CRAIG MIDDLE

CRAIG MIDDLE is one of the average-sized 6-8 campuss in ABILENE, Texas, one of the schools within ABILENE ISD, with 771 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8.

CRAIG MIDDLE is one of 26 schools operated by ABILENE ISD, a district that instructs 14,536 students overall.

Looking at the student body, CRAIG MIDDLE reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% White, 18% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 69% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Taylor County (around 53%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CRAIG MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.8%; this one delivers 39.4%.

In the area at large, Taylor County reports that median household income runs about $67,139, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Taylor County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,159 students), of which CRAIG MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: MULLIN NEW HORIZONS ABILIENE, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CRAIG MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CRAIG MIDDLE has fell 20%, going from 962 students in 2018 to 771 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 14.3:1 today.

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