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BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 58% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE
Set in MANSFIELD, Texas, BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE is a reasonably sized middle school, part of MANSFIELD ISD. It instructs 945 students across grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE sits 47% bigger than that benchmark.
MANSFIELD ISD comprises 47 schools with combined enrollment of 35,354 students; BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE is among them.
Demographically, BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE reports that the most-represented group is White (37%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 26% Black, 22% Hispanic, 9% Asian, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school reports having 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 58.1%; this one delivers 73.2%, a residual of +15.1 points.
Zooming out to the county, Tarrant County reports that median household income runs about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Tarrant County's 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is ASA E LOW JR INT, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 55.2%.
BROOKS WESTER MIDDLE operates from a suburban location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 910 students in 2018 compared to 945 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 43% to 37% over that span.
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