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What's something HIGHLAND MIDDLE does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
700
Middle
DISTRICT 777 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD·NCES 481770008045
Highland Middle School
1001 E BAILEY BOSWELL RD, FORT WORTH, TX 76131 · (817) 847-5143 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL700 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
52 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.0:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
54%
375 students
DISTRICT 53% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 6 | 237 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 228 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 235 | 34% |
Student demographics
70%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 71% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
55.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 37.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 55.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 42.0% | 23.0% |
| 2020-21 | 20.0% | 23.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
50.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Highland Middle School
Highland Middle School's state test result (42.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Highland Middle School this school | 700 | 53.6% | 42.2% |
| STEM Academy at Griffin Middle School THE COLONY | 697 | 52.9% | 38.4% |
| Clear Lake Intermediate School HOUSTON | 839 | 57.3% | 43.6% |
| Pearland J H South PEARLAND | 764 | 53.1% | 54.3% |
| Fossil Hill Middle School FORT WORTH | 831 | 59.8% | 41.9% |
| Sam Jamison Middle School PEARLAND | 728 | 54.0% | 50.5% |
Matched among Texas middle schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Highland Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 42.2% | #828 of 1,635 | #53 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,051 of 1,670 ▼ 143 | #68 of 112 ▼ 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 55.0% | #787 of 1,670 ▼ 77 | #57 of 112 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.5pp | #1,181 of 1,570 | #69 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 700 | #748 of 1,749 | #61 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #469 of 1,542 | #26 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 70.5% | #143 of 1,543 | #27 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 53.6% | #1,077 of 1,648 | #70 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -18.2% | #395 of 942 | #33 of 74 |
Ranked against other public middle schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
700
-124 (-15%) vs 2020
-9% since 2000-01, when it was 767
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 14.0:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 700 | 51.9 | 13.5:1 | 54% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 700 | 56.1 | 12.5:1 | 55% (387) |
| 2022-23 | 730 | 58.2 | 12.6:1 | 57% (414) |
| 2020-21 | 824 | 59 | 14.0:1 | 47% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 856 | 55.9 | 15.3:1 | 48% (415) |
| 2015-16 | 820 | 55 | 14.9:1 | 47% (386) |
| 2010-11 | 812 | 53 | 15.3:1 | 38% (310) |
| 2000-01 | 767 | 51 | 15.0:1 | 21% (158) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Highland Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (856 to 700); teachers down 7% (55.9 to 51.9).
About Highland Middle School
Highland Middle School is a mid-sized middle school with its address in FORT WORTH, Texas. It had 700 students in 2024-25, spanning grades 6 through 8.
EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD is the local district for Highland Middle School. It runs 32 schools with 23,982 students.
The largest racial or ethnic group at Highland Middle School is Hispanic, with 44% of students. Other groups make up 27% White, 15% Black, 9% Asian, and 5% multiracial. Tarrant County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Highland Middle School scores 70%.
Highland Middle School lists 51.9 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.5 students per teacher. By comparison, the average for middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1. About 54% of students at Highland Middle School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Tarrant County is 63%.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Highland Middle School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 42.2% actual against 50.8% predicted.
Tarrant County is the school's county. There, median household income comes to about $84,207, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 35%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 639 public schools and about 385,835 students.
High Country Elementary School is less than a tenth of a mile away, making it the nearest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Highland Middle School is 3rd of 9 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Locale data from NCES put Highland Middle School in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more (Suburb: Large).
Federal enrollment counts fell from 824 (2020-21) to 700 (2024-25).
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Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Saginaw High SchoolHigh · 2,013 students
- Wayside Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,119 students
- Creekview Middle SchoolMiddle · 962 students
- Prairie VistaMiddle · 958 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Other Highland Middle schools
17 other US public schools in 13 states are named Highland Middle. Highland Middle School is the 8th largest of the 18.
- Highland Middle SchoolAnderson, IN · 916 students
- Highland Middle SchoolMedina, OH · 824 students
- HIGHLAND MIDDLE SCHOOLHOBBS, NM · 808 students
- Highland Middle SchoolHighland, IN · 774 students
- Highland MiddleSanford, NC · 762 students
Nearby schools
- High Country Elementary School0.1 mi · 511
- Chisholm Ridge0.6 mi · 623
- Saginaw High School0.9 mi · 2,013
- Sunset Valley Elementary School1.0 mi · 592
- Prairie Vista1.1 mi · 958
- Comanche Springs Elementary School1.2 mi · 628
Frequently asked questions
About Highland Middle SchoolHow large is Highland Middle School?
Highland Middle School enrolls approximately 700 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Highland Middle School serve?
Highland Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Highland Middle School have?
Highland Middle School employs 52 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Highland Middle School?
Student demographics at Highland Middle School are roughly 27% White, 44% Hispanic, 15% Black, 9% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Highland Middle School in?
Highland Middle School is part of EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.