Enrollment
261
Middle
DISTRICT 373 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HOLLIDAY ISD·NCES 482340006118
Holliday Middle School
751 COLLEGE AVE, HOLLIDAY, TX 76366 · (940) 586-1314 · Archer County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
B+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 67% of Texas public middle schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.8:1
20 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
20%
53 students
DISTRICT 20% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 88 | 34% |
| Grade 7 | 90 | 34% |
| Grade 8 | 83 | 32% |
Student demographics
26%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 28% · 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
Holliday Middle School→Holliday High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HOLLIDAY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +2.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 2 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 48.0% | 28.0% | 13.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 38.0% | 26.0% | 16.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 74.0% | 63.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
58.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 65% 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 Holliday Middle School
Holliday Middle School's state test result (58.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Holliday Middle School this school | 261 | 20.3% | 58.6% |
| Jim Ned Middle School TUSCOLA | 245 | 15.9% | 69.8% |
| Paradise Middle School PARADISE | 319 | 25.7% | 49.4% |
| Bushland Junior High School AMARILLO | 350 | 16.9% | 61.0% |
| Jim Ned Intermediate School TUSCOLA | 410 | 17.6% | 67.3% |
| Grandview Junior High School GRANDVIEW | 316 | 27.2% | 53.4% |
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 Holliday Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.6% | #269 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #339 of 1,670 ▼ 108 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #173 of 1,670 ▲ 33 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #1,455 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #296 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 26.4% | #1,247 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 20.3% | #1,556 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +1.6% | #404 of 437 |
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
261
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
+32% since 1990-91, when it was 197
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 261 | 20.4 | 12.8:1 | 20% (53) |
| 2023-24 | 252 | 19.4 | 13.0:1 | 20% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 273 | 19.6 | 13.9:1 | 21% (57) |
| 2020-21 | 260 | 17 | 15.3:1 | 22% (56) |
| 2017-18 | 257 | 15.9 | 16.1:1 | 24% (61) |
| 2015-16 | 237 | 15 | 15.8:1 | 20% (48) |
| 2010-11 | 216 | 15 | 14.4:1 | 25% (53) |
| 2000-01 | 248 | 17 | 14.6:1 | 15% (36) |
| 1990-91 | 197 | 12 | 16.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Holliday Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 2% (257 to 261); teachers up 28% (15.9 to 20.4).
About Holliday Middle School
Holliday Middle School is a small middle-grades school found in HOLLIDAY, Texas. Students in grades 6 through 8 make up the school's enrollment of 261 students. Middle schools in Texas average about 643 students, which makes this school 59% below average.
Holliday Middle School is one of 3 schools in HOLLIDAY ISD, which enrolls 1,120 students in total.
At Holliday Middle School, 85% of students are White. It is also 11% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Census estimates put Archer County at about 89% White, close to the school's figure. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Holliday Middle School scores 26%.
Teacher count: 20.4 full-time equivalents. Student-to-teacher ratio: 12.8:1. The average for middle schools in Texas, 14.4:1, is higher. Roughly 20% of students come from households that qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Archer County, the average eligibility rate is 32%.
On the allk12 Grade, Holliday Middle School lands at B+, ahead of 67% of Texas public middle schools.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Holliday Middle School's results are 6.4 points below predicted: 58.6% against 65.0%.
The school is in Archer County, where the median household earns about $72,159 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 5% of residents are in poverty. Across Archer County, 8 public schools serve about 2,110 students.
Holliday Middle School's nearest public school is Holliday High School (less than a tenth of a mile). The count of other public schools within five miles is 2. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 55.3%; Holliday Middle School's is 58.6%, ranking 3rd of 9.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 260 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 261. The number of students per teacher dropped from 15.3 to 12.8 over 4 years.
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Archer County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
8,867
Census ACS
Median income
$72,159
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,110 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HOLLIDAY ISD
- Holliday Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Holliday High SchoolHigh · 365 students
Other schools in HOLLIDAY
- Holliday Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Holliday High SchoolHigh · 365 students
Nearby schools
- Holliday High School0.0 mi · 365
- Holliday Elementary School0.1 mi · 494
- Memorial High School6.8 mi · 1,650
- McNiel Middle School7.0 mi · 996
- Fowler Elementary School7.5 mi · 490
- Rider High School7.8 mi · 1,569
Frequently asked questions
About Holliday Middle SchoolHow many students attend Holliday Middle School?
Holliday Middle School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does Holliday Middle School serve?
Holliday Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Holliday Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Holliday Middle School is approximately 12.8:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Holliday Middle School?
Student demographics at Holliday Middle School are roughly 85% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Holliday Middle School public or private?
Holliday Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by HOLLIDAY ISD.
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