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Enrollment
909
Middle
DISTRICT 705 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BIRDVILLE ISD·NCES 481023000490
Haltom Middle School
5001 HUTCHISON WAY, HALTOM CITY, TX 76117 · (817) 547-4000 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL909 STUDENTS
C-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 18% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-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
16.0:1
57 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
81%
740 students
DISTRICT 60% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 317 | 35% |
| Grade 7 | 302 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 290 | 32% |
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
52.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 29.0% | 21.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 22.0% | 31.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 52.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 35.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
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 Haltom Middle School
Haltom Middle School's state test result (32.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Haltom Middle School this school | 909 | 81.4% | 32.2% |
| Goodnight Middle School SAN MARCOS | 884 | 81.8% | 32.2% |
| Lorenzo De Zavala Middle School IRVING | 832 | 81.6% | 40.6% |
| Bowie Middle School ODESSA | 874 | 84.3% | 30.7% |
| Bonham Middle School ODESSA | 835 | 83.8% | 29.3% |
| Jones Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 1,035 | 77.2% | 36.1% |
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 Haltom Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.2% | #1,307 of 1,635 | #77 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,233 of 1,670 ▲ 46 | #79 of 112 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #932 of 1,670 ▲ 441 | #66 of 112 ▲ 22 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #1,171 of 1,570 | #65 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 909 | #388 of 1,749 | #27 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #1,126 of 1,542 | #78 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #1,178 of 1,543 | #104 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 81.4% | #480 of 1,648 | #30 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -2.0% | #879 of 942 | #73 of 74 |
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
909
-59 (-6%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 642
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 909 | 56.7 | 16.0:1 | 81% (740) |
| 2023-24 | 932 | 59.7 | 15.6:1 | 84% (781) |
| 2022-23 | 954 | 60.5 | 15.8:1 | 85% (810) |
| 2020-21 | 968 | 63 | 15.4:1 | 82% (794) |
| 2017-18 | 928 | 65.8 | 14.1:1 | 84% (781) |
| 2015-16 | 883 | 60 | 14.7:1 | 85% (751) |
| 2010-11 | 763 | 55 | 13.9:1 | 87% (667) |
| 2000-01 | 772 | 47 | 16.4:1 | 56% (431) |
| 1990-91 | 642 | 38 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Haltom Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 2% (928 to 909); teachers down 14% (65.8 to 56.7).
About Haltom Middle School
Haltom Middle School is a medium-sized middle-grades school in HALTOM CITY, Texas. The grade span is 6 through 8, and enrollment is 909 students. Average enrollment for middle schools in Texas is about 643, so this school runs 41% larger than that.
BIRDVILLE ISD is made up of 30 schools with 22,267 students in all.
The student body at Haltom Middle School is 81% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 12% White and 3% Asian. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 30%. Haltom Middle School's diversity index is 33%, against a US figure of 70%.
Staffing totals 56.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. On average, middle schools in Texas have 14.4:1, compared with 16.0:1 here. The free or reduced-price lunch rate at Haltom Middle School is 81%. The rate at public schools in Tarrant County averages 63%, lower than here.
allk12 grades Haltom Middle School a C-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Haltom Middle School's results are 6.7 points below predicted: 32.2% against 38.9%.
Within Tarrant County, the median household income is $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and about 8% of people live in poverty. Besides Haltom Middle School, Tarrant County has 638 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is West Birdville Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Haltom Middle School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 33.5% on proficiency, and Haltom Middle School is below that at 32.2%.
The NCES locale for Haltom Middle School is Suburb: Large, which covers schools in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
Over 4 years, Haltom Middle School's enrollment declined 6%, to 909.
The allk12 site hosts a discussion page for Haltom Middle School covering things like sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BIRDVILLE ISD
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Birdville High SchoolHigh · 2,069 students
- Richland High SchoolHigh · 2,063 students
- North Richland Middle SchoolMiddle · 882 students
- Smithfield Middle SchoolMiddle · 798 students
- Watauga Elementary SchoolElementary · 700 students
Other schools in HALTOM CITY
- Haltom High SchoolHigh · 2,757 students
- Cheney Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 696 students
- West Birdville Elementary SchoolElementary · 665 students
- O H Stowe Elementary SchoolElementary · 660 students
- David E Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 640 students
- IDEA Achieve AcademyElementary · 585 students
Nearby schools
- West Birdville Elementary School0.5 mi · 665
- David E Smith Elementary School0.8 mi · 640
- Riverside Applied Lrn Center1.1 mi · 202
- Birdville Elementary School1.2 mi · 479
- Bonnie Brae1.3 mi · 326
- Bob E Griggs High School1.3 mi · 140
Frequently asked questions
About Haltom Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Haltom Middle School?
Haltom Middle School enrolls approximately 909 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Haltom Middle School serve?
Haltom Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Haltom Middle School?
Approximately 16.0:1 students per teacher at Haltom Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Haltom Middle School?
Student demographics at Haltom Middle School are roughly 12% White, 81% Hispanic, 2% Black, 3% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Haltom Middle School public or private?
Haltom Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BIRDVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.