GILLETT MIDDLE

GILLETT MIDDLE is a small middle school in KINGSVILLE, Texas, overseen by KINGSVILLE ISD. The school enrolls 455 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so GILLETT MIDDLE sits 29% smaller than that benchmark.

Within KINGSVILLE ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,534 students, GILLETT MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, GILLETT MIDDLE logs that nearly all students (89%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school logs 8% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 92% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kleberg County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, GILLETT MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 33.8%; this one comes in at 19.7%, -14.1 points off the demographic line.

Zooming out to the county, Kleberg County reports that median household income runs about $61,292, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 19% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kleberg County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,746 students), GILLETT MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

JUBILEE KINGSVILLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around GILLETT MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GILLETT MIDDLE at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 6%: 428 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 82% to 89% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 13.0:1 in 2025.

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