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Enrollment
479
Middle
DISTRICT 749 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRINCETON ISD·NCES 483585004060
Clark Middle School
301 PANTHER PKWY, PRINCETON, TX 75407 · (469) 952-5400 · Collin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL479 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
309 students
DISTRICT 64% · 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 | 173 | 36% |
| Grade 7 | 156 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 150 | 31% |
Student demographics
71%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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 34.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 60.0% |
| 2024-25 | 59.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 54.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 34.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
53.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+7.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 53% 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 Clark Middle School
Clark Middle School's state test result (53.3% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clark Middle School this school | 479 | 64.5% | 53.3% |
| Apollo Junior High School RICHARDSON | 586 | 60.6% | 44.5% |
| Vernon Schrade Middle School ROWLETT | 697 | 65.6% | 30.4% |
| Carpenter Middle School PLANO | 462 | 61.5% | 36.8% |
| Huffines Middle School LEWISVILLE | 612 | 67.5% | 27.3% |
| Iltexas Saginaw Middle School SAGINAW | 359 | 63.5% | 35.7% |
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 Clark Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Collin County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.3% | #409 of 1,635 | #36 of 51 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 60.0% | #306 of 1,670 ▼ 31 | #36 of 57 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #545 of 1,670 ▲ 52 | #42 of 57 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +28.5pp | #92 of 1,570 | #3 of 52 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 479 | #1,123 of 1,749 | #54 of 57 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.0:1 | #338 of 1,542 | #8 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.0% | #118 of 1,543 | #24 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.5% | #847 of 1,648 | #3 of 51 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.7% | #269 of 942 | #6 of 29 |
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
479
-31 (-6%) vs 2020
+28% since 1990-91, when it was 375
Student : Teacher
13.0:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 479 | 37 | 13.0:1 | 65% (309) |
| 2023-24 | 505 | 34.3 | 14.7:1 | 67% (339) |
| 2022-23 | 707 | 42 | 16.9:1 | 66% (464) |
| 2020-21 | 510 | 37 | 13.8:1 | 59% (301) |
| 2017-18 | 620 | 40.8 | 15.2:1 | 56% (347) |
| 2015-16 | 558 | 35 | 15.9:1 | 50% (277) |
| 2010-11 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 54% (247) |
| 2000-01 | 375 | 25 | 15.0:1 | 32% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 375 | 28 | 13.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clark Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 23% (620 to 479); teachers down 9% (40.8 to 37).
About Clark Middle School
Clark Middle School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as a middle school in PRINCETON, Texas. It is open to students in grades 6 through 8 and enrolls 479 students. That is 26% below the average of about 643 students for middle schools in Texas.
Clark Middle School is one of 14 schools in PRINCETON ISD, which enrolls 9,956 students in total.
The largest group at Clark Middle School is Hispanic students, at 40%. The remaining students are 30% Black, 18% White, 7% Asian, and 4% multiracial. Census figures show Collin County is about 16% Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Clark Middle School scores 71%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 13.0:1. The school has 37 full-time-equivalent teachers. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 1.4 students per teacher. In all, 65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The gap from the 30% average for public schools in Collin County is 35 points.
Predicted from its free or reduced-price lunch share, Clark Middle School would score about 46.1%. It scores 53.3%, 7.1 points above that figure.
For Collin County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $121,600, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 56%, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 338 public schools in the county, enrolling about 227,575, Clark Middle School among them.
Measured in a straight line, Canup Early Childhood is about 0.2 miles from Clark Middle School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. In a group of 8 nearby schools with scores, Clark Middle School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Clark Middle School in a town close to an urbanized area (Town: Fringe).
Enrollment decreased 6% over 4 years, reaching 479 in 2024-25.
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Collin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,163,337
Census ACS
Median income
$121,600
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
56%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
338
227,575 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PRINCETON ISD
- Lovelady High SchoolHigh · 1,388 students
- Princeton Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,262 students
- Southard Middle SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Mattei Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Lowe Elementary SchoolElementary · 675 students
- Mayfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
Other schools in PRINCETON
- Lovelady High SchoolHigh · 1,388 students
- Princeton Sr High SchoolHigh · 1,262 students
- Southard Middle SchoolMiddle · 929 students
- Mattei Middle SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Lowe Elementary SchoolElementary · 675 students
- Mayfield Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
Other Clark Middle schools
5 other US public schools in 4 states are named Clark Middle. Clark Middle School is the 5th largest of the 6.
- Clark Middle SchoolFRISCO, TX · 824 students
- Clark Middle SchoolLAREDO, TX · 543 students
- Clark Middle SchoolAnchorage, AK · 713 students
- Clark MiddleSan Diego, CA · 696 students
- Clark Middle School - 03Clark, SD · 72 students
Nearby schools
- Canup Early Childhood0.2 mi · 421
- Princeton Sr High School0.3 mi · 1,262
- Lovelady High School0.4 mi · 1,388
- Godwin Elementary School0.5 mi · 469
- Lacy Elementary School0.7 mi · 595
- Southard Middle School1.3 mi · 929
Frequently asked questions
About Clark Middle SchoolHow many students attend Clark Middle School?
Clark Middle School enrolls approximately 479 students in grades 06-08.
Is Clark Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clark Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clark Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clark Middle School is approximately 13.0:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Clark Middle School?
At Clark Middle School, the student body is approximately 18% White, 40% Hispanic, 30% Black, 7% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Clark Middle School public or private?
Clark Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PRINCETON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.