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Alumni: what's one memory from ELGIN MIDDLE that still sticks with you?
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Enrollment
839
Middle
DISTRICT 851 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ELGIN ISD·NCES 481836001729
Elgin Middle School
1351 N AVE C, ELGIN, TX 78621 · (512) 281-3382 · Bastrop County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL839 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 19.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
677 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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 7 | 391 | 47% |
| Grade 8 | 448 | 53% |
Student demographics
37%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ELGIN ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 23.0% | 31.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 22.0% | 30.0% | 39.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 35.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 29.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 18.0% |
| 2021-22 | 31.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 16.0% |
% 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
29.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Elgin Middle School
Elgin Middle School's state test result (29.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Elgin Middle School this school | 839 | 80.7% | 29.0% |
| Elgin Intermediate School ELGIN | 863 | 82.7% | 16.7% |
| Garner Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 782 | 82.2% | 32.8% |
| Aguirre Junior High School HOUSTON | 933 | 81.5% | 39.3% |
| Hamilton Middle School HOUSTON | 911 | 79.9% | 48.6% |
| Horace Mann Junior High School BAYTOWN | 765 | 84.6% | 31.4% |
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 Elgin Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bastrop County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,415 of 1,635 | #4 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #1,323 of 1,670 ▼ 109 | #4 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,596 of 1,670 ▼ 80 | #4 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #847 of 1,570 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 839 | #491 of 1,749 | #4 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.4:1 | #1,354 of 1,542 | #4 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.3% | #1,131 of 1,543 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.7% | #504 of 1,648 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.3% | #621 of 942 | N/A |
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
839
+80 (+11%) vs 2020
+61% since 1990-91, when it was 522
Student : Teacher
17.4:1
was 15.5:1
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 | 839 | 48.3 | 17.4:1 | 81% (677) |
| 2023-24 | 805 | 45 | 17.9:1 | 80% (640) |
| 2022-23 | 780 | 45.2 | 17.2:1 | 82% (642) |
| 2020-21 | 759 | 49 | 15.5:1 | 80% (605) |
| 2017-18 | 935 | 58.5 | 16.0:1 | 76% (713) |
| 2015-16 | 954 | 56 | 17.0:1 | 75% (717) |
| 2010-11 | 870 | 53 | 16.4:1 | 68% (594) |
| 2000-01 | 655 | 56 | 11.7:1 | 49% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 522 | 30 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Elgin Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 10% (935 to 839); teachers down 17% (58.5 to 48.3).
About Elgin Middle School
At 1351 N AVE C in ELGIN, Texas, Elgin Middle School operates as a mid-sized middle school. It had 839 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 7 through 8. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 30% bigger than average.
Federal data list 9 schools in ELGIN ISD, with 5,959 students enrolled.
About 78% of the student body at Elgin Middle School is Hispanic. Other groups make up 10% White, 9% Black, and 2% multiracial. County-wide, 45% of Bastrop County residents are Hispanic. A diversity index of 37% means there is a 37% chance two randomly chosen students at Elgin Middle School are from different groups.
Its ratio of 17.4:1 is based on 48.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. Middle schools in Texas have an average ratio of 14.4:1. In all, 81% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. On average, public schools in Bastrop County report 67%.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Elgin Middle School would be expected to post about 39.2%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 29.0%.
In the surrounding county, Bastrop County, median household income comes to about $86,226, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. The county's public schools total 34, with about 19,931 students.
Elgin Elementary School is the nearest public school to Elgin Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 7. Nearby schools with test data average 28.1% proficiency; Elgin Middle School posts 29.0%.
Its NCES locale code is Rural: Fringe: the school is in rural territory close to an urban area.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was an 11% gain, from 759 to 839. The student-to-teacher ratio increased from 15.5:1 in 2020-21 to 17.4:1 in 2024-25.
The Elgin Middle School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Bastrop County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
106,582
Census ACS
Median income
$86,226
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
19,931 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ELGIN ISD
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 1,771 students
- Elgin Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 863 students
- Elgin Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
- Booker T Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Harvest Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Neidig Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Other schools in ELGIN
- Elgin High SchoolHigh · 1,771 students
- Elgin Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 863 students
- Elgin Elementary SchoolElementary · 673 students
- Booker T Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 638 students
- Harvest Ridge Elementary SchoolElementary · 596 students
- Neidig Elementary SchoolElementary · 528 students
Other Elgin Middle schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Elgin Middle. Elgin Middle School is the largest of the 3.
- Elgin Middle SchoolElgin, OK · 799 students
- Elgin Middle SchoolMarion, OH · 257 students
Nearby schools
- Elgin Elementary School0.8 mi · 673
- Harvest Ridge Elementary School0.8 mi · 596
- Elgin Intermediate School0.9 mi · 863
- Phoenix High School1.2 mi · 50
- Elgin High School1.2 mi · 1,771
- Neidig Elementary School1.3 mi · 528
Frequently asked questions
About Elgin Middle SchoolHow large is Elgin Middle School?
Elgin Middle School enrolls approximately 839 students in grades 07-08.
Is Elgin Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Elgin Middle School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Elgin Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Elgin Middle School is approximately 17.4:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Elgin Middle School?
At Elgin Middle School, the student body is approximately 10% White, 78% Hispanic, 9% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Elgin Middle School in?
Elgin Middle School is part of ELGIN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.