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MABANK INT
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MABANK INT
As an average-sized middle school in MABANK, Texas, MABANK INT instructs 610 students from grades 5 through 6, part of MABANK ISD.
MABANK ISD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,118 students; MABANK INT is among them.
Looking at the student body, MABANK INT records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 25% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Kaufman County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, MABANK INT records 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, MABANK INT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.5%, the actual is 37.9%, a residual of -6.7 points.
In the broader community, Kaufman County reports that median household income runs about $89,485, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. MABANK INT is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).
Nearest neighbor: MABANK H S, around 0.6 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MABANK INT at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 50.9%.
MABANK INT operates from a town-center location.
Five-year trend. MABANK INT's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 564 (now 610). White enrollment moved from 77% to 64% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.
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Kaufman County at a glance
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