LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE

LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE, a moderately sized intermediate school in TEXARKANA, Texas, operated by LIBERTY-EYLAU ISD, teaches 594 students, covering grades 5 through 8.

LIBERTY-EYLAU ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,937 students. LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE is one of those campuses.

On demographics, LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE records that 57% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder looks like 23% White, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

On the income-and-resources front, LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE shows 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Bowie County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 35.5%; this one comes in at 18.3%, -17.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Bowie County indicate median household income runs about $59,803, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Bowie County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students), LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LIBERTY-EYLAU H S, around 1.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 28.3%.

LIBERTY-EYLAU MIDDLE operates from a suburban location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 738 students in 2018 compared to 594 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 35% to 23% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.