Enrollment
269
Middle
DISTRICT 379 · STATE 643
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW DIANA ISD·NCES 483246006021
New Diana Middle School
11854 STATE HWY 154 E, DIANA, TX 75640 · (903) 663-8002 · Upshur County
GRADES 06–08MIDDLE42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL269 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Texas public middle schools
- A-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.
- FThree-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
15.4:1
17 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.9:1 · STATE 14.4:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
96 students
DISTRICT 38% · 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 | 90 | 33% |
| Grade 7 | 88 | 33% |
| Grade 8 | 91 | 34% |
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
New Diana Middle School→New Diana High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within NEW DIANA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
72.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 72 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 44.0% | 28.0% | 18.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 39.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% |
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 | 72.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 55.0% |
| 2023-24 | 72.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 80.0% | 80.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 14.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 New Diana Middle School
New Diana Middle School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Diana Middle School this school | 269 | 35.7% | 56.0% |
| Hallettsville Junior High School HALLETTSVILLE | 305 | 34.1% | 57.4% |
| Callisburg Middle School CALLISBURG | 287 | 38.0% | 42.7% |
| Pritchard Junior High School BELLS | 231 | 35.1% | 71.0% |
| Lexington Middle School LEXINGTON | 228 | 38.2% | 54.0% |
| Chisum Middle School PARIS | 266 | 41.7% | 59.7% |
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 New Diana Middle School ranks
Among middle schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Upshur County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #332 of 1,635 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #472 of 1,670 ▼ 82 | #2 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 72.0% | #254 of 1,670 ▼ 21 | #1 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -17.5pp | #11 of 1,570 | #1 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 269 | #1,442 of 1,749 | #3 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.4:1 | #973 of 1,542 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 42.2% | #1,064 of 1,543 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 35.7% | #1,385 of 1,648 | #7 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.6% | #220 of 437 | 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
269
-1 (0%) vs 2020
+117% since 1990-91, when it was 124
Student : Teacher
15.4:1
was 11.3:1
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 | 269 | 17.4 | 15.4:1 | 36% (96) |
| 2023-24 | 283 | 17.5 | 16.2:1 | 44% (124) |
| 2022-23 | 282 | 24.8 | 11.4:1 | 43% (121) |
| 2020-21 | 270 | 24 | 11.3:1 | 39% (104) |
| 2017-18 | 241 | 20.1 | 12.0:1 | 45% (108) |
| 2015-16 | 249 | 16 | 15.6:1 | 44% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 154 | 13 | 11.8:1 | 36% (56) |
| 2000-01 | 205 | 15 | 13.7:1 | 25% (51) |
| 1990-91 | 124 | 5 | 24.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for New Diana Middle School.
Since 2017-18: students up 12% (241 to 269); teachers down 13% (20.1 to 17.4).
About New Diana Middle School
New Diana Middle School is one of the public schools in DIANA, Texas. It is a small middle-grades school. Enrollment is 269 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 6 through 8. The average for middle schools in Texas is about 643 students, so this school is 58% smaller than average.
New Diana Middle School is among 3 schools run by NEW DIANA ISD, which serves 1,136 students.
White students make up a majority at New Diana Middle School, at 75%. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Pick two students at random and there is a 42% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Its 17.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 15.4:1. This ratio sits 1.1 above the 14.4:1 average for middle schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 36%. The rate at public schools in Upshur County averages 59%, higher than here.
New Diana Middle School is graded B by allk12, scoring above 59% of Texas public middle schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
New Diana Middle School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 56.0%, compared with a predicted 58.5%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Census Bureau estimates for Upshur County show that the median household income is $66,208, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 18%, and roughly 10% of residents are in poverty. New Diana Middle School is one of 25 public schools in the county.
Of nearby public schools, New Diana High School is the closest, at less than a tenth of a mile. New Diana Middle School has 2 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 51.4%, lower than New Diana Middle School's 56.0%.
NCES describes the area around New Diana Middle School as Rural: Distant, meaning in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 270 to 269. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 11.3:1 to 15.4:1.
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Upshur County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
42,567
Census ACS
Median income
$66,208
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
25
7,918 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW DIANA ISD
- Robert F Hunt Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- New Diana High SchoolHigh · 330 students
Other schools in DIANA
- Robert F Hunt Elementary SchoolElementary · 537 students
- New Diana High SchoolHigh · 330 students
Nearby schools
- New Diana High School0.1 mi · 330
- Robert F Hunt Elementary School0.7 mi · 537
- Ore City Elementary School5.6 mi · 377
- Ore City High School7.0 mi · 220
- Ore City Middle School7.0 mi · 191
- Johnston-McQueen Elementary School8.1 mi · 464
Frequently asked questions
About New Diana Middle SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at New Diana Middle School?
New Diana Middle School enrolls approximately 269 students in grades 06-08.
What grades does New Diana Middle School serve?
New Diana Middle School serves grades 06-08.
What is the student-teacher ratio at New Diana Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at New Diana Middle School is approximately 15.4:1 (17 FTE teachers).
How diverse is New Diana Middle School?
New Diana Middle School reports a student body of 75% White, 9% Hispanic, 7% Black, 0% Asian, 8% Two or more.
What district is New Diana Middle School in?
New Diana Middle School is part of NEW DIANA ISD.
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