Groves Middle School

Groves Middle School sits in GROVES, Texas, and is classified as a middle school. School enrollment was 647 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8.

PORT NECHES-GROVES ISD runs 9 schools with a combined 5,349 students. Groves Middle School is one of them.

White students form the largest group at Groves Middle School, 44% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 44% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. By the diversity index, Groves Middle School comes in at 61%.

The count of teachers at Groves Middle School is 43.6 full-time equivalents, for a ratio of 14.8:1. Middle schools in Texas have a similar average ratio of 14.4:1. The school counts 332 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 51%. That is lower than the 71% average for public schools in Jefferson County.

Based on student poverty, the model expects 51.8% at Groves Middle School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 47.2%.

Among Jefferson County residents, median household income is about $60,026, about 20% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Groves Middle School is one of 92 public schools in Jefferson County, which together enroll about 42,825 students.

The next-closest public school is Groves Intermediate School, about 0.9 miles away. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Groves Middle School's average proficiency of 47.2% compares with 45.4% for its nearest scored neighbors.

NCES describes the area around Groves Middle School as Suburb: Mid-size, meaning in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

Federal counts put enrollment at 622 in 2020-21 and 647 in 2024-25, a 4% increase.

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