CALHOUN MIDDLE

CALHOUN MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle-grades school in DENTON, Texas, operated by DENTON ISD. The school caters to 852 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 33% above typical.

DENTON ISD runs 46 schools in total, collectively educating 33,329 students. CALHOUN MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CALHOUN MIDDLE lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 27% White, 15% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, CALHOUN MIDDLE shows 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CALHOUN MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Denton County) reports that median household income runs about $111,498, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. In all, Denton County runs 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), of which CALHOUN MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: NEWTON RAYZOR EL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CALHOUN MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, CALHOUN MIDDLE comes 1st of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CALHOUN MIDDLE has rose 17%, going from 729 students in 2018 to 852 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 33% to 27% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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