MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE

Set in ROCKWALL, Texas, MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE is a large intermediate school, operated by ROCKWALL ISD. It instructs 1,173 students across grades 7 through 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE sits 82% bigger than that benchmark.

MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE is one of 22 schools operated by ROCKWALL ISD, a district that teaches 19,235 students overall.

Demographically, MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE logs that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 28% Hispanic, 11% Black, 4% multiracial, 3% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE has 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 20.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. About 28% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.6%, the actual is 61.7%, a residual of +0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Rockwall County indicate median household income runs about $127,981, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Rockwall County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,104 students), of which MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE is one.

DOROTHY SMITH PULLEN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 61.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Over the past 7-year window. MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE's enrollment has rose 25% since 2018, when it stood at 941 (now 1,173). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 61% to 53%. Class-load math has loosened: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 20.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the MAURINE CAIN MIDDLE community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.