GOODRICH MIDDLE

As a tiny middle school in GOODRICH, Texas, GOODRICH MIDDLE instructs 52 students from grades 6 through 8, one of the schools within GOODRICH ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so GOODRICH MIDDLE sits 92% below that benchmark.

Within GOODRICH ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 266 students, GOODRICH MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GOODRICH MIDDLE reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 42% Hispanic, 8% Black. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, GOODRICH MIDDLE has 4 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Polk County's rate of about 65%.

After controlling for student poverty, GOODRICH MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.7%, the actual is 23.4%, a residual of -9.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Polk County) records that median household income runs about $62,259, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Polk County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,045 students), of which GOODRICH MIDDLE is one.

GOODRICH H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GOODRICH MIDDLE comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 43.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 6%: 49 students in 2018 compared to 52 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 41% to 48%.

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