KOUNTZE MIDDLE

KOUNTZE MIDDLE is a junior high of tiny scale in KOUNTZE, Texas, one of the schools within KOUNTZE ISD, educateing 230 students in grades 6 through 8. That puts it 64% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

KOUNTZE ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,151 students; KOUNTZE MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, KOUNTZE MIDDLE logs that 70% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 13% Black, 12% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, KOUNTZE MIDDLE lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at KOUNTZE MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hardin County (around 49%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KOUNTZE MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.1%; this one delivers 43.9%.

Around the school, Hardin County reports that median household income runs about $75,808, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. KOUNTZE MIDDLE is one of 23 public schools in Hardin County (combined enrollment of about 10,541 students).

Nearest neighbor: KOUNTZE H S, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around KOUNTZE MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, KOUNTZE MIDDLE comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

KOUNTZE MIDDLE operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 25%: 184 students in 2018 compared to 230 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 70% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.