FRANK STONE MIDDLE

As a close-knit intermediate school in PARIS, Texas, FRANK STONE MIDDLE works with 521 students from grades 6 through 8, operated by NORTH LAMAR ISD.

FRANK STONE MIDDLE is one of 5 schools operated by NORTH LAMAR ISD, a district that educates 2,395 students overall.

In terms of who attends, FRANK STONE MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder looks like 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 4% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 49% of students at FRANK STONE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Lamar County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, FRANK STONE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.5%, the actual is 48.7%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Around the school, census data for Lamar County shows median household income runs about $61,880, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. FRANK STONE MIDDLE is one of 21 public schools in Lamar County (combined enrollment of about 8,516 students).

The closest other public school is W L HIGGINS EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FRANK STONE MIDDLE at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 39.9%.

FRANK STONE MIDDLE operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRANK STONE MIDDLE has contracted 10%, going from 577 students in 2018 to 521 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 69% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 13.6:1 in 2025.

On this page, members of the FRANK STONE MIDDLE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.