CHISUM MIDDLE

CHISUM MIDDLE is one of the compact middle schools in PARIS, Texas, run under CHISUM ISD, with 266 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so CHISUM MIDDLE sits 59% below that benchmark.

Within CHISUM ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,184 students, CHISUM MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, CHISUM MIDDLE lists that nearly all students (82%) are White. Beyond that, the school reports 8% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lamar County (around 61%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CHISUM MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.6%, the actual is 59.7%, a residual of +4.0 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Lamar County put median household earnings sit near $61,880, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHISUM MIDDLE is one of 21 public schools in Lamar County (combined enrollment of about 8,516 students).

Nearest neighbor: CHISUM EL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CHISUM MIDDLE comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 45.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHISUM MIDDLE has increased 20%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 266 in 2025. Class-load math has fell: from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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