BOLES MIDDLE

Located at 9777 FM 2101, in QUINLAN, Texas, BOLES MIDDLE is an one-room-style middle school that educates 165 students (grades 5 through 8), run under BOLES ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 74% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

BOLES ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 543 students; BOLES MIDDLE is among them.

Demographically, BOLES MIDDLE records that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 18% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, BOLES MIDDLE has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hunt County (around 61%), the school's rate is south of typical.

With demographic context factored in, BOLES MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.1%; BOLES MIDDLE posts 30.7%, -20.4 points below that line.

Around the school, Hunt County reports that the typical household earns roughly $71,938 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Hunt County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,771 students), of which BOLES MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: BOLES EL, around 0.0 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BOLES MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 39.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 165 students in 2018 compared to 165 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 77% to 72% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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