GATEWAY MIDDLE

GATEWAY MIDDLE is one of the minimally staffed middle schools in KILLEEN, Texas, overseen by KILLEEN ISD, with 48 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 93% smaller than the state mean of about 643.

Within KILLEEN ISD, which oversees 55 schools and 42,883 students, GATEWAY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GATEWAY MIDDLE logs that 56% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest breaks down as 23% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 6% White, 4% Pacific Islander. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 3.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 79% of students at GATEWAY MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bell County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bell County) reports that median household income runs about $68,865, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GATEWAY MIDDLE is one of 130 public schools in Bell County (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students).

The closest other public school is GATEWAY H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

The campus sits in a city-core setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GATEWAY MIDDLE has edged up 20%, going from 40 students in 2018 to 48 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment decreased from 65% to 56% over that span.

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