HENRIETTA MIDDLE

As an one-room-style junior high in HENRIETTA, Texas, HENRIETTA MIDDLE instructs 216 students from grades 6 through 8, part of HENRIETTA ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 66% below the state mean of about 643.

HENRIETTA ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 886 students; HENRIETTA MIDDLE is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HENRIETTA MIDDLE records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school lists 11% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 38% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Clay County's rate of about 52%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HENRIETTA MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.1%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of -3.8 points.

Around the school, Clay County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,114 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Clay County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,767 students), of which HENRIETTA MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is HENRIETTA EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HENRIETTA MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 44.4%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HENRIETTA MIDDLE has ticked down 4%, going from 226 students in 2018 to 216 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 89% to 81%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 today.

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