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Enrollment
918
Middle
DISTRICT 685 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUMBERTON ISD·NCES 481353000849
Lumberton Middle School
107 S LHS DR, LUMBERTON, TX 77657 · (409) 923-7790 · Hardin County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL918 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 47% of Texas public middle schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+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
15.9:1
58 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
344 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 304 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 317 | 35% |
| Grade 8 | 297 | 32% |
Student demographics
31%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 30% · 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
Lumberton Middle School→Lumberton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within LUMBERTON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 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 up about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 26.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 34.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 52.0% | 43.0% |
| 2022-23 | 27.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 41.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
45.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
57.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Lumberton Middle School
Lumberton Middle School's state test result (45.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lumberton Middle School this school | 918 | 37.5% | 45.7% |
| Acton Middle School GRANBURY | 938 | 42.4% | 56.0% |
| Bridge City Middle School BRIDGE CITY | 715 | 38.7% | 40.1% |
| Montgomery Junior High School MONTGOMERY | 1,083 | 29.6% | 54.4% |
| Canton Junior High School CANTON | 557 | 40.0% | 56.4% |
| Hallsville Junior High School HALLSVILLE | 768 | 40.4% | 64.2% |
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 Lumberton Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.7% | #668 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #545 of 1,670 ▲ 275 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #837 of 1,670 ▲ 27 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +32.0pp | #54 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 918 | #374 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #1,093 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 31.5% | #1,196 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 37.5% | #1,366 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +47.1% | #41 of 437 |
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
918
+296 (+48%) vs 2020
+63% since 1990-91, when it was 564
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 918 | 57.6 | 15.9:1 | 37% (344) |
| 2023-24 | 944 | 58.8 | 16.1:1 | 37% (351) |
| 2022-23 | 969 | 58.6 | 16.5:1 | 35% (340) |
| 2020-21 | 622 | 41 | 15.2:1 | 34% (210) |
| 2017-18 | 624 | 42.5 | 14.7:1 | 35% (219) |
| 2015-16 | 579 | 44 | 13.2:1 | 28% (161) |
| 2010-11 | 635 | 42 | 15.1:1 | 28% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 495 | 33 | 15.0:1 | 17% (85) |
| 1990-91 | 564 | 26 | 21.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lumberton Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 47% (624 to 918); teachers up 35% (42.5 to 57.6).
About Lumberton Middle School
Lumberton Middle School serves students in LUMBERTON, Texas, as a medium-sized middle school. The school enrolls 918 students, from grades 6 through 8. An average school in this group (middle schools in Texas) has about 643 students.
Lumberton Middle School is part of a district of 6 schools: LUMBERTON ISD, with 4,108 students.
Most students at Lumberton Middle School are White: 82% of enrollment. Other groups include 13% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. County-wide, about 84% of residents are White. Lumberton Middle School has a diversity index of 31%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
A ratio of 15.9:1 comes from the school's 57.6 full-time-equivalent teachers. The 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is lower than this school's figure. The lunch program counts 37% of students at Lumberton Middle School as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. Compared with the 49% average for public schools in Hardin County, the school's rate is lower.
allk12 grades Lumberton Middle School a B-. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
Lumberton Middle School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (45.7%) and its predicted rate (57.7%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
In Hardin County (population about 57,642), median household income is about $75,808, roughly 21% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Lumberton Middle School is one of 23 public schools in Hardin County, which together enroll about 10,541 students.
The shortest distance from Lumberton Middle School to another public school is about 0.1 miles, to Lumberton High School. The five-mile area around Lumberton Middle School holds 5 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 45.6%, lower than Lumberton Middle School's 45.7%.
Its NCES locale code is Suburb: Mid-size: the school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
In 2020-21, federal data counted 622 students at Lumberton Middle School; in 2024-25, 918. The grades served may not have been the same in both years.
Topics for discussion here include school safety, transportation, and start times. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hardin County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
57,642
Census ACS
Median income
$75,808
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
23
10,541 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUMBERTON ISD
- Lumberton High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Lumberton Intermediate SchoolElementary · 987 students
- Lumberton Primary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Lumberton Early Childhood SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Hardin Co Alter EdHigh · 1 students
Other schools in LUMBERTON
- Lumberton High SchoolHigh · 1,232 students
- Lumberton Intermediate SchoolElementary · 987 students
- Lumberton Primary SchoolElementary · 574 students
- Lumberton Early Childhood SchoolElementary · 396 students
- Hardin Co Alter EdHigh · 1 students
Other Lumberton Middle schools
One other US public school is named Lumberton Middle. Lumberton Middle School is the largest of the 2.
- Lumberton Middle SchoolLUMBERTON, NJ · 356 students
Nearby schools
- Lumberton High School0.1 mi · 1,232
- Hardin Co Alter Ed0.1 mi · 1
- Lumberton Intermediate School1.2 mi · 987
- Lumberton Primary School1.5 mi · 574
- Lumberton Early Childhood School1.6 mi · 396
- Ignite Community School - Beaumont6.5 mi · 179
Frequently asked questions
About Lumberton Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Lumberton Middle School?
Lumberton Middle School enrolls approximately 918 students in grades 06-08.
Is Lumberton Middle School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Lumberton Middle School is a middle school covering grades 06-08.
How many teachers does Lumberton Middle School have?
Lumberton Middle School employs 58 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Lumberton Middle School?
Student demographics at Lumberton Middle School are roughly 82% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Is Lumberton Middle School public or private?
Lumberton Middle School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LUMBERTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.