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LUMBERTON MIDDLE
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LUMBERTON MIDDLE
LUMBERTON MIDDLE, a middle-of-the-pack intermediate school in LUMBERTON, Texas, one of the schools within LUMBERTON ISD, works with 918 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 43% bigger than typical.
LUMBERTON MIDDLE is one of 6 schools operated by LUMBERTON ISD, a district that educates 4,108 students overall.
Demographically, LUMBERTON MIDDLE reports that 82% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school records 13% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hardin County as a whole.
On the resource side, LUMBERTON MIDDLE shows 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting LUMBERTON MIDDLE higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 37% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Hardin County's rate of about 49%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LUMBERTON MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.5%; this one delivers 46.1%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hardin County put median household income runs about $75,808, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Hardin County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,541 students), of which LUMBERTON MIDDLE is one.
Nearest neighbor: LUMBERTON H S, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around LUMBERTON MIDDLE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LUMBERTON MIDDLE at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 41.9%.
The school occupies an outer-ring site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 47%: 624 students in 2018 compared to 918 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 91% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for LUMBERTON MIDDLE typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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