MARINE CREEK MIDDLE

MARINE CREEK MIDDLE, a middle-of-the-pack junior high in FORT WORTH, Texas, part of EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD, enrolls 926 students, covering grades 6 through 8. Compared to the state average of about 643 students per school, that is 44% bigger than typical.

Across the 32 schools in EAGLE MT-SAGINAW ISD (23,982 students total), MARINE CREEK MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MARINE CREEK MIDDLE reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 26% White, 22% Black, 5% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 62% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, MARINE CREEK MIDDLE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.6%.

Around the school, Tarrant County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which MARINE CREEK MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is CHISHOLM TRAIL H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARINE CREEK MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARINE CREEK MIDDLE ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

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