LONE STAR MIDDLE

As a middle-of-the-pack 6-8 campus in SAN ANGELO, Texas, LONE STAR MIDDLE instructs 790 students from grades 6 through 8, part of SAN ANGELO ISD. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

Within SAN ANGELO ISD, which oversees 23 schools and 13,448 students, LONE STAR MIDDLE is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LONE STAR MIDDLE records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%; the rest breaks down as 29% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Tom Green County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, LONE STAR MIDDLE shows 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, LONE STAR MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.2%, the actual is 38.1%, a residual of -9.2 points.

In the surrounding community, Tom Green County reports that median household earnings sit near $68,370, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Tom Green County's 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,896 students), LONE STAR MIDDLE is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is MCGILL EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LONE STAR MIDDLE ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 37.4%.

The campus sits in a downtown setting.

Five-year trend. LONE STAR MIDDLE's enrollment has decreased 27% since 2018, when it stood at 1,080 (now 790). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 14.6:1 today.

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