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Enrollment
1,976
High
DISTRICT 1,246 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLOTHIAN ISD·NCES 483060003458
Midlothian High School
923 S 9TH ST, MIDLOTHIAN, TX 76065 · (469) 856-5100 · Ellis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL1,976 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
116 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 18.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
29%
566 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 541 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 518 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 468 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 449 | 23% |
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 63% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
68.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +42.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +33.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 33 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 56.0% | 15.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 25.0% | 39.0% | 27.0% | 9.0% |
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 | 68.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 66.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 51.0% |
| 2022-23 | 24.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 16.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 31.0% |
% 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
63.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Midlothian High School
Midlothian High School's state test result (63.7% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Midlothian High School this school | 1,976 | 28.6% | 63.7% |
| A & M Cons High School COLLEGE STATION | 2,166 | 33.2% | 66.5% |
| Aubrey High School AUBREY | 1,135 | 31.2% | 58.3% |
| Rockwall-Heath High School HEATH | 3,072 | 28.8% | 70.1% |
| Midlothian Heritage High School MIDLOTHIAN | 1,760 | 22.6% | 66.4% |
| Midway High School WACO | 2,687 | 30.3% | 74.8% |
Matched among Texas high 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 Midlothian High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ellis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 63.7% | #393 of 1,385 | #4 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #231 of 1,425 ▲ 63 | #2 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 68.0% | #410 of 1,425 ▲ 3 | #4 of 11 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +41.0pp | #27 of 1,184 | #1 of 10 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,976 | #338 of 2,107 | #3 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #1,083 of 1,344 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #233 of 1,346 | #4 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 28.6% | #1,378 of 1,522 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +10.8% | #359 of 672 | #8 of 9 |
Ranked against other public high 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
1,976
-34 (-2%) vs 2020
+179% since 1990-91, when it was 709
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 18.1:1
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 | 1,976 | 115.8 | 17.1:1 | 29% (566) |
| 2023-24 | 1,940 | 121.3 | 16.0:1 | 34% (660) |
| 2022-23 | 1,994 | 117.7 | 16.9:1 | 29% (584) |
| 2020-21 | 2,010 | 111 | 18.1:1 | 26% (520) |
| 2017-18 | 1,783 | 109.2 | 16.3:1 | 22% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 1,847 | 109 | 16.9:1 | 19% (342) |
| 2010-11 | 2,347 | 138 | 17.0:1 | 17% (407) |
| 2000-01 | 1,237 | 88 | 14.1:1 | 8% (97) |
| 1990-91 | 709 | 44 | 16.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Midlothian High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (1,783 to 1,976); teachers up 6% (109.2 to 115.8).
About Midlothian High School
Midlothian High School is a high-enrollment high school in MIDLOTHIAN, Texas. Students in grades 9 through 12 attend the school, which enrolls 1,976 students. The average among high schools in Texas is roughly 796 students; this school is 148% above that.
Midlothian High School falls under MIDLOTHIAN ISD, which has 14 schools enrolling 11,356 students.
Roughly 50% of students at Midlothian High School are White. Other groups make up 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, and 5% multiracial. County-wide, 60% of Ellis County residents are White. The school's diversity index is 65%, meaning two students picked at random have a 65% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
The ratio of students to teachers is 17.1:1, with 115.8 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff. The school has more students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Midlothian High School is 29%. Across public schools in Ellis County, the average is 51%.
Based on its free or reduced-price lunch share, the BeatsExpectations model predicts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 61.5% for Midlothian High School. The school posts 63.7%, 2.2 points above the prediction.
In the county around the school, Ellis County, the median household income is $99,595, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 30% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 5%. Ellis County is home to 83 public schools and about 46,344 public school students.
Nearest public school: Irvin Elementary School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are at least 8 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 54.3%; Midlothian High School's is 63.7%, ranking 2nd of 9.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Fringe. That means it sits in a town close to an urbanized area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 2,010 to 1,976. Its ratio of students to teachers was 18.1:1 in 2020-21, and 17.1:1 in 2024-25.
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Ellis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
213,160
Census ACS
Median income
$99,595
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
46,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLOTHIAN ISD
- Midlothian Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Walnut Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle SchoolMiddle · 989 students
- Frank Seale Middle SchoolMiddle · 726 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Jean Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
Other schools in MIDLOTHIAN
- Midlothian Heritage High SchoolHigh · 1,760 students
- Walnut Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,012 students
- Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle SchoolMiddle · 989 students
- Frank Seale Middle SchoolMiddle · 726 students
- Longbranch Elementary SchoolElementary · 686 students
- Jean Coleman Elementary SchoolElementary · 671 students
Other Midlothian High schools
One other US public school is named Midlothian High. Midlothian High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Midlothian HighMidlothian, VA · 2,048 students
Nearby schools
- Irvin Elementary School0.3 mi · 611
- Frank Seale Middle School0.6 mi · 726
- Jean Coleman Elementary School1.2 mi · 671
- Larue Miller Elementary School1.9 mi · 500
- J A Vitovsky Elementary School2.1 mi · 658
- Earl & Marthalu Dieterich Middle School2.1 mi · 989
Frequently asked questions
About Midlothian High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Midlothian High School?
Midlothian High School enrolls approximately 1,976 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Midlothian High School serve?
Midlothian High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Midlothian High School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Midlothian High School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Midlothian High School?
At Midlothian High School, the student body is approximately 50% White, 24% Hispanic, 19% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Who oversees Midlothian High School?
Midlothian High School is overseen by MIDLOTHIAN ISD in Ellis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.