CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE

CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE is one of the reasonably sized intermediate schools in RHOME, Texas, part of NORTHWEST ISD, with 878 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 37% above the state mean of about 643.

CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE is one of 37 schools operated by NORTHWEST ISD, a district that teaches 32,098 students overall.

On demographics, CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE records that the largest single group is White at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 39% Hispanic, 10% Black, 4% Asian, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Wise County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 61 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 42% of students at CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.4%; CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE posts 40.9%, -14.5 points below that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Wise County put median household income runs about $93,421, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Wise County runs 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,854 students), of which CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: PRAIRIE VIEW EL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 41.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. CHISHOLM TRAIL MIDDLE's enrollment has shrank 18% since 2018, when it stood at 1,067 (now 878). The White share of enrollment edged down from 61% to 42% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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