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Enrollment
695
Middle
DISTRICT 889 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LINDALE ISD·NCES 482751003093
Lindale Junior High School
15000 CR 463, LINDALE, TX 75771 · (903) 881-4150 · Smith County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL695 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 91% of Texas public middle schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- ABeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
14.9:1
47 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
45%
310 students
DISTRICT 46% · 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 7 | 354 | 51% |
| Grade 8 | 341 | 49% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Lindale Junior High School→Lindale High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LINDALE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
74.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
79.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 49.0% | 25.0% | 15.0% | 11.0% |
| Mathematics | 52.0% | 27.0% | 12.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 74.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 77.0% |
| 2022-23 | 55.0% | 82.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 69.0% |
| 2020-21 | 61.0% | 86.0% |
% 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
67.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+12.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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 Lindale Junior High School
Lindale Junior High School's state test result (67.1% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lindale Junior High School this school | 695 | 44.6% | 67.1% |
| Hallsville Intermediate School HALLSVILLE | 759 | 44.0% | 58.4% |
| Burkburnett Middle School BURKBURNETT | 743 | 49.0% | 45.2% |
| Hallsville Junior High School HALLSVILLE | 768 | 40.4% | 64.2% |
| Springtown Middle School SPRINGTOWN | 633 | 47.4% | 35.4% |
| Frank Stone Middle School PARIS | 521 | 48.9% | 42.1% |
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 Lindale Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.1% | #137 of 1,635 | #1 of 14 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #58 of 1,670 ▲ 4 | #1 of 14 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #217 of 1,670 ▲ 54 | #1 of 14 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #927 of 1,570 | #5 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 695 | #762 of 1,749 | #7 of 15 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.9:1 | #847 of 1,542 | #9 of 14 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.2% | #848 of 1,543 | #12 of 14 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 44.6% | #1,244 of 1,648 | #13 of 14 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +12.8% | #212 of 437 | #5 of 8 |
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
695
+22 (+3%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 570
Student : Teacher
14.9:1
was 16.0:1
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 | 695 | 46.6 | 14.9:1 | 45% (310) |
| 2023-24 | 708 | 45.3 | 15.6:1 | 47% (332) |
| 2022-23 | 711 | 46.2 | 15.4:1 | 44% (314) |
| 2020-21 | 673 | 42 | 16.0:1 | 39% (264) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 40.2 | 15.3:1 | 39% (241) |
| 2015-16 | 595 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 40% (239) |
| 2010-11 | 538 | 40 | 13.4:1 | 38% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 458 | 29 | 15.8:1 | 24% (109) |
| 1990-91 | 570 | 29 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lindale Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 13% (616 to 695); teachers up 16% (40.2 to 46.6).
About Lindale Junior High School
Lindale Junior High School is a mid-sized middle school for students in LINDALE, Texas. Its grade span covers grades 7 through 8, with 695 students on the rolls.
LINDALE ISD has 4,606 students spread across 6 schools.
More than half of the students at Lindale Junior High School are White (67%). Beyond that, enrollment is 19% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, and 6% Black. That is in line with Smith County, where about 67% of residents are White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Lindale Junior High School scores 51%.
A staff of 46.6 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 14.9:1. That is in line with the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. By family income, 45% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Compared with the 64% average for public schools in Smith County, the school's rate is lower.
Among Texas public middle schools, Lindale Junior High School outscored 91%, which works out to an A on the allk12 Grade.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 54.6%. Lindale Junior High School scores 67.1%.
The county, Smith County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $74,192, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. The county has 65 public schools and about 37,385 students.
E J Moss Intermediate School is about 1.5 miles from Lindale Junior High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 5 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 7 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Lindale Junior High School is 4th on average proficiency.
Federal data place Lindale Junior High School in the Town: Fringe locale, which means it is in a town close to an urbanized area.
The school's student count increased 3% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The number of students per teacher dropped from 16.0 to 14.9 over 4 years.
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Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
241,740
Census ACS
Median income
$74,192
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
37,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LINDALE ISD
- Lindale High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- E J Moss Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,082 students
- Velma Penny Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- College Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 462 students
Other schools in LINDALE
- Lindale High SchoolHigh · 1,338 students
- E J Moss Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 1,082 students
- Velma Penny Elementary SchoolElementary · 517 students
- College Street Elementary SchoolElementary · 512 students
- Early Childhood CenterElementary · 462 students
Nearby schools
- E J Moss Intermediate School1.5 mi · 1,082
- Velma Penny Elementary School1.6 mi · 517
- Lindale High School2.0 mi · 1,338
- College Street Elementary School2.1 mi · 512
- Early Childhood Center2.1 mi · 462
- A W Orr El - Cp8.2 mi · 247
Frequently asked questions
About Lindale Junior High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lindale Junior High School?
Lindale Junior High School enrolls approximately 695 students in grades 07-08.
What grades does Lindale Junior High School serve?
Lindale Junior High School serves grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Lindale Junior High School have?
Lindale Junior High School employs 47 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.9:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Lindale Junior High School?
At Lindale Junior High School, the student body is approximately 67% White, 19% Hispanic, 6% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Lindale Junior High School public or private?
Lindale Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LINDALE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.