Enrollment
240
Middle
DISTRICT 349 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BLUE RIDGE ISD·NCES 481059000435
Blue Ridge Middle School
425 N CHURCH ST, BLUE RIDGE, TX 75424 · (972) 752-5554 · Collin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL240 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 35% of Texas public middle schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
117 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 79 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 86 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 75 | 31% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Blue Ridge Middle School→Blue Ridge High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BLUE RIDGE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 28.0% | 32.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 26.0% | 33.0% | 31.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 52.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 57.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 57.0% | 28.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 10.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 34.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
39.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 40% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Blue Ridge Middle School
Blue Ridge Middle School's state test result (39.7% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Middle School this school | 240 | 48.8% | 39.7% |
| Sabine Intermediate School GLADEWATER | 243 | 49.8% | 38.3% |
| Grand Saline Middle School GRAND SALINE | 293 | 49.5% | 36.8% |
| Boyd Intermediate School BOYD | 212 | 47.6% | 31.6% |
| Trenton Middle School TRENTON | 223 | 51.1% | 35.2% |
| Sabine Middle School GLADEWATER | 266 | 45.1% | 45.6% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Blue Ridge Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.7% | #951 of 1,635 | #44 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,090 of 1,670 ▲ 115 | #52 of 57 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #933 of 1,670 ▼ 274 | #50 of 57 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.0pp | #163 of 1,570 | #7 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 240 | #1,491 of 1,749 | #57 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.9:1 | #144 of 1,542 | #5 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.3% | #949 of 1,543 | #54 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 48.8% | #1,173 of 1,648 | #12 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +20.0% | #142 of 437 | #10 of 20 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
240
+45 (+23%) vs 2020
+54% since 2000-01, when it was 156
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 12.2:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 240 | 20.2 | 11.9:1 | 49% (117) |
| 2023-24 | 223 | 17.5 | 12.7:1 | 48% (108) |
| 2022-23 | 213 | 12.7 | 16.8:1 | 51% (109) |
| 2020-21 | 195 | 16 | 12.2:1 | 43% (83) |
| 2017-18 | 200 | 11.7 | 17.1:1 | 49% (97) |
| 2015-16 | 162 | 12 | 13.5:1 | 49% (80) |
| 2010-11 | 88 | 7 | 12.6:1 | 51% (45) |
| 2000-01 | 156 | 14 | 11.1:1 | 17% (26) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blue Ridge Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (200 to 240); teachers up 72% (11.7 to 20.2).
About Blue Ridge Middle School
Blue Ridge Middle School is a middle school in BLUE RIDGE, Texas, and it is part of BLUE RIDGE ISD. It teaches 240 students in grades 6 through 8. It has 63% fewer students than the average for middle schools in Texas (about 643).
Blue Ridge Middle School sits within BLUE RIDGE ISD, which has 3 schools and 1,048 students.
More than half of enrollment at Blue Ridge Middle School is White: 65%. Other groups include 30% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. The county population is about 54% White. The diversity index for Blue Ridge Middle School is 48%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Blue Ridge Middle School, there are about 11.9 students; the school has 20.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Compared with the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 49%. Among public schools in Collin County, the average eligibility rate is 30%.
Blue Ridge Middle School earns a C+ on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 35% of Texas public middle schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Blue Ridge Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 39.7% actual against 52.9% predicted.
In Collin County, home to about 1,163,337 people, the median household earns about $121,600 a year, roughly 56% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 5%. Blue Ridge Middle School shares Collin County with 337 other public schools.
Blue Ridge High School sits about 0.3 miles from Blue Ridge Middle School. There are 2 other public schools within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Blue Ridge Middle School is 6th on average proficiency.
The federal government classifies Blue Ridge Middle School's location as Rural: Distant.
A 23% increase took enrollment from 195 in 2020-21 to 240 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Blue Ridge Middle School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BLUE RIDGE ISD
- Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Blue Ridge High SchoolHigh · 298 students
- John R RoachCombined
Other schools in BLUE RIDGE
- Blue Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 510 students
- Blue Ridge High SchoolHigh · 298 students
Other Blue Ridge Middle schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Blue Ridge Middle. Blue Ridge Middle School is the 3rd largest of the 4.
- Blue Ridge MiddleGreer, SC · 908 students
- Blue Ridge MiddlePurcellville, VA · 714 students
- Blue Ridge Middle SchoolNew Milford, PA · 225 students
Nearby schools
- Blue Ridge High School0.3 mi · 298
- Blue Ridge Elementary School0.3 mi · 510
- Sumeer Elememtary8.0 mi · 962
- Melissa High School8.1 mi · 1,983
- Clemons Creek Middle School8.2 mi · 614
- Judith L Harlow Elementary School8.2 mi · 731
Frequently asked questions
About Blue Ridge Middle SchoolHow large is Blue Ridge Middle School?
Blue Ridge Middle School enrolls approximately 240 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Blue Ridge Middle School serve?
Blue Ridge Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Blue Ridge Middle School?
Approximately 11.9:1 students per teacher at Blue Ridge Middle School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blue Ridge Middle School?
At Blue Ridge Middle School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Blue Ridge Middle School?
Blue Ridge Middle School is overseen by BLUE RIDGE ISD in Collin County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.