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Enrollment
428
Middle
DISTRICT 240 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO ISD·NCES 482328009310
Hillsboro Intermediate School
1000 OLD BYNUM RD, HILLSBORO, TX 76645 · (254) 582-4170 · Hill County
GRADES 04–06MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL428 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 89% of Texas public middle schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public middle schools
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
75%
320 students
DISTRICT 73% · 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 4 | 134 | 31% |
| Grade 5 | 148 | 35% |
| Grade 6 | 146 | 34% |
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HILLSBORO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +6.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 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 6 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 35.0% | 20.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 33.0% | 29.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 63.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 59.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 30.0% | 26.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 48.0% |
% 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
53.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+11.7pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 Hillsboro Intermediate School
Hillsboro Intermediate School's state test result (53.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro Intermediate School this school | 428 | 74.8% | 53.5% |
| Venus Middle School VENUS | 506 | 74.7% | 28.4% |
| Grangerland Intermediate School CONROE | 559 | 78.5% | 30.0% |
| Shackelford Junior High School ARLINGTON | 510 | 72.5% | 41.7% |
| Big Spring Junior High School BIG SPRING | 490 | 70.2% | 33.2% |
| Taylor Middle School TAYLOR | 602 | 72.3% | 29.5% |
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 Hillsboro Intermediate School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hill County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.5% | #399 of 1,635 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #436 of 1,670 ▼ 127 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #469 of 1,670 ▼ 53 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +24.0pp | #167 of 1,570 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 428 | #1,212 of 1,749 | #1 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #493 of 1,542 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.3% | #695 of 1,543 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 74.8% | #626 of 1,648 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.2% | #844 of 942 | N/A |
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
428
+41 (+11%) vs 2020
-27% since 2010-11, when it was 588
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 10.2:1
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 | 428 | 31.4 | 13.6:1 | 75% (320) |
| 2023-24 | 440 | 32.6 | 13.5:1 | 76% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 429 | 33.1 | 13.0:1 | 81% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 387 | 38 | 10.2:1 | 68% (262) |
| 2017-18 | 442 | 40.4 | 10.9:1 | 75% (331) |
| 2015-16 | 583 | 47 | 12.4:1 | 77% (448) |
| 2010-11 | 588 | 39 | 15.1:1 | 79% (463) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillsboro Intermediate School.
Since 2017-18: students down 3% (442 to 428); teachers down 22% (40.4 to 31.4).
About Hillsboro Intermediate School
A small middle school in HILLSBORO, Texas, Hillsboro Intermediate School is part of HILLSBORO ISD. It serves 428 students in grades 4 through 6. The average among middle schools in Texas is roughly 643 students; this school is 33% smaller than that.
HILLSBORO ISD runs 5 schools with a combined 1,984 students. Hillsboro Intermediate School is one of them.
At Hillsboro Intermediate School, Hispanic students make up 61% of the student body. The remaining shares are 25% White, 10% Black, and 3% multiracial. Hill County as a whole is about 23% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. Pick two students at random and there is a 55% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 31.4 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 13.6:1. That is lower than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Eligible students account for 75% of enrollment in the free or reduced-price lunch program. It compares with 64% for public schools in Hill County.
allk12 grades Hillsboro Intermediate School an A. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
The model predicts 41.8% for a school in Texas with Hillsboro Intermediate School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Hillsboro Intermediate School posts 53.5%.
Hillsboro Intermediate School is located in Hill County, where the median household income is $64,591, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hillsboro Intermediate School is one of 34 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Hillsboro Intermediate School is Hillsboro Junior High School, about 1.2 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Hillsboro Intermediate School is 5th of 7 on proficiency.
Its location is classified as Town: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Enrollment at Hillsboro Intermediate School climbed 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25, from 387 to 428 students. The ratio was 10.2:1 in 2020-21 and 13.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Hill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,328
Census ACS
Median income
$64,591
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
6,430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBORO ISD
- Hillsboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 616 students
- Hillsboro Junior High SchoolMiddle · 290 students
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramMiddle · 1 students
Other schools in HILLSBORO
- Hillsboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHigh · 616 students
- Hillsboro Junior High SchoolMiddle · 290 students
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramMiddle · 1 students
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other Hillsboro Intermediate schools
One other US public school is named Hillsboro Intermediate. Hillsboro Intermediate School is the largest of the 2.
- Hillsboro Intermediate SchoolHillsboro, OH · 308 students
Nearby schools
- Hillsboro Junior High School1.2 mi · 290
- Hillsboro Elementary School1.4 mi · 649
- Hillsboro High School1.6 mi · 616
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education Program1.7 mi · 1
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education Program1.7 mi · 1
- Bynum School6.7 mi · 187
Frequently asked questions
About Hillsboro Intermediate SchoolHow many students attend Hillsboro Intermediate School?
Hillsboro Intermediate School enrolls approximately 428 students in grades 04-06.
What grades does Hillsboro Intermediate School serve?
Hillsboro Intermediate School serves grades 04-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Hillsboro Intermediate School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Hillsboro Intermediate School is approximately 13.6:1 (31 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Hillsboro Intermediate School?
At Hillsboro Intermediate School, the student body is approximately 25% White, 61% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Hillsboro Intermediate School in?
Hillsboro Intermediate School is part of HILLSBORO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.