HOLLAND MIDDLE

HOLLAND MIDDLE operates as a tiny junior high in HOLLAND, Texas, part of HOLLAND ISD. Current enrollment sits at 147 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so HOLLAND MIDDLE sits 77% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in HOLLAND ISD (646 students total), HOLLAND MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HOLLAND MIDDLE logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 24% Hispanic, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Bell County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, HOLLAND MIDDLE reports 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 31% of students at HOLLAND MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bell County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOLLAND MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 67.2%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,865, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. HOLLAND MIDDLE is one of 130 public schools in Bell County (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students).

Nearest neighbor: HOLLAND EL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOLLAND MIDDLE at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 54.4%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 3%: 143 students in 2018 compared to 147 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 31% to 24% over that span.

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