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HERITAGE MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 71 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 75% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HERITAGE MIDDLE
Set in COLLEYVILLE, Texas, HERITAGE MIDDLE is a moderately sized junior high, part of GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD. It enrolls 724 students across grades 6 through 8.
GRAPEVINE-COLLEYVILLE ISD comprises 20 schools with combined enrollment of 13,541 students; HERITAGE MIDDLE is among them.
In terms of who attends, HERITAGE MIDDLE lists that the largest single group is White at 44%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 20% Hispanic, 17% Asian, 11% Black, 7% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 25% of students at HERITAGE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Tarrant County runs at roughly 63%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HERITAGE MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 63.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 74.6%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) logs that median household income runs about $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. HERITAGE MIDDLE is one of 639 public schools in Tarrant County (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students).
Nearest neighbor: HERITAGE EL, around 0.1 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), HERITAGE MIDDLE ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 60.4%.
The school occupies a bedroom-community site.
Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HERITAGE MIDDLE has edged down 15%, going from 849 students in 2018 to 724 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 50% to 44%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 13.5:1 today.
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