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How has CALHOUN MIDDLE changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
852
Middle
DISTRICT 803 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DENTON ISD·NCES 481674001446
Calhoun Middle School
1225 CRESCENT ST, DENTON, TX 76201 · (940) 369-2400 · Denton County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL852 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
64 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
552 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 314 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 256 | 30% |
| Grade 8 | 282 | 33% |
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 72% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 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 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 22.0% | 29.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 32.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 22.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
39.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 39% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Calhoun Middle School
Calhoun Middle School's state test result (39.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun Middle School this school | 852 | 64.8% | 39.3% |
| Strickland Middle School DENTON | 956 | 65.7% | 35.5% |
| Mann Middle School ABILENE | 776 | 68.0% | 30.8% |
| Waller Junior High School WALLER | 951 | 64.6% | 37.6% |
| Bailey Junior High School ARLINGTON | 754 | 67.9% | 41.9% |
| Ennis Junior High School ENNIS | 908 | 59.8% | 37.0% |
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 Calhoun Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Denton County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 39.3% | #972 of 1,635 | #32 of 44 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,282 of 1,670 ▼ 35 | #36 of 47 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #989 of 1,670 ▲ 43 | #37 of 47 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #611 of 1,570 | #14 of 44 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 852 | #474 of 1,749 | #20 of 47 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #421 of 1,542 | #12 of 47 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 62.2% | #433 of 1,543 | #33 of 47 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #839 of 1,648 | #7 of 44 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.9% | #165 of 437 | #9 of 17 |
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
852
+188 (+28%) vs 2020
-17% since 1990-91, when it was 1,021
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 11.1:1
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 | 852 | 64 | 13.3:1 | 65% (552) |
| 2023-24 | 738 | 58.9 | 12.5:1 | 68% (504) |
| 2022-23 | 757 | 58.9 | 12.9:1 | 69% (522) |
| 2020-21 | 664 | 60 | 11.1:1 | 68% (451) |
| 2017-18 | 729 | 60 | 12.2:1 | 66% (481) |
| 2015-16 | 672 | 53 | 12.7:1 | 73% (492) |
| 2010-11 | 643 | 67 | 9.6:1 | 67% (429) |
| 2000-01 | 858 | 67 | 12.8:1 | 34% (296) |
| 1990-91 | 1,021 | 65 | 15.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Calhoun Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 17% (729 to 852); teachers up 7% (60 to 64).
About Calhoun Middle School
Calhoun Middle School is a mid-sized middle school in DENTON, Texas. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 852 students. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
DENTON ISD (46 schools, 33,329 students) runs Calhoun Middle School.
More than half of the students at Calhoun Middle School are Hispanic (53%). Next come 27% White, 15% Black, 3% multiracial, and 2% Asian. That compares with about 21% Hispanic among all Denton County residents. The diversity index for Calhoun Middle School is 62%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Calhoun Middle School reported 64 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, a ratio of 13.3:1. The school's 13.3:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. Roughly 65% of students at Calhoun Middle School can receive free or reduced-price lunch. That is higher than the 35% average for public schools in Denton County.
Calhoun Middle School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 39.3% is 6.7 points below the 46.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
For Denton County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $111,498 a year, roughly 49% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 4%. Public schools in Denton County number 267, with about 175,222 students.
Of the public schools around it, Calhoun Middle School is closest to Newton Rayzor Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Calhoun Middle School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Calhoun Middle School's average proficiency of 39.3% compares with 33.9% for its nearest scored neighbors.
The federal government classifies Calhoun Middle School's location as City: Mid-size.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 28% rise, from 664 to 852. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 11.1:1 to 13.3:1.
People can post here about homework, tutoring, and testing dates and other school topics. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Denton County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
979,561
Census ACS
Median income
$111,498
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
49%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
267
175,222 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DENTON ISD
- Ray Braswell High SchoolHigh · 2,812 students
- Guyer High SchoolHigh · 2,577 students
- Denton High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Ryan High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Strickland Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Crownover Middle SchoolMiddle · 891 students
Other schools in DENTON
- Guyer High SchoolHigh · 2,577 students
- Denton High SchoolHigh · 2,083 students
- Ryan High SchoolHigh · 2,051 students
- Strickland Middle SchoolMiddle · 956 students
- Nette ShultzElementary · 748 students
- Evers Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 732 students
Other Calhoun Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Calhoun Middle. Calhoun Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Calhoun Middle SchoolCalhoun, GA · 573 students
- Calhoun Middle SchoolCalhoun, LA · 423 students
Nearby schools
- Newton Rayzor Elementary School0.4 mi · 674
- Ki Charter - Denton0.9 mi · 24
- Lester Davis1.5 mi · 94
- Fred Moore High School1.6 mi · 67
- Strickland Middle School1.6 mi · 956
- Evers Park Elementary School1.7 mi · 732
Frequently asked questions
About Calhoun Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Calhoun Middle School?
Calhoun Middle School enrolls approximately 852 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Calhoun Middle School serve?
Calhoun Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Calhoun Middle School?
Approximately 13.3:1 students per teacher at Calhoun Middle School.
How diverse is Calhoun Middle School?
Calhoun Middle School reports a student body of 27% White, 53% Hispanic, 15% Black, 2% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Calhoun Middle School public or private?
Calhoun Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by DENTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.