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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at KILGORE MIDDLE this year?
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Enrollment
840
Middle
DISTRICT 732 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·KILGORE ISD·NCES 482562002860
Kilgore Middle School
455 BAUGHMAN RD, KILGORE, TX 75662 · (903) 988-3902 · Rusk County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL840 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 39% of Texas public middle schools
- C+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.
- 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
14.0:1
60 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.7:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
605 students
DISTRICT 72% · 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 | 253 | 30% |
| Grade 7 | 291 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 296 | 35% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Kilgore Middle School→Kilgore High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within KILGORE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 24.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 21.0% | 30.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 28.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 26.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 19.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
37.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Kilgore Middle School
Kilgore Middle School's state test result (37.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kilgore Middle School this school | 840 | 72.0% | 37.8% |
| Lynn Lucas Middle School WILLIS | 901 | 72.1% | 29.7% |
| Austin Middle School AMARILLO | 708 | 70.1% | 40.8% |
| Piner Middle School SHERMAN | 831 | 68.0% | 37.2% |
| Craig Middle School ABILENE | 771 | 69.0% | 38.8% |
| Sam Rayburn BRYAN | 728 | 67.6% | 41.7% |
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 Kilgore Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.8% | #1,039 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #1,367 of 1,670 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,139 of 1,670 ▼ 36 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +14.5pp | #529 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 840 | #489 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #593 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.2% | #305 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 72.0% | #676 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.0% | #785 of 942 |
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
840
-122 (-13%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 843
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 17.5:1
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 | 840 | 60.1 | 14.0:1 | 72% (605) |
| 2023-24 | 861 | 57.8 | 14.9:1 | 72% (624) |
| 2022-23 | 885 | 52.8 | 16.8:1 | 75% (665) |
| 2020-21 | 962 | 55 | 17.5:1 | 61% (584) |
| 2017-18 | 884 | 61.2 | 14.4:1 | 62% (548) |
| 2015-16 | 906 | 60 | 15.1:1 | 59% (531) |
| 2010-11 | 842 | 59 | 14.3:1 | 59% (496) |
| 2000-01 | 820 | 56 | 14.6:1 | 41% (334) |
| 1990-91 | 843 | 47 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kilgore Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (884 to 840); teachers down 2% (61.2 to 60.1).
About Kilgore Middle School
Kilgore Middle School is a medium-sized middle school with an address in KILGORE, Texas. School enrollment was 840 students in 2024-25, in grades 6 through 8. The average among middle schools in Texas is roughly 643 students; this school is 31% larger than that.
Kilgore Middle School is one of 5 schools in KILGORE ISD, which enrolls 3,660 students in total.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Kilgore Middle School is White (41%). Other groups include 39% Hispanic, 13% Black, and 6% multiracial. The county population is about 66% White. Kilgore Middle School has a diversity index of 66%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at Kilgore Middle School total 60.1 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 14.0:1. Across middle schools in Texas, the average ratio is about 14.4:1. The school counts 605 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 72%.
allk12 grades Kilgore Middle School a C+. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Kilgore Middle School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 37.8% is 5.2 points below the 42.9% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Federal survey data for Rusk County show that median household income is about $68,658, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 18% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. A total of 29 public schools operate in Rusk County, serving about 10,350 students.
The nearest public school is Kilgore Primary School, at about 0.2 miles. Kilgore Middle School has 7 other public schools within five miles. The school's 37.8% average proficiency ranks 5th among 7 nearby schools.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).
Kilgore Middle School saw enrollment fall 13% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio was 17.5:1 in 2020-21 and 14.0:1 in 2024-25.
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Rusk County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
52,842
Census ACS
Median income
$68,658
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
10,350 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in KILGORE ISD
- Kilgore High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Kilgore Primary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Kilgore Intermediate SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Chandler Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Elder Coop Alter SchoolCombined
- Kilgore Pathways AcademyElementary
Other schools in KILGORE
- Kilgore High SchoolHigh · 1,167 students
- Kilgore Primary SchoolElementary · 621 students
- Sabine Elementary SchoolElementary · 618 students
- Kilgore Intermediate SchoolElementary · 531 students
- Chandler Elementary SchoolElementary · 501 students
- Elder Coop Alter SchoolCombined
Nearby schools
- Kilgore Primary School0.2 mi · 621
- Chandler Elementary School0.4 mi · 501
- Kilgore Intermediate School0.7 mi · 531
- Kilgore High School2.4 mi · 1,167
- Leveretts Chapel Junior High School4.7 mi · 52
- Leveretts Chapel High School4.7 mi · 72
Frequently asked questions
About Kilgore Middle SchoolHow large is Kilgore Middle School?
Kilgore Middle School enrolls approximately 840 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kilgore Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kilgore Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Kilgore Middle School?
Approximately 14.0:1 students per teacher at Kilgore Middle School.
What is the student diversity at Kilgore Middle School?
Student demographics at Kilgore Middle School are roughly 41% White, 39% Hispanic, 13% Black, 0% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Kilgore Middle School public or private?
Kilgore Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by KILGORE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.