HEMPHILL MIDDLE

HEMPHILL MIDDLE is one of the minimally staffed 6-8 campuss in HEMPHILL, Texas, overseen by HEMPHILL ISD, with 219 students on its rolls from grades 5 through 8. That puts it 66% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

HEMPHILL MIDDLE is one of 3 schools operated by HEMPHILL ISD, a district that works with 788 students overall.

On demographics, HEMPHILL MIDDLE shows that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school logs 10% multiracial, 9% Black, 8% Hispanic. By comparison, Sabine County as a whole is about 86% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, HEMPHILL MIDDLE shows 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HEMPHILL MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.1%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Sabine County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,585, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Sabine County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,807 students), HEMPHILL MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HEMPHILL H S, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HEMPHILL MIDDLE ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.5%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. HEMPHILL MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 17% since 2018, when it stood at 264 (now 219). Black enrollment moved from 14% to 9% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 in 2025.

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