KILGORE MIDDLE

KILGORE MIDDLE is a reasonably sized intermediate school in KILGORE, Texas, run under KILGORE ISD. The school instructs 840 students in grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 31% above typical.

KILGORE ISD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,660 students. KILGORE MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, KILGORE MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school records 39% Hispanic, 13% Black, 6% multiracial. By comparison, Rusk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 72% of students at KILGORE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, KILGORE MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.4%, the actual is 41.9%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Rusk County put the typical household earns roughly $68,658 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Rusk County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students), of which KILGORE MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: KILGORE PRI, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around KILGORE MIDDLE. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KILGORE MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KILGORE MIDDLE has declined 5%, going from 884 students in 2018 to 840 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 34% to 39%.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.