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HOLLIDAY MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About HOLLIDAY MIDDLE
HOLLIDAY MIDDLE is an intimate junior high in HOLLIDAY, Texas, run under HOLLIDAY ISD. The school educates 261 students in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 59% leaner than the state mean of about 643.
Across the 3 schools in HOLLIDAY ISD (1,120 students total), HOLLIDAY MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, HOLLIDAY MIDDLE logs that 85% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 11% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Archer County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
In terms of school funding signals, HOLLIDAY MIDDLE logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Archer County's rate of about 32%.
With demographic context factored in, HOLLIDAY MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 65.0%; this one delivers 60.8%.
In the broader community, Archer County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,159 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Archer County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,110 students), HOLLIDAY MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: HOLLIDAY H S, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HOLLIDAY MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOLLIDAY MIDDLE at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 55.3%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. HOLLIDAY MIDDLE's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 257 (now 261). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 90% to 85% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Archer County at a glance
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