GIDDINGS MIDDLE

GIDDINGS MIDDLE operates as a modestly sized intermediate school in GIDDINGS, Texas, part of GIDDINGS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 389 students spanning grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 40% below the state mean of about 643.

GIDDINGS ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,900 students. GIDDINGS MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GIDDINGS MIDDLE shows that 58% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 32% White, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Lee County's rate of about 53%.

After controlling for student poverty, GIDDINGS MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.7%, the actual is 43.5%, a residual of -3.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Lee County) records that the typical household earns roughly $76,371 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Lee County runs 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,236 students), of which GIDDINGS MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is GIDDINGS H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GIDDINGS MIDDLE comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

GIDDINGS MIDDLE operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 6%: 412 students in 2018 compared to 389 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged up from 28% to 32% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 in 2025.

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