GOLIAD MIDDLE
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 23 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About GOLIAD MIDDLE
GOLIAD MIDDLE operates as a close-knit junior high in GOLIAD, Texas, one of the schools within GOLIAD ISD. Current enrollment sits at 279 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so GOLIAD MIDDLE sits 57% smaller than that benchmark.
Across the 3 schools in GOLIAD ISD (1,244 students total), GOLIAD MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, GOLIAD MIDDLE lists that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 43% Hispanic, 3% Black. By comparison, Goliad County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GOLIAD MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.3%; this one delivers 46.3%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Goliad County put median household earnings sit near $59,359, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GOLIAD MIDDLE is one of 3 public schools in Goliad County (combined enrollment of about 1,244 students).
GOLIAD H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around GOLIAD MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GOLIAD MIDDLE ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 51.6%.
GOLIAD MIDDLE operates from a countryside location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 47%: 190 students in 2018 compared to 279 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 41% to 52% over that span.
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