MANN MIDDLE

Located at 2545 MIMOSA DR, in ABILENE, Texas, MANN MIDDLE is a mid-tier middle-grades school that caters to 776 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by ABILENE ISD. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 21% above typical.

Across the 26 schools in ABILENE ISD (14,536 students total), MANN MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MANN MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 55% of enrollment. Other groups include 26% White, 14% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Taylor County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Taylor County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, MANN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.2%, the actual is 31.2%, a residual of -12.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Taylor County indicate the typical household earns roughly $67,139 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Taylor County runs 54 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,159 students), of which MANN MIDDLE is one.

Nearest neighbor: LONG EARLY LEARNING CENTER, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MANN MIDDLE comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.2%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Looking at the recent track record. MANN MIDDLE's enrollment has declined 13% since 2018, when it stood at 890 (now 776). Over the same period, the White share declined from 31% to 26%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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