EASTLAND MIDDLE

EASTLAND MIDDLE is one of the tiny junior highs in EASTLAND, Texas, part of EASTLAND ISD, with 197 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. That puts it 69% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

EASTLAND ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 969 students; EASTLAND MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, EASTLAND MIDDLE records that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder is composed of 32% Hispanic, 2% Asian, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 81%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting EASTLAND MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 53% of students at EASTLAND MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, EASTLAND MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.8%; this one delivers 53.0%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Eastland County put median household income runs about $53,549, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. EASTLAND MIDDLE is one of 16 public schools in Eastland County (combined enrollment of about 2,515 students).

The closest other public school is EASTLAND H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, EASTLAND MIDDLE comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.2%.

EASTLAND MIDDLE operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. EASTLAND MIDDLE's enrollment has contracted 24% since 2018, when it stood at 260 (now 197). Hispanic enrollment moved from 28% to 32% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 in 2025.

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