Enrollment
344
Middle
DISTRICT 357 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MATHIS ISD·NCES 482940003314
Mathis Middle School
1627 E SAN PATRICIO AVE, MATHIS, TX 78368 · (361) 547-2381 · San Patricio County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 30% of Texas public middle schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
15.2:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.5:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
85%
293 students
DISTRICT 83% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 105 | 31% |
| Grade 7 | 125 | 36% |
| Grade 8 | 114 | 33% |
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 24% · 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
Mathis Middle School→Mathis High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MATHIS ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +32.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 25.0% | 32.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 8.0% | 15.0% | 32.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 35.0% |
| 2021-22 | 0.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
34.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Mathis Middle School
Mathis Middle School's state test result (34.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mathis Middle School this school | 344 | 85.2% | 34.0% |
| Rice Intermediate/Middle School RICE | 321 | 86.9% | 46.7% |
| Brownfield Middle School BROWNFIELD | 327 | 90.5% | 32.8% |
| Bowie 6th Grade Campus AMARILLO | 326 | 87.4% | 43.5% |
| Gilbert Gerdes Junior High School LULING | 306 | 82.0% | 32.6% |
| Watson Junior High School MULESHOE | 285 | 86.3% | 30.7% |
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 Mathis Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In San Patricio County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #1,223 of 1,635 | #5 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #1,579 of 1,670 ▲ 14 | #6 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,225 of 1,670 ▼ 173 | #5 of 7 ▼ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #1,341 of 1,749 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.2:1 | #910 of 1,542 | #4 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #1,164 of 1,543 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.2% | #386 of 1,648 | #2 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -11.3% | #587 of 942 | N/A |
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
344
-3 (-1%) vs 2020
+9% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
15.2:1
was 18.3:1
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 | 344 | 22.6 | 15.2:1 | 85% (293) |
| 2023-24 | 345 | 19 | 18.2:1 | 86% (298) |
| 2022-23 | 319 | 19.8 | 16.1:1 | 86% (273) |
| 2020-21 | 347 | 19 | 18.3:1 | 85% (295) |
| 2017-18 | 388 | 24 | 16.2:1 | 91% (355) |
| 2015-16 | 381 | 28 | 13.6:1 | 85% (323) |
| 2010-11 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 83% (278) |
| 2000-01 | 332 | 33 | 10.1:1 | 79% (262) |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 20 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mathis Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (388 to 344); teachers down 6% (24 to 22.6).
About Mathis Middle School
Mathis Middle School is a public middle-grades school in MATHIS, Texas. The school had 344 students in grades 6 through 8 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (middle schools in Texas) has about 643 students.
In MATHIS ISD, 4 schools enroll a combined 1,429 students.
Hispanic students are the majority at Mathis Middle School, with 79% of enrollment. Enrollment also includes 19% White. The school's Hispanic share is 22 points above the 57% share among San Patricio County residents. The school's diversity index is 34%, meaning two students picked at random have a 34% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Teachers at Mathis Middle School total 22.6 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 15.2:1. The school has more students per teacher than the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. The school counts 293 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 85%. It compares with 63% for public schools in San Patricio County.
allk12 grades Mathis Middle School a C. The grade compares the school only with Texas public middle schools, because each state gives its own test.
On the allk12 BeatsExpectations measure, Mathis Middle School is 3.4 points below the average proficiency rate on state tests predicted for its free or reduced-price lunch share: 34.0% actual, 37.3% predicted. That is outside both the top and bottom 10% in Texas.
Among San Patricio County residents, the median household income is $69,704, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 12% of residents are in poverty. Besides Mathis Middle School, San Patricio County has 32 other public schools.
Mathis High School is the public school closest to Mathis Middle School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 3. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 50.9%; Mathis Middle School's is 34.0%, ranking 7th of 7.
In the federal locale system, Mathis Middle School is coded Town: Distant, for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Mathis Middle School had 347 students in 2020-21 and 344 in 2024-25, nearly the same. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio fell from 18.3:1 to 15.2:1.
If you have questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Mathis Middle School, you can post them here. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
San Patricio County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,181
Census ACS
Median income
$69,704
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
13,920 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MATHIS ISD
- Mathis High SchoolHigh · 408 students
- Mathis Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Mathis Intermediate SchoolElementary · 315 students
Other schools in MATHIS
- Mathis High SchoolHigh · 408 students
- Mathis Elementary SchoolElementary · 362 students
- Mathis Intermediate SchoolElementary · 315 students
Nearby schools
- Mathis High School0.2 mi · 408
- Mathis Intermediate School1.0 mi · 315
- Mathis Elementary School1.1 mi · 362
- Orange Grove Primary School11.8 mi · 409
- Orange Grove Elementary School11.9 mi · 386
- Orange Grove High School12.0 mi · 496
Frequently asked questions
About Mathis Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Mathis Middle School?
Mathis Middle School enrolls approximately 344 students in grades 06-08.
What age range does Mathis Middle School serve?
Mathis Middle School serves students from grade 06 through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Mathis Middle School?
Approximately 15.2:1 students per teacher at Mathis Middle School.
How diverse is Mathis Middle School?
Mathis Middle School reports a student body of 19% White, 79% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees Mathis Middle School?
Mathis Middle School is overseen by MATHIS ISD in San Patricio County.
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