CLACK MIDDLE

CLACK MIDDLE is one of the reasonably sized middle schools in ABILENE, Texas, run under ABILENE ISD, with 693 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

ABILENE ISD comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 14,536 students; CLACK MIDDLE is among them.

Looking at the student body, CLACK MIDDLE records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 26% White, 19% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. By comparison, Taylor County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, CLACK MIDDLE reports 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Taylor County's rate of about 53%.

With demographic context factored in, CLACK MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.1%; this one delivers 36.1%.

In the broader community, census data for Taylor County shows median household income runs about $67,139, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Taylor County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,159 students), of which CLACK MIDDLE is one.

BASSETTI EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLACK MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CLACK MIDDLE at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

CLACK MIDDLE operates from an urban location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CLACK MIDDLE has decreased 18%, going from 845 students in 2018 to 693 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 35% to 26% over that span.

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