTON H S0.2 mi · 1,763
- SPARTA EL0.2 mi · 549
- LEON HEIGHTS EL1.3 mi · 184
- BELTON EARLY CHILDHOOD SCHOOL2.0 mi · 494
- DISTRICT ALTERNATIVE EDUCATION PROGRAM2.0 mi · 46
- BELTON NEW TECH H S AT WASKOW2.0 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About BELTON MIDDLEHow large is BELTON MIDDLE?
BELTON MIDDLE enrolls approximately 661 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does BELTON MIDDLE serve?
BELTON MIDDLE serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at BELTON MIDDLE?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at BELTON MIDDLE.
What is the racial breakdown of students at BELTON MIDDLE?
At BELTON MIDDLE, the student body is approximately 51% White, 35% Hispanic, 6% Black, 2% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees BELTON MIDDLE?
BELTON MIDDLE is overseen by BELTON ISD in Bell County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.