BLAND MIDDLE

BLAND MIDDLE is an intermediate school of one-room-style scale in CELESTE, Texas, one of the schools within BLAND ISD, caters to 165 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 74% below typical.

BLAND ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 777 students. BLAND MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BLAND MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 47% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Hunt County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BLAND MIDDLE has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BLAND MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 68% of students at BLAND MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, BLAND MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.0%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Hunt County put the typical household earns roughly $71,938 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Hunt County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,771 students), of which BLAND MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is BLAND EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BLAND MIDDLE comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLAND MIDDLE has climbed 18%, going from 140 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 40% to 47% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.