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Enrollment
713
Middle
DISTRICT 706 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MOUNT PLEASANT ISD·NCES 483176003538
Mount Pleasant Junior High School
2801 OLD PARIS RD, MOUNT PLEASANT, TX 75455 · (903) 575-2110 · Titus County
GRADES 07–08MIDDLE33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL713 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 58% of Texas public middle schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
13.2:1
54 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
556 students
DISTRICT 82% · 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, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 7 | 357 | 50% |
| Grade 8 | 356 | 50% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 46% · 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
Mount Pleasant Junior High School→Mount Pleasant High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within MOUNT PLEASANT ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +13.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 26.0% | 25.0% | 31.0% |
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 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 59.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 37.0% |
| 2021-22 | 49.0% | 32.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 39.0% |
% 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
44.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Mount Pleasant Junior High School
Mount Pleasant Junior High School's state test result (44.3% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mount Pleasant Junior High School this school | 713 | 78.0% | 44.3% |
| Ferris Junior High School FERRIS | 658 | 75.5% | 33.3% |
| P E Wallace Middle School MOUNT PLEASANT | 698 | 82.2% | 44.6% |
| Cedar Bayou Junior High School BAYTOWN | 869 | 78.5% | 36.2% |
| Baytown Junior High School BAYTOWN | 711 | 81.0% | 34.6% |
| El Campo Middle School EL CAMPO | 707 | 75.0% | 39.8% |
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 Mount Pleasant Junior High School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.3% | #734 of 1,635 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #762 of 1,670 ▼ 31 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #748 of 1,670 ▼ 109 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +4.5pp | #1,132 of 1,570 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 713 | #723 of 1,749 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #389 of 1,542 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 48.0% | #957 of 1,543 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.0% | #560 of 1,648 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -0.1% | #940 of 942 |
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
713
-67 (-9%) vs 2020
-16% since 1990-91, when it was 851
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 713 | 54.1 | 13.2:1 | 78% (556) |
| 2023-24 | 695 | 59.2 | 11.7:1 | 81% (561) |
| 2022-23 | 760 | 57.6 | 13.2:1 | 81% (618) |
| 2020-21 | 780 | 55 | 14.2:1 | 78% (607) |
| 2017-18 | 714 | 56.2 | 12.7:1 | 73% (521) |
| 2015-16 | 677 | 55 | 12.3:1 | 84% (572) |
| 2010-11 | 744 | 61 | 12.2:1 | 78% (582) |
| 2000-01 | 656 | 52 | 12.6:1 | 57% (372) |
| 1990-91 | 851 | 49 | 17.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Mount Pleasant Junior High School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (714 to 713); teachers down 4% (56.2 to 54.1).
About Mount Pleasant Junior High School
Students in MOUNT PLEASANT, Texas, attend Mount Pleasant Junior High School, a mid-sized middle-grades school. The school offers grades 7 through 8 and enrolls 713 students.
MOUNT PLEASANT ISD is the local district for Mount Pleasant Junior High School. It runs 9 schools with 5,153 students.
The share of Hispanic students at Mount Pleasant Junior High School is 69%, a majority. Other students are 18% White and 11% Black. That is higher than the 45% Hispanic share among all Titus County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
Based on 54.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, Mount Pleasant Junior High School has a ratio of 13.2:1. The gap from the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas is 1.2 students per teacher. Eligibility for free or reduced-price lunch stands at 78%.
Mount Pleasant Junior High School earns a B on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 58% of Texas public middle schools.
Mount Pleasant Junior High School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 44.3%, compared with a predicted 40.4%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
The school is in Titus County, where the median household earns about $58,425 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 16% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 14%. Across Titus County, 15 public schools serve about 6,972 students.
Mount Pleasant Junior High School's nearest public school is Mount Pleasant DAEP (about 0.4 miles). In all, at least 8 other public schools sit within five miles of Mount Pleasant Junior High School. Mount Pleasant Junior High School places 6th of 7 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
NCES describes the area around Mount Pleasant Junior High School as Town: Remote, meaning in a town far from an urbanized area.
Federal enrollment counts fell from 780 (2020-21) to 713 (2024-25).
The Mount Pleasant Junior High School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Titus County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
31,363
Census ACS
Median income
$58,425
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
16%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
14%
Below federal line
Schools in county
15
6,972 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MOUNT PLEASANT ISD
- Mount Pleasant High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- P E Wallace Middle SchoolMiddle · 698 students
- Annie Sims Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- E C Brice Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Child Development CenterElementary · 416 students
- Vivian Fowler Elementary SchoolElementary · 388 students
Other schools in MOUNT PLEASANT
- Mount Pleasant High SchoolHigh · 1,557 students
- P E Wallace Middle SchoolMiddle · 698 students
- Annie Sims Elementary SchoolElementary · 508 students
- E C Brice Elementary SchoolElementary · 485 students
- Chapel Hill Elementary SchoolElementary · 440 students
- Child Development CenterElementary · 416 students
Nearby schools
- Mount Pleasant DAEP0.4 mi · 13
- Mount Pleasant High School0.4 mi · 1,557
- Child Development Center1.7 mi · 416
- Vivian Fowler Elementary School1.8 mi · 388
- Frances Corprew Elementary School2.4 mi · 375
- Harts Bluff Early College High School2.8 mi · 224
Frequently asked questions
About Mount Pleasant Junior High SchoolHow many students attend Mount Pleasant Junior High School?
Mount Pleasant Junior High School enrolls approximately 713 students in grades 07-08.
Is Mount Pleasant Junior High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Mount Pleasant Junior High School is a middle school covering grades 07-08.
How many teachers does Mount Pleasant Junior High School have?
Mount Pleasant Junior High School employs 54 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Mount Pleasant Junior High School?
Student demographics at Mount Pleasant Junior High School are roughly 18% White, 69% Hispanic, 11% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Is Mount Pleasant Junior High School public or private?
Mount Pleasant Junior High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MOUNT PLEASANT ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.