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JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE
JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE operates as a middle-of-the-pack middle-grades school in MIDLAND, Texas, run under GREENWOOD ISD. Current enrollment sits at 843 students spanning grades 6 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE sits 31% larger than that benchmark.
Across the 4 schools in GREENWOOD ISD (3,373 students total), JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% White.
Looking at school resources, JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE records 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.8:1. The state averages around 14.4:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 33% of students at JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Midland County's rate of about 57%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.3%; this one delivers 46.4%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Midland County) logs that median household income runs about $92,874, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Midland County runs 52 public schools (combined enrollment of about 35,119 students), of which JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE is one.
GREENWOOD INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 54.3%.
JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. JAMES R BROOKS MIDDLE's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 846 (now 843). Hispanic enrollment moved from 48% to 54% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 today.
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