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Enrollment
989
Middle
DISTRICT 909 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLOTHIAN ISD·NCES 483060013755
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School
2881 LEDGESTONE LN, MIDLOTHIAN, TX 76065 · (469) 856-5800 · Ellis County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL989 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
53 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
194 students
DISTRICT 29% · 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 | 326 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 321 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 342 | 35% |
Student demographics
59%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
63.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +31.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 31 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 30.0% | 21.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 39.0% | 21.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 63.0% |
| 2024-25 | 68.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 69.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 51.0% | 47.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School this school | 989 | 19.6% | 58.6% |
| Walnut Grove Middle School MIDLOTHIAN | 1,012 | 16.3% | 59.4% |
| J W Williams Middle School ROCKWALL | 819 | 19.8% | 65.9% |
| Wylie West Junior High School ABILENE | 1,038 | 19.7% | 62.1% |
| Creekwood Middle School KINGWOOD | 1,144 | 22.7% | 61.2% |
| Clark Intermediate School SPRING | 913 | 15.3% | 75.3% |
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 Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ellis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #267 of 1,635 | #2 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #243 of 1,670 ▲ 85 | #2 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #413 of 1,670 ▼ 83 | #4 of 14 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #509 of 1,570 | #8 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 989 | #295 of 1,749 | #3 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.8:1 | #1,470 of 1,542 | #12 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 58.8% | #560 of 1,543 | #9 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.6% | #1,561 of 1,648 | #13 of 14 |
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
989
+240 (+32%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
18.8:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 989 | 52.6 | 18.8:1 | 20% (194) |
| 2023-24 | 990 | 53.4 | 18.5:1 | 26% (258) |
| 2022-23 | 947 | 52.1 | 18.2:1 | 24% (228) |
| 2020-21 | 749 | 45 | 16.6:1 | 17% (129) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School.
About Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School is a large middle school in MIDLOTHIAN, Texas. It covers grades 6 through 8, with a total enrollment of 989 students. Statewide, middle schools in Texas average about 643 students each.
MIDLOTHIAN ISD (14 schools, 11,356 students) runs Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School.
Roughly 59% of students at Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School are White. Enrollment also includes 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 5% multiracial. The county population is about 60% White, within a few points of the school. The school's diversity index is 59%, meaning two students picked at random have a 59% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Federal staffing data show 52.6 full-time-equivalent teachers at Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School and a ratio of 18.8:1. This ratio sits 4.5 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility covers 20% of students. The rate at public schools in Ellis County averages 51%, higher than here.
Measured against Texas public middle schools, Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
On BeatsExpectations, Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School is 6.7 points below its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Census estimates describe Ellis County this way: the median household income is $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School, Ellis County has 82 other public schools.
The nearest public school is Larue Miller Elementary School, at about 0.2 miles. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School ranks 5th in a group of 9 nearby schools.
Locale: Rural: Fringe. In NCES terms, the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School's enrollment grew from 749 in 2020-21 to 989 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 16.6:1; by 2024-25 it was 18.8:1.
Community posts for Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School can cover enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Ellis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
213,160
Census ACS
Median income
$99,595
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
46,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLOTHIAN ISD
- Midlothian High SchoolHigh · 1,976 students
- Midlothian Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Walnut Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Frank Seale Middle SchoolMiddle · 726 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Jean Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
Other schools in MIDLOTHIAN
- Midlothian High SchoolHigh · 1,976 students
- Midlothian Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Walnut Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Frank Seale Middle SchoolMiddle · 726 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Jean Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
Nearby schools
- Larue Miller Elementary School0.2 mi · 500
- Jean Coleman Elementary School1.1 mi · 671
- Frank Seale Middle School1.8 mi · 726
- Midlothian High School2.1 mi · 1,976
- Irvin Elementary School2.4 mi · 611
- Mt Peak Elementary School2.5 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School?
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School enrolls approximately 989 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School serve?
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School?
Approximately 18.8:1 students per teacher at Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School.
How diverse is Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School?
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School reports a student body of 59% White, 22% Hispanic, 13% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School?
Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School is overseen by MIDLOTHIAN ISD in Ellis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.