HAWLEY MIDDLE

Located at 250 AVE H, in HAWLEY, Texas, HAWLEY MIDDLE is a tiny middle school that teaches 193 students (grades 6 through 8), part of HAWLEY ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 70% smaller than typical.

Within HAWLEY ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 773 students, HAWLEY MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, HAWLEY MIDDLE logs that 74% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 24% Hispanic. That is meaningfully more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 63%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HAWLEY MIDDLE has 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 42% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Jones County's rate of about 58%.

After controlling for student poverty, HAWLEY MIDDLE is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 55.5%; HAWLEY MIDDLE posts 32.8%, -22.7 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Jones County shows median household income runs about $59,464, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Jones County runs 14 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,572 students), of which HAWLEY MIDDLE is one.

HAWLEY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HAWLEY MIDDLE at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.8%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 14%: 170 students in 2018 compared to 193 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 19% to 24% over that span.

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