CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE

CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE, an intimate intermediate school in TYLER, Texas, part of CUMBERLAND ACADEMY, educates 361 students, covering grades 6 through 8. That puts it 44% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE is one of 5 schools operated by CUMBERLAND ACADEMY, a district that teaches 2,047 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE shows that 42% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 29% Hispanic, 20% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Smith County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.4%; actual is 37.0%, a gap of -17.4 points.

In the broader community, Smith County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,192, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE is one of 65 public schools in Smith County (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students).

The closest other public school is CUMBERLAND H S, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area. CUMBERLAND ACADEMY MIDDLE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

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