HARPOOL MIDDLE

Set in LANTANA, Texas, HARPOOL MIDDLE is a medium-sized intermediate school, part of DENTON ISD. It hosts 860 students across grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 34% larger than the state mean of about 643.

HARPOOL MIDDLE is one of 46 schools operated by DENTON ISD, a district that teaches 33,329 students overall.

In terms of who attends, HARPOOL MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% Asian, 4% multiracial. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 57%.

On the income-and-resources front, HARPOOL MIDDLE reports 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 15% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HARPOOL MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 67.4%, the actual is 72.8%, a residual of +5.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Denton County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, roughly 49% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. HARPOOL MIDDLE is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

Nearest neighbor: BLANTON EL, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HARPOOL MIDDLE ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 60.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 13%: 990 students in 2018 compared to 860 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 69% to 65% over that span.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.