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If you had an hour of school board time for JEAN MCCLUNG MIDDLE, what would you bring up?
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Enrollment
514
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970012314
Jean McClung Middle School
3000 FOREST AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76112 · (817) 815-5300 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas public middle schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B+Three-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
38 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
92%
472 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 6 | 162 | 32% |
| Grade 7 | 172 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 180 | 35% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
40.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +30.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 30 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 34.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 15.0% | 25.0% | 29.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 40.0% |
| 2024-25 | 36.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 31.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 16.0% |
| 2021-22 | 45.0% | 16.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 10.0% |
% 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 34% 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 Jean McClung Middle School
Jean McClung Middle School's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Jean McClung Middle School this school | 514 | 91.8% | 21.6% |
| Iltexas Houston Orem Middle School HOUSTON | 410 | 89.5% | 24.6% |
| Key Middle School HOUSTON | 516 | 96.1% | 36.4% |
| Lincoln Middle School PORT ARTHUR | 619 | 85.1% | 22.5% |
| Nichols Junior High School ARLINGTON | 586 | 84.8% | 26.9% |
| Giles Middle School TEXAS CITY | 553 | 86.4% | 22.1% |
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 Jean McClung Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #1,577 of 1,635 | #98 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #931 of 1,670 ▲ 599 | #54 of 112 ▲ 42 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #1,267 of 1,670 ▲ 226 | #86 of 112 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +16.0pp | #446 of 1,570 | #19 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #1,070 of 1,749 | #88 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #482 of 1,542 | #27 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #683 of 1,543 | #83 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 91.8% | #194 of 1,648 | #16 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.6% | #134 of 942 | #10 of 74 |
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
514
-232 (-31%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 514 | 37.9 | 13.6:1 | 92% (472) |
| 2023-24 | 578 | 40 | 14.4:1 | 88% (506) |
| 2022-23 | 708 | 48.9 | 14.5:1 | 90% (640) |
| 2020-21 | 746 | 47 | 15.9:1 | 94% (702) |
| 2017-18 | 741 | 55 | 13.5:1 | 81% (603) |
| 2015-16 | 845 | 54 | 15.7:1 | 73% (621) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Jean McClung Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 31% (741 to 514); teachers down 31% (55 to 37.9).
About Jean McClung Middle School
Jean McClung Middle School is a small middle school in FORT WORTH ISD, located in FORT WORTH, Texas. The school's 514 students are in grades 6 through 8. Enrollment is 20% lower than the average for middle schools in Texas, which is about 643.
The district for Jean McClung Middle School is FORT WORTH ISD, with 136 schools and 70,612 students.
Jean McClung Middle School's enrollment is 54% Black. Other groups make up 38% Hispanic, 4% White, and 3% Asian. County-wide, 18% of Tarrant County residents are Black. By the diversity index, Jean McClung Middle School comes in at 56%.
Federal staffing data show 37.9 full-time-equivalent teachers at Jean McClung Middle School and a ratio of 13.6:1. The average ratio among middle schools in Texas is 14.4:1, higher than at this school. The count of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch equals 92% of enrollment. Among public schools in Tarrant County, the average eligibility rate is 63%.
The allk12 Grade for Jean McClung Middle School is D. Compared with Texas public middle schools, the school scored higher than 9% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
In Texas, Jean McClung Middle School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 21.6% actual against a predicted 34.5%.
Tarrant County census figures show that median household income is about $84,207, about 35% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. A total of 639 public schools operate in Tarrant County, serving about 385,835 students.
The closest public school to Jean McClung Middle School is West Handley Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8. Nearby schools with test data average 25.0% proficiency; Jean McClung Middle School posts 21.6%.
For locale, NCES codes Jean McClung Middle School as City: Large.
The 2024-25 enrollment of 514 was 31% lower than in 2020-21, when it was 746. Federal data show the ratio falling from 15.9:1 to 13.6:1.
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Tarrant County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in FORT WORTH ISD
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- North Side High SchoolHigh · 1,676 students
- O D Wyatt High SchoolHigh · 1,499 students
Other schools in FORT WORTH
- V R Eaton High SchoolHigh · 3,288 students
- Timber Creek High SchoolHigh · 2,970 students
- North Crowley High SchoolHigh · 2,936 students
- Boswell High SchoolHigh · 2,445 students
- Chisholm Trail High SchoolHigh · 2,258 students
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
Nearby schools
- West Handley Elementary School0.5 mi · 341
- East Handley Elementary School0.8 mi · 329
- Newman International Academy at Fort Worth0.9 mi · 255
- Eastern Hills Elementary School1.0 mi · 459
- Eastern Hills High School1.1 mi · 1,189
- Maudrie Walton Elementary School1.1 mi · 271
Frequently asked questions
About Jean McClung Middle SchoolHow many students attend Jean McClung Middle School?
Jean McClung Middle School enrolls approximately 514 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Jean McClung Middle School serve?
Jean McClung Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many teachers does Jean McClung Middle School have?
Jean McClung Middle School employs 38 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
How diverse is Jean McClung Middle School?
Jean McClung Middle School reports a student body of 4% White, 38% Hispanic, 54% Black, 3% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Jean McClung Middle School in?
Jean McClung Middle School is part of FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.