GRAND SALINE MIDDLE

GRAND SALINE MIDDLE, an intimate junior high in GRAND SALINE, Texas, operated by GRAND SALINE ISD, works with 293 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 54% leaner than the state mean of about 643.

GRAND SALINE ISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,211 students; GRAND SALINE MIDDLE is among them.

On demographics, GRAND SALINE MIDDLE logs that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

In terms of school funding signals, GRAND SALINE MIDDLE reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting GRAND SALINE MIDDLE tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, GRAND SALINE MIDDLE sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.3%; actual is 38.1%, a gap of -14.2 points.

Across the wider county, Van Zandt County reports that median household earnings sit near $69,475, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Van Zandt County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,738 students), of which GRAND SALINE MIDDLE is one.

GRAND SALINE INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GRAND SALINE MIDDLE at 7th of 7; the average score across the group is 47.7%.

GRAND SALINE MIDDLE operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRAND SALINE MIDDLE has edged up 33%, going from 221 students in 2018 to 293 in 2025.

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