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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at FORT STOCKTON MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
502
Middle
DISTRICT 1,685 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT STOCKTON ISD·NCES 482019001972
Fort Stockton Middle School
2400 W 5TH, FORT STOCKTON, TX 79735 · (432) 336-4131 · Pecos County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL502 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 14% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats 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
12.8:1
39 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 351.4:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
337 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 163 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 173 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 166 | 33% |
Student demographics
24%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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 FORT STOCKTON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 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 | 20.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% | 46.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 45.0% | 27.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 24.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 30.0% |
| 2020-21 | 18.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
32.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Fort Stockton Middle School
Fort Stockton Middle School's state test result (32.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fort Stockton Middle School this school | 502 | 67.1% | 32.0% |
| Rosemont Upper DALLAS | 459 | 68.8% | 63.7% |
| Lytle Junior High School LYTLE | 420 | 70.5% | 30.5% |
| E Merle Smith Middle School SINTON | 425 | 64.0% | 38.6% |
| Jose J Alderete Middle School CANUTILLO | 570 | 66.5% | 44.9% |
| Crockett Middle School PECOS | 621 | 63.4% | 33.5% |
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 Fort Stockton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.0% | #1,318 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,362 of 1,670 ▲ 34 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,359 of 1,670 ▼ 169 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +10.5pp | #757 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 502 | #1,092 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #304 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 24.4% | #1,265 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.1% | #786 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #586 of 942 |
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
502
-105 (-17%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 699
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 502 | 39.2 | 12.8:1 | 67% (337) |
| 2023-24 | 488 | 35.1 | 13.9:1 | 72% (353) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 35.1 | 14.7:1 | 59% (306) |
| 2020-21 | 607 | 44 | 13.8:1 | 69% (418) |
| 2017-18 | 566 | 39.3 | 14.4:1 | 72% (409) |
| 2015-16 | 538 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 68% (365) |
| 2010-11 | 532 | 38 | 14.0:1 | 68% (364) |
| 2000-01 | 577 | 41 | 14.1:1 | 52% (298) |
| 1990-91 | 699 | 45 | 15.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fort Stockton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (566 to 502); teachers unchanged (39.3 to 39.2).
About Fort Stockton Middle School
In FORT STOCKTON, Texas, Fort Stockton Middle School is a small middle-grades school. A total of 502 students attend the school, which covers grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students, so this school is 22% smaller than average.
Fort Stockton Middle School is part of a district of 8 schools: FORT STOCKTON ISD, with 13,480 students.
The student body at Fort Stockton Middle School is 86% Hispanic. Other groups make up 11% White. County-wide, 71% of Pecos County residents are Hispanic. The school's diversity index is 24%, meaning two students picked at random have a 24% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Fort Stockton Middle School operates with 39.2 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.8:1. That is lower than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. About 67% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That tracks the 69% average for public schools in Pecos County.
allk12 grades Fort Stockton Middle School a D. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fort Stockton Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 32.0% actual against 45.0% predicted.
According to the American Community Survey, in Pecos County, the median household income is $72,750, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 15%. There are 12 public schools in Pecos County, enrolling about 14,033 students in all.
The shortest distance from Fort Stockton Middle School to another public school is about 1.0 miles, to Fort Stockton Intermediate School. Other public schools within five miles: 7. Nearby schools with test data average 37.6% proficiency; Fort Stockton Middle School posts 32.0%.
The school's locale code, Town: Remote, means it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
Enrollment at Fort Stockton Middle School declined 17% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 607 to 502 students.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Pecos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,896
Census ACS
Median income
$72,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
14,033 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT STOCKTON ISD
- Eschool Prep AcademyElementary · 5,650 students
- Lone Star Virtual AcademyHigh · 3,628 students
- Butz Preparatory AcademyHigh · 2,039 students
- Fort Stockton HighHigh · 699 students
- Fort Stockton Intermediate SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Fort Stockton Apache Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
Other schools in FORT STOCKTON
- Eschool Prep AcademyElementary · 5,650 students
- Lone Star Virtual AcademyHigh · 3,628 students
- Butz Preparatory AcademyHigh · 2,039 students
- Fort Stockton HighHigh · 699 students
- Fort Stockton Intermediate SchoolElementary · 341 students
- Fort Stockton Apache Elementary SchoolElementary · 331 students
Nearby schools
- Fort Stockton Intermediate School1.0 mi · 341
- Fort Stockton Alamo Elementary School1.2 mi · 290
- Fort Stockton High1.2 mi · 699
- Eschool Prep Academy1.5 mi · 5,650
- Lone Star Virtual Academy1.5 mi · 3,628
- Butz Preparatory Academy1.5 mi · 2,039
Frequently asked questions
About Fort Stockton Middle SchoolHow many students attend Fort Stockton Middle School?
Fort Stockton Middle School enrolls approximately 502 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Fort Stockton Middle School serve?
Fort Stockton Middle School serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Fort Stockton Middle School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Fort Stockton Middle School.
How diverse is Fort Stockton Middle School?
Fort Stockton Middle School reports a student body of 11% White, 86% Hispanic, 0% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Fort Stockton Middle School?
Fort Stockton Middle School is overseen by FORT STOCKTON ISD in Pecos County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.