Enrollment
293
Middle
DISTRICT 242 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAND SALINE ISD·NCES 482145005483
Grand Saline Middle School
400 STADIUM DR, GRAND SALINE, TX 75140 · (903) 962-7537 · Van Zandt County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL293 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 16% of Texas public middle schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
145 students
DISTRICT 52% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 101 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 106 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 86 | 29% |
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Grand Saline Middle School→Grand Saline High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within GRAND SALINE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +33.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 28.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 25.0% | 35.0% | 30.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 31.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 19.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 25.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
36.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-15.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Grand Saline Middle School
Grand Saline Middle School's state test result (36.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Saline Middle School this school | 293 | 49.5% | 36.8% |
| Blue Ridge Middle School BLUE RIDGE | 240 | 48.8% | 39.7% |
| Sabine Intermediate School GLADEWATER | 243 | 49.8% | 38.3% |
| Sabine Middle School GLADEWATER | 266 | 45.1% | 45.6% |
| Trenton Middle School TRENTON | 223 | 51.1% | 35.2% |
| Bowie Junior High School BOWIE | 344 | 47.1% | 51.8% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Grand Saline Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Van Zandt County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.8% | #1,099 of 1,635 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #1,143 of 1,670 ▲ 113 | #4 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,221 of 1,670 ▼ 125 | #5 of 6 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #1,184 of 1,570 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 293 | #1,406 of 1,749 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #160 of 1,542 | #1 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.6% | #935 of 1,543 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #1,155 of 1,648 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +32.6% | #74 of 437 | N/A |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
293
+54 (+23%) vs 2020
+20% since 1990-91, when it was 245
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 14.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 293 | 24.5 | 12.0:1 | 49% (145) |
| 2023-24 | 287 | 23.2 | 12.4:1 | 57% (163) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 19.4 | 14.1:1 | 59% (162) |
| 2020-21 | 239 | 17 | 14.1:1 | 57% (137) |
| 2017-18 | 221 | 17.1 | 12.9:1 | 67% (147) |
| 2015-16 | 227 | 23 | 9.9:1 | 63% (144) |
| 2010-11 | 248 | 22 | 11.3:1 | 56% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 193 | 13 | 14.8:1 | 24% (46) |
| 1990-91 | 245 | 14 | 17.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Grand Saline Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 33% (221 to 293); teachers up 43% (17.1 to 24.5).
About Grand Saline Middle School
Grand Saline Middle School is a small middle school in GRAND SALINE, Texas, (ZIP code 75140). It reported 293 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. By comparison, middle schools in Texas enroll about 643 students on average.
Grand Saline Middle School sits within GRAND SALINE ISD, which has 5 schools and 1,211 students.
The share of White students at Grand Saline Middle School is 65%, a majority. Smaller groups are 30% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Van Zandt County is roughly 84% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 49%.
Staffing at Grand Saline Middle School comes to 24.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 12.0:1. The school's 12.0:1 compares with an average of 14.4:1 for middle schools in Texas. On the income side, 49% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
On the allk12 Grade, Grand Saline Middle School lands at C-, ahead of 16% of Texas public middle schools.
Grand Saline Middle School is in the bottom 10% of Texas schools on the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure. Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the model predicts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 52.6%. The school's actual rate is 36.8%, 15.8 points lower.
In Van Zandt County, where the school is located, the median household earns about $69,475 a year, roughly 20% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Van Zandt County number 29, with about 10,738 students.
Measured in a straight line, Grand Saline Intermediate School is less than a tenth of a mile from Grand Saline Middle School. Within five miles are 4 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 36.8% is below the 47.0% average for nearby schools.
Grand Saline Middle School has an NCES locale of Rural: Distant.
The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 23% gain, from 239 to 293. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 14.1:1 in 2020-21 to 12.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Van Zandt County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
62,649
Census ACS
Median income
$69,475
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,738 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRAND SALINE ISD
- Grand Saline High SchoolHigh · 363 students
- Grand Saline Elementary SchoolElementary · 299 students
- Grand Saline Intermediate SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Van Zandt Co Youth Multi-Service CenterHigh · 12 students
Other schools in GRAND SALINE
- Grand Saline High SchoolHigh · 363 students
- Grand Saline Elementary SchoolElementary · 299 students
- Grand Saline Intermediate SchoolElementary · 244 students
- Van Zandt Co Youth Multi-Service CenterHigh · 12 students
Nearby schools
- Grand Saline Intermediate School0.1 mi · 244
- Grand Saline High School0.1 mi · 363
- Grand Saline Elementary School0.1 mi · 299
- Van Zandt Co Youth Multi-Service Center0.8 mi · 12
- Fruitvale Middle School5.2 mi · 77
- Fruitvale High School5.2 mi · 99
Frequently asked questions
About Grand Saline Middle SchoolHow many students attend Grand Saline Middle School?
Grand Saline Middle School enrolls approximately 293 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Grand Saline Middle School serve?
Grand Saline Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grand Saline Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Grand Saline Middle School is approximately 12.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Grand Saline Middle School?
Grand Saline Middle School reports a student body of 65% White, 30% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Grand Saline Middle School public or private?
Grand Saline Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by GRAND SALINE ISD.
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