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MEACHAM MIDDLE

3600 WEBER ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76106 · (817) 815-0200 · Tarrant County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL680 STUDENTS
Enrollment
680
Middle
DISTRICT 591 · STATE 643
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
94%
641 students
DISTRICT 84% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other middle schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Grade 6
245
Grade 7
199
Grade 8
236
Student demographics
White
132%
DISTRICT 11% · STATE 24%
Hispanic
64495%
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 54%
Black
132%
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 13%
Asian
91%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 6%
Two+
10%
DISTRICT 2% · STATE 3%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Male
36153%
Female
31947%

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
25.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
16.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +6.0pp since 2020
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →

BeatsExpectations

Demographically-adjusted score · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
25.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

7-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25
Enrollment
680
-134 (-16%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
16.4:1
was 16.3:1
% White
2%
was 3%
% Hispanic
95%
was 94%
% Black
2%
was 3%
% Asian
1%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

About MEACHAM MIDDLE

Located at 3600 WEBER ST, in FORT WORTH, Texas, MEACHAM MIDDLE is a medium-sized junior high that serves 680 students (grades 6 through 8), operated by FORT WORTH ISD.

Across the 136 schools in FORT WORTH ISD (70,612 students total), MEACHAM MIDDLE accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, MEACHAM MIDDLE lists that 95% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MEACHAM MIDDLE has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. Around 94% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MEACHAM MIDDLE performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 32.7%, the actual is 25.2%, a residual of -7.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Tarrant County indicate the typical household earns roughly $84,207 per year, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which MEACHAM MIDDLE is one.

MOORE M H EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MEACHAM MIDDLE. On composite proficiency, MEACHAM MIDDLE comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 26.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 16%: 814 students in 2018 compared to 680 in 2025.

On this page, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. Members of the school community can share what they know.

Tarrant County at a glance

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Population
2,167,390
Census ACS
Median income
$84,207
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
35%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
639
385,835 students

Quick facts

School name
MEACHAM MIDDLE
District
FORT WORTH ISD
Address
3600 WEBER ST, FORT WORTH, TX 76106
Phone
(817) 815-0200
County
Tarrant County
Level
Middle
Grade range
06–08
Total enrollment
680
Teachers (FTE)
41
Student–teacher ratio
16.4:1
Free/Reduced lunch
641 (94%)
Locale
11-City: Large
NCES ID
481970001881
Charter school
No
Virtual school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About MEACHAM MIDDLE
What is the total enrollment at MEACHAM MIDDLE?
MEACHAM MIDDLE enrolls approximately 680 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does MEACHAM MIDDLE serve?
MEACHAM MIDDLE serves grades 06-08.
How many students per teacher at MEACHAM MIDDLE?
Approximately 16.4:1 students per teacher at MEACHAM MIDDLE.
What is the student diversity at MEACHAM MIDDLE?
Student demographics at MEACHAM MIDDLE are roughly 2% White, 95% Hispanic, 2% Black, 1% Asian, 0% Two or more.
Who oversees MEACHAM MIDDLE?
MEACHAM MIDDLE is overseen by FORT WORTH ISD in Tarrant County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.
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