HERITAGE MIDDLE

HERITAGE MIDDLE is a middle school of medium-sized scale in LUBBOCK, Texas, overseen by FRENSHIP ISD, serveing 821 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 28% bigger than typical.

Within FRENSHIP ISD, which oversees 14 schools and 11,770 students, HERITAGE MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

Demographically, HERITAGE MIDDLE shows that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 43% White, 6% Asian, 4% Black, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, HERITAGE MIDDLE reports 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Lubbock County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HERITAGE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.8%, the actual is 57.8%, a residual of -0.0 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Lubbock County indicate median household income runs about $64,155, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HERITAGE MIDDLE is one of 110 public schools in Lubbock County (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students).

CRESTVIEW EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 8 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), HERITAGE MIDDLE ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.5%.

HERITAGE MIDDLE operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 17%: 701 students in 2018 compared to 821 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 49% to 43% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for HERITAGE MIDDLE typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.