GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE

GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE is a middle-grades school of modestly sized scale in SAN ANGELO, Texas, part of GRAPE CREEK ISD, serveing 262 students in grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE sits 59% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 6 schools in GRAPE CREEK ISD (1,196 students total), GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White at 47%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 47% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.1%, the actual is 34.7%, a residual of -13.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Tom Green County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,370, roughly 26% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE is one of 81 public schools in Tom Green County (combined enrollment of about 18,896 students).

Nearest neighbor: GRAPE CREEK H S, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 32.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. GRAPE CREEK MIDDLE's enrollment has ticked down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 273 (now 262). White enrollment moved from 53% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.

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