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Enrollment
485
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·FORT WORTH ISD·NCES 481970006547
Kirkpatrick Middle School
3201 REFUGIO AVE, FORT WORTH, TX 76106 · (817) 814-4200 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL485 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
32 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
95%
461 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 | 179 | 37% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 32% |
| Grade 8 | 149 | 31% |
Student demographics
21%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
43.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
33.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 19.0% | 24.0% | 27.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 23.0% | 25.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 43.0% | 33.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 32.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 37.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 15.0% |
% 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
28.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
33.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 29% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Kirkpatrick Middle School
Kirkpatrick Middle School's state test result (28.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Kirkpatrick Middle School this school | 485 | 95.1% | 28.8% |
| Webb Middle School AUSTIN | 502 | 98.0% | 16.1% |
| Iltexas Msg Ramirez Middle School CLEVELAND | 455 | 95.2% | 13.7% |
| Driscoll Middle School CORPUS CHRISTI | 524 | 95.2% | 23.1% |
| Rhodes Middle School SAN ANTONIO | 461 | 96.3% | 13.4% |
| KIPP Camino Academy SAN ANTONIO | 408 | 94.4% | 28.2% |
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 Kirkpatrick Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Tarrant County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 28.8% | #1,425 of 1,635 | #84 of 108 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 33.0% | #1,248 of 1,670 ▲ 208 | #82 of 112 ▲ 9 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #1,358 of 1,670 ▲ 181 | #91 of 112 ▲ 10 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +9.0pp | #849 of 1,570 | #44 of 110 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 485 | #1,116 of 1,749 | #94 of 115 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #902 of 1,542 | #52 of 112 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 21.3% | #1,289 of 1,543 | #108 of 112 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.1% | #111 of 1,648 | #7 of 109 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -5.3% | #774 of 942 | #59 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
485
-59 (-11%) vs 2020
+3% since 1990-91, when it was 470
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 16.5:1
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 | 485 | 31.9 | 15.2:1 | 95% (461) |
| 2023-24 | 465 | 32.2 | 14.4:1 | 95% (440) |
| 2022-23 | 472 | 33.3 | 14.2:1 | 97% (459) |
| 2020-21 | 544 | 33 | 16.5:1 | 97% (529) |
| 2017-18 | 512 | 40.4 | 12.7:1 | 91% (466) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 40 | 12.6:1 | 95% (478) |
| 2010-11 | 505 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 92% (463) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 29 | 20.0:1 | 83% (482) |
| 1990-91 | 470 | 24 | 19.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Kirkpatrick Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 5% (512 to 485); teachers down 21% (40.4 to 31.9).
About Kirkpatrick Middle School
Located in FORT WORTH, Texas, Kirkpatrick Middle School is a small middle school. Enrollment in 2024-25 was 485 students in grades 6 through 8. Against the 643-student average for middle schools in Texas, enrollment here is 25% lower.
Kirkpatrick Middle School sits within FORT WORTH ISD, which has 136 schools and 70,612 students.
At Kirkpatrick Middle School, Hispanic students make up 88% of the student body. The remaining students are 6% Black, 3% White, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Tarrant County, the Hispanic share is about 30%. Kirkpatrick Middle School has a diversity index of 21%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Teachers at the school number 31.9 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. Roughly 95% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price lunch. Across public schools in Tarrant County, the average is 63%.
When test results are adjusted for free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, Kirkpatrick Middle School is 4.3 points below its prediction. Actual: 28.8%. Predicted: 33.1%.
In the county around the school, Tarrant County, median household income is about $84,207, roughly 35% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Kirkpatrick Middle School is among the 639 public schools in Tarrant County.
The nearest public school is Kirkpatrick Elementary School, at less than a tenth of a mile. There are at least 8 other public schools within five miles. By average proficiency, Kirkpatrick Middle School is 3rd among 9 schools close by.
NCES assigns Kirkpatrick Middle School the locale City: Large, meaning inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Kirkpatrick Middle School saw enrollment fall 11% between 2020-21 and 2024-25. The ratio of students to teachers went from 16.5:1 to 15.2:1 over the same years.
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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
- Paschal High SchoolHigh · 2,127 students
- Trimble Technical High SchoolHigh · 1,924 students
- Arlington Heights High SchoolHigh · 1,898 students
- South Hills High SchoolHigh · 1,846 students
- 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
- Kirkpatrick Elementary School0.1 mi · 296
- Washington Heights Elementary School0.3 mi · 268
- Dolores Huerta Elementary School0.7 mi · 443
- Sam Rosen Elementary School0.9 mi · 407
- Helbing Elementary School1.1 mi · 369
- Manuel Jara Elementary School1.4 mi · 567
Frequently asked questions
About Kirkpatrick Middle SchoolHow large is Kirkpatrick Middle School?
Kirkpatrick Middle School enrolls approximately 485 students in grades 06-08.
Is Kirkpatrick Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Kirkpatrick Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at Kirkpatrick Middle School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Kirkpatrick Middle School.
How diverse is Kirkpatrick Middle School?
Kirkpatrick Middle School reports a student body of 3% White, 88% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Is Kirkpatrick Middle School public or private?
Kirkpatrick Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by FORT WORTH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.