EL CAMPO MIDDLE

EL CAMPO MIDDLE, a mid-sized 6-8 campus in EL CAMPO, Texas, part of EL CAMPO ISD, works with 707 students, covering grades 6 through 8.

Within EL CAMPO ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 3,279 students, EL CAMPO MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On demographics, EL CAMPO MIDDLE records that 75% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 18% White, 5% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Wharton County (around 65%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, EL CAMPO MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.2%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Wharton County put median household earnings sit near $66,924, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Wharton County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,729 students), of which EL CAMPO MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: MYATT EL, around 0.7 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EL CAMPO MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 43.6%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EL CAMPO MIDDLE has decreased 18%, going from 863 students in 2018 to 707 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 64% to 75% across the same window.

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